Comments on: Entering “Last Name” From a BlackBerry

By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Fonolo: Bypassing Those Persistent AutoAttendant Menus «

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:00:57 +0000

[...] The service then called my (previously registered) mobile phone and I found myself at eBay’s request to enter a contact’s last name to reach his/her extension. Hint: when I called the eBay directory I realized that entering the letters of a person’s last name directly from a BlackBerry’s QWERTY keyboard would not map to the touch tones the AutoAttendant was seeking. It turns out there’s a simple solution on which I’ve reported at “Entering ‘Last Name’ from a BlackBerry”. [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:58:16 +0000

Works on the Nokia E71 also – use shift.

By: Beau

Beau — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:05:54 +0000

Nice. Is there a similar feature for the Blackjack?

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:44:39 +0000

Thank you, Jim! I’ve resorted to the same technique as Shai in the past and that is hardly efficient, and sometimes not possible. I’ve used the phone for much longer than a few days and I would hardly call it basic information that one just learns automatically, as Jeff suggests.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By: Shai Berger

Shai Berger — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:26:01 +0000

Jim, thanks for the tip! I’ve been stumped by this one before. Last time I need to Dial-by-name, I hunted down an “old style” phone keypad to “translate”.

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:05:47 +0000

for this basic blackberry info i did not need a post. if you’ve used the phone for anything more than a few days, you already know this. thanks