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Spydr26 · 10-02-2006, 11:43 AM

I'm trying to add extsion numbers to my contact list on my 650, how do you add them so they either dial themselves ie: a pause then 4 digits or at least so that the phone know the other digits when I touch that button. I hope this makes sense, please help if you can.

Kreth · 10-02-2006, 12:20 PM

The only way to do it with the default software is to assign that contact to a Favorites button in the Phone app, and add the extension in the Extra Digits field for the Favorites button. Takephone is a popular 3rd party app that will recognize extra digits in your contacts if you just preface the extension with an "x" (ex. 123-456-7890 x 123).

plunker · 10-03-2006, 09:10 PM

You can set up pauses by using a commas.

kabeyun · 10-04-2006, 07:17 AM

... but I don't think there's a way to allow a second button press to dial the additional numbers. You just have to strategize and make the pause long enough (e.g. to dial your PIN when accessing your voicemail).

-K

Kreth · 10-04-2006, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kabeyun

... but I don't think there's a way to allow a second button press to dial the additional numbers. You just have to strategize and make the pause long enough (e.g. to dial your PIN when accessing your voicemail).

-K

If you put them as Extra Digits in the Favorites button, you get prompted to press a button to continue. It works the same way with Takephone and numbers with an extension in them.

plunker · 10-04-2006, 11:23 AM

I didn't know it would let you wait and enter them. I have mine set to dial automatically.

Kreth · 10-04-2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by plunker

I didn't know it would let you wait and enter them. I have mine set to dial automatically.

The hard pause is good if you need to dial into somewhere that requires you to wait for a prompt before entering the rest of the digits. You can estimate the required pause using commas (I believe it's 2 seconds per comma), but that doesn't always work. IMO, it's a major oversight by Palm not to include a mechanism for entering a hard pause in a Contact number. Luckily there are 3rd party apps to correct this.

kabeyun · 10-04-2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kreth

If you put them as Extra Digits in the Favorites button, you get prompted to press a button to continue. It works the same way with Takephone and numbers with an extension in them.

Excellent! I'm happy to stand corrected.

-K