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This is called a phonebook, and people don't always want their numbers to be published in it. Also, how do we uniquely identify people? This post is so badly th

This is called a phonebook, and people don't always want their numbers to be published in it. Also, how do we uniquely identify people? This post is so badly thought through.

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- paganel 15y ago
  > "Yeah, my phone number is 81984324894" IMHO, I haven't heard anyone telling/writing down their actual phone number for quite a long time, what I see happening a lot it's stuff like "you want my phone number? sure, let me give you a short call so that you can save it in your's phone's address book" (with the option "you want my Vodafone or Orange number"? I haven't actually never seen anyone changing their SIM cards, people just prefer to own 2 or more phones if it best suits their needs. Phones are getting damn cheep, at least in Eastern Europe).
  - route66 15y ago
    The phone number exchange protocol you describe seems to demand that at least one of the persons is spelling out his/her phone number out loud ... What I would expect is a protocol where both just should be able to connect their phones on short distance (bluetooth, whatever) and acknowledge an "exchange phone number with <person>?" dialog ...
    - dopkew 15y ago
      Nokia phones have a method for such convenience. A contact stored in one phone can be sent to another phone as a special sms message called a 'Business Card'. When the other Nokia phone gets it, they can save the contact from the message view options. Of course, it's not free, or local (bluetooth).
      - icebraining 15y ago
        My Nokia can send contacts/business cards through Bluetooth, though. In fact, the Send menu lists SMS, MMS, e-mail, bluetooth and IR. Handy, but the problem is that you still need a number for SMS, and Bluetooth is damn slow, particularly if you're not paired with the other device.
    - klausa 15y ago
      Bluetooth supports vCards exchange, but it's much faster and arguably easier to do what GP said - one person spells their number, second person calls it.
  - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
    >I haven't heard anyone telling/writing down their actual phone number for quite a long time, what I see happening a lot it's stuff like "you want my phone number? sure, let me give you a short call so that you can save it in your's phone's address book" P H O N E C E P T I O N

This is called a phonebook, and people don't always want their numbers to be published in it. Also, how do we uniquely identify people? This post is so badly thought through.

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paganel 15y ago
> "Yeah, my phone number is 81984324894" IMHO, I haven't heard anyone telling/writing down their actual phone number for quite a long time, what I see happening a lot it's stuff like "you want my phone number? sure, let me give you a short call so that you can save it in your's phone's address book" (with the option "you want my Vodafone or Orange number"? I haven't actually never seen anyone changing their SIM cards, people just prefer to own 2 or more phones if it best suits their needs. Phones are getting damn cheep, at least in Eastern Europe).
- route66 15y ago
  The phone number exchange protocol you describe seems to demand that at least one of the persons is spelling out his/her phone number out loud ... What I would expect is a protocol where both just should be able to connect their phones on short distance (bluetooth, whatever) and acknowledge an "exchange phone number with <person>?" dialog ...
  - dopkew 15y ago
    Nokia phones have a method for such convenience. A contact stored in one phone can be sent to another phone as a special sms message called a 'Business Card'. When the other Nokia phone gets it, they can save the contact from the message view options. Of course, it's not free, or local (bluetooth).
    - icebraining 15y ago
      My Nokia can send contacts/business cards through Bluetooth, though. In fact, the Send menu lists SMS, MMS, e-mail, bluetooth and IR. Handy, but the problem is that you still need a number for SMS, and Bluetooth is damn slow, particularly if you're not paired with the other device.
  - klausa 15y ago
    Bluetooth supports vCards exchange, but it's much faster and arguably easier to do what GP said - one person spells their number, second person calls it.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  >I haven't heard anyone telling/writing down their actual phone number for quite a long time, what I see happening a lot it's stuff like "you want my phone number? sure, let me give you a short call so that you can save it in your's phone's address book" P H O N E C E P T I O N