How Do You Convert Rotary Phone Acronyms Into PDA Phone Keypad Numbers?
Using alphanumeric phone numbers has always been an easy way to recognize a phone number. Older rotary phones used a three letters to every number system that made it an easy process to use. However, if you want to dial 1-800-orderpizza on a PDA you’re in for a surprise since they are usually equipped with a QWERTY keyboard. This means the three letters to every number system wont work. PDA devices are rather intuitive so being able to dial alphanumeric numbers is not a problem. Press the green call button on your PDA to bring up the screen on the phone that allows you to manually type in a phone number. Type in the numeric numbers as you normally would. This is usually 1-800, 1-900 or some variation of the toll-free or toll prefix and the numeric part of the phone number is usually confined to the first half of the phone number. Press the “ALT” button and type the name that is connected with the phone number for example, “pizza.” The ALT button should be held down for the entire spell
