[thelist] Getting iPhone to dial-on-click

Frank Marion lists at frankmarion.com
Mon Jan 31 20:58:02 CST 2011


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On 2011-01-31, at 9:13 PM, Will wrote:
> Reading this on my iPhone and both the numbers below render as  
> links. Not sure of the how/why.

> On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Frank Marion <lists at frankmarion.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> It was my understanding that the iPhone should automatically parse  
>> out telephone numbers and make them click-and-dial sort of deal,  
>> but I'm having a hard time getting that to happen.
>>
>> The phone number as-is does not work, yet is in (555) 555-5555  
>> format.
>>
>> The tel://+1-555-555-5555 formatted link doesn't seem to work. And  
>> even if THIS one did, I'd like it to dial locally as well, since  
>> the website is local to a specific area, meaning not needing to  
>> dial 1 first.
>>
>> How to I get an iPhone to recognize and autodial a phone number  
>> from a website's page?

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