Comments on: How Do You Store Your India Numbers

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:25:24 +0000

and btw i store the no. as 91XXXXX….cause if i store the no. as 01191…and by mistake dial the no. AT&T is gonna bill me for international call…..

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:22:54 +0000

hey r u gonna make an iphone app??? that would be really great…..

By: Senthil

Senthil — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:14:54 +0000

@Vivek Well, most phones if not all, allow you to store more than 10 numbers, usually up to 30 numbers. With pauses represented by either p or , . This feature exits in the US for quite some time since people were using calling cards locally in the US. So, consult with your manual. Even all the land line phones have this feature. I haven't seen a phone without it.

By: Senthil

Senthil — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:10:13 +0000

When receiving call from an India number, both while in India locally on in the US, the caller shows the Indian numbers with +91 prefix. If calling directly from a mobile, some providers might expect to have 01191 prefixed, forcing subscribers to have their contacts setup this way.

I guess to make it work, you app should probably strip out
+91
01191 and use the rest.

I wonder if people use some other prefix?

Thanks,
Senthil

By: Vivek

Vivek — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:45:39 +0000

@Sasi.. Did it work with you?? I mean adding ‘p-> pauses’ in between nos. while saving/dialing?

Did any else also liked the idea or facing any issues while trying to use this way?

By: s3kbiz

s3kbiz — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:41:55 +0000

Appropriate would be +91-[city code]-NUMBER…..

By: MUddu

MUddu — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:02:35 +0000

Also when a call frm India comes, it comes with +91(10digit mobile #) or 1(10digit mob#). This applies for US numbers only.

By: Sasi

Sasi — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:10:13 +0000

@Vivek

That’s awesome dude! I never thought of that. Thanks a lot for sharing the tip. Makes life so much simpler =)

By: Vivek

Vivek — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:06:40 +0000

Hi,

The BEST way to store nos. (As I do in my cell) is :
9492599999pp1p91XXXXXXXX
where ‘p’ is ‘pause. U can get this on any handset by pressing ‘*’ key long. Now, If I type/dial whole of this string then:
1. It first dials 949259999, which is IndiaLD gateway
2. Then after ’some’ pause, its sends ‘1′: means “dial a no.” in IndiaLD main menu
3. It finally sends 91XXXX and there u go!!!

I have saved all nos, who belong to my contacts in india, in the way described.

In a way, I am able to ’somewhat’ achieve the goal WITHOUT using any special “applet” etc.

By: James Bruno

James Bruno — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:57:37 +0000

Hi Chris,

Frankly I think you should allow at least 2 methods +91 and 011 91.

I think phones also allow you to specify what country your in so that the phone will know if a country code is needed.

Jim