Actually I just verified that the 700p has the "clickable" functionality that Josh mentioned.
On 10/22/07, Sean OMeara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > okay.. > > First off, SMS isn't garunteed delivery (I've experienced this... I > send nagios messages to my verizon trio via SMS) > > While %99 of them come through, some don't, especially when the > network is "clogged up" or the phone is out of digital service for an > extended period of time. > > With any cell phone, the SMS will appear to come from the sending > number (the paging service). This is typically easy to "dial back", > but the text blob is not. A palm based treo specifically will require > her to make a "highlight, copy, change interface, paste-text-blob, > dial" maneuver. I can't comment on the win version or any other > devices such as blackberries, iphones, or nokias. > > Also, since the frequency band pagers work on is much lower, you can > get pages on the subway and other places where a cell typically has > trouble My team trades off an alphanumeric pager to alert on the most > of things for that reason alone. > > -s > > > On 10/22/07, Adam Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, enough people have asked about this that I'd better clarify things. > > > > My wife is a doctor. Patients call the answering service and talk to a > > human being; said human types the message into a computer and sends it > > to my wife's "device." My wife currently carries a standard-issue > > alphanumeric pager but would like to replace it with a cell phone > > capable of receiving text messages of some form. > > > > We know the paging company can (and does) have everything necessary in > > place to send her messages to a cell phone instead of a pager. What we > > don't know is how the phone will interpret these messages other than > > presenting her with a blob of text. The phone may think it's a "page" or > > an "email" or a "message"; frankly we don't care which it is as long as > > she can select the call-back numnber out of the blob of text and dial it > > with little effort. > > > > What I'm interested in is the phone's UI for dialing numbers contained > > in text blobs; I already know that the phone can receive said blob of > > text and that the paging company can send said blob of text to a cell > > phone. > > > > Sorry for the confusion. > > > > AdamM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
