Re: [apple-iphone] 800-123-DIAL? -- on iPhones

I can't think of a work around for this but I personally hate that kind of
phone numbers.

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:20 AM, jiminmanjr <jiminmanjr@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>
>
> I wasn't sure how to phrase the subject, so hopefully my explanation will
> make sense.
>
> I've started a new job with a company. Our 1-800 number has our acronym as
> the last four digits. So, we put our number in our email signatures, on
> letterhead, etc. as 1-800-123-DIAL (this is just an example, not my company
> number).
>
> However, we've run into situations where people get our email on their
> smart phones, and the telephone number is highlighted to click-and-call.
> However, the phones aren't catching the acronym at the end... and so it's
> defeating the purpose.
>
> We don't want to be redundant and put 1-800-123-DIAL (3425), because it
> eliminates the option to click-and-call.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion of what we could do to "fix" this? Has this
> ever come up before? As I mentioned at the beginning, I don't know how to
> phrase it, so I'm not sure what to search for online.
>
> Any input would be appreciated!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jim
>
>
>

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