Can Q dial phone number from Web Page - Motorola Q Forum

IBCS · 05-10-2007, 09:43 AM

I'm an old Blackberry user and if I went to a page with a valid phone number I could click on the phone number to dial. On the Q it shows the phone number but does not allow it to be dialed. Has anyone figured out how to make the Q dial from a web page?

Thanks in advance,
---Kent

rudeboy · 05-10-2007, 09:46 AM

a feature many would like, same as dialing from a text message/e-mail.. it's not possible unfortunately.

IBCS · 05-10-2007, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

a feature many would like, same as dialing from a text message/e-mail.. it's not possible unfortunately.

Very strange. We are able to send ourselves a Text Message and the dialing function works from the email that we send. We just send an email to phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com in an html format. Those type messages allow us to dial from the Text Message.

Thanks for the quick response,
---Kent

Russell2566 · 11-04-2007, 10:03 AM

I've recently been developing some personal web tools for my girlfriend and I. I have a Blackberry 8800 and She has a Q. I auto dial numbers and she doesn't.

I found by wrapping phone numbers with <a href="tel:(555) 555-5555">(555) 555-5555</a> worked just fine. A pop-up confirms she wants to dial and she is set...

iamjames · 11-04-2007, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

a feature many would like, same as dialing from a text message/e-mail.. it's not possible unfortunately.

it is on google's website in IE on the Q. Do a search for a business and your zip code and google will return the business's website and a the phone number for the business which you navigate down to and click on just like a link

IBCS · 11-04-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by iamjames

it is on google's website in IE on the Q. Do a search for a business and your zip code and google will return the business's website and a the phone number for the business which you navigate down to and click on just like a link

Great find - I will use this to be able to dial numbers directly.

Thank you,
---Kent

Russell2566 · 11-05-2007, 02:59 PM

As a note, the Q dialed anything in this field. My black berry did not. After some reading I believe the number has to be fully qualified and formated as such:

1-408-555-5555

I will test this later but for now in my yellow pages app I wrote I just don't output the tel: code when the user agent is a blackberry...

rudeboy · 11-05-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by iamjames

it is on google's website in IE on the Q. Do a search for a business and your zip code and google will return the business's website and a the phone number for the business which you navigate down to and click on just like a link

yes, months later i found out that it does work in some instances...