Cell Phone Browsers

[patpawlowski]

Does anyone know how cell phone browsers identify phone numbers that can be dialed on a web page? I believe they simply recognize the format a phone number with a '+' in front of it. When I browse a certain site numbers such as +(123)456-7890 become a link that can be dialed. Phone numbers without the + in front, aren't interpreted as a tab stop. I am just looking to confirm this. We have software at work designed to make our contacts available via a web page that cell phones can browse. You can browse the page with a regular browser also, it's essentially a very simple web page. However, some phone numbers can be dialed from the phone by simply clcking on them and others aren't tab stops. The difference seems to be the + sign in front. However, the ones that do have + and are interpreted as a voice number don't always work right. Basically, when you click on them the page just reloads and the phone doesn't dial the number. I think the problem is with the phone and my boss thinks it's a problem with the web page. And I can't find any information regarding formating html for phones. I have viewed the source html and see no special formating tags for the phone numbers. This is why I think that it simply interprets anything fitting the +(xxx)xxx-xxxx format as a phone number. The software displays all the fax numbers without the +.

thanks,

-pat

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

How about telling us some basic details like:

- The make/model of the phone concerned,
- The make/name/version of the browser concerned

Have you tried looking on Google for the browser manufacturers website, to see if they have technical documentation available which tells you this? It's what I would do as my first port of call.

Dan

 

[patpawlowski]

The phone is a Sanyo 8100 from Sprint. I had looked through the online manual but it had little or no information. As far as placing a call from a web page, I only found one sentence that said essentially "You can even place a call directly from a webpage". I didn't know anywhere else to look for info on the browser.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

After looking at the 8100 specs, they indicate that the browser is "WAP 2.0 compatible", so you might have more luck in the WAP forum:

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?spid=729&newpid=729

Failing that, see if there are any Sanyo / mobile phone forums / tech sites that might have the answer.

Hope this helps,
Dan