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What was the original purpose of putting the star & pound keys on the key pad. Calling cards & voicemail weren't invented yet.. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Dig1234|Dig1234]] ([[User talk:Dig1234|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Dig1234|contribs]]) 01:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
What was the original purpose of putting the star & pound keys on the key pad. Calling cards & voicemail weren't invented yet.. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Dig1234|Dig1234]] ([[User talk:Dig1234|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Dig1234|contribs]]) 01:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:Special features, maybe (i.e. *76)? ~ [[Special:Contributions/69.91.165.87|69.91.165.87]] ([[User talk:69.91.165.87|talk]]) 21:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC) |
:Special features, maybe (i.e. *76)? ~ [[Special:Contributions/69.91.165.87|69.91.165.87]] ([[User talk:69.91.165.87|talk]]) 21:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC) |
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anyone for including "Mesh" in the list of things that the octothorpe gets called? also "Tic tac toe board" |
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Revision as of 22:29, 5 November 2009
Why did old phones have no Q and no Z on the keypad? 69.143.164.131 14:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC) Landon Greive
- I'm wondering the same thing. 156.34.214.201 (talk) 02:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Calculator and Keypad reversed - need a reason why.
At howstuffworks they propose three theories. (1) To slow data entry people down so the touchtones don't run together causing a misdial, (2) The result of a study by Bell labs, and (3) To follow the rotary phone numbers left to right similar to the way the western world reads.
I personally think there is a simpler answer. During rotary phone days, the alphabet followed left to right in sequence. If the digits followed the calculator sequence, the alphabet would be upside down by the way the western world reads top to bottom. By placing the numbers the way they did, the letters are more easily found.
Said another way, theory #3 at howstuffworks is almost the same as I have stated, but the ALPHABET drove the sequence, not the numbers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.240.129.53 (talk) 01:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Why should they be the same?
The alphbet theory makes the most sense.
Always was curious. But ATMs use the phone numbering system as well... Anyone know why ATMs used the Phone layout vs computer layout? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strickjh2005 (talk • contribs) 15:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Star(*) & Pound(#)
What was the original purpose of putting the star & pound keys on the key pad. Calling cards & voicemail weren't invented yet.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dig1234 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- Special features, maybe (i.e. *76)? ~ 69.91.165.87 (talk) 21:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
anyone for including "Mesh" in the list of things that the octothorpe gets called? also "Tic tac toe board"
Security
Often banks tell you not to use a cell phone or cordless phone when doing telebanking, makes sense. But, they also say to only use a telephone which has the number buttons on the base as opposed to buttons on the handset. Perhaps this could be addressed in the article. 156.34.232.171 (talk) 18:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)