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I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72 92 123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were exported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72 92 123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were exported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72 92 123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were exported imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72 92 72-92 123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72-92 123 72-92-123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72-92-123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, just adding simply having text in the number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72-92-123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, simply having some free-form text in the addition to the phone number fields has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72-92-123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, simply having some free-form text in addition to the phone number has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in them, the number fields (just like all other contact apps I have used), and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.

I have a number of contacts that have survived from my old Sony-Ericsson p800. One feature of the contacts app in that phone was the ability to write whatever you liked in the phone number. So instead of numbers like (number is fake):

+467347292123

you could write something like:

+46 (734) 72-92-123 (Parents home)

Much easier to read and understand! The phone app would simply ignore all characters, except +, 0-9, *, # and p. Any 'p' that occurred after the number has no effect, so that doesn't matter anyway. The ability to write free-form text in the number helps a lot to remember what is what for people with many numbers. It isn't uncommon to have more than one personal mobile, or several home numbers!

There used to be a Nokia phone, where the labels themselves could be altered (i.e. the work/home/mobile labels). Unfortunately, that information was lost when those contacts were imported to other phones, since the labels were non-standard, so I don't recommend that solution. However, simply having some free-form text in addition to the phone number has survived through all my phones since the Sony-Ericsson p800 (which some would argue is the first real smartphone!)

[Edit, Clarification]: The contacts app already allows importing contacts that have full free-form text in the number fields (just like all other contact apps I have used), and those contacts can be used to dial without problems. This is about allowing users to enter new numbers with text, and edit the ones that are already there, i.e.: To have some way to enable full keyboard when editing a phone number.