[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] windrider:
you got it all wrong

... if you ask me: your approach is wrong. Here are the basics. Windows XP, for instance and Outlook, that is the source of the contacts (and phone numbers and other details that are entered), stores phone numbers in this 'international' format:

country code (MS has a list of countries and codes of its own)

are code (another, separate field) and

number

If you respect the fields provided by Outlook then you get a number generated by Outlook that looks like this:

+381 (064) 6185250

THIS is the 'correct' international format recognised by Microsoft Phone Dialer (well not actually MS but Active Voice, but that is a completely different issue)

My point is that +448704364673 is NOT a correct international phormat, because MS cannot differentiate between the international country code and long distance (area code) and therefore the phone dialer cannot parse the numbers correctly.

NOW, how to get the system to know WHERE you are and should it use the area code when dialing or you are in the area your friend is, or you want to call a toll free number that is in 'another' area, or you are dialing a client abroad etc. Well, there is the 'Dialing Rules' settings! THERE you create a profile (home, office, abroad etc.) and provide the area code for the dialer to differentiate...

This is all well with the Windows XP/Outlook 2002+ I know well, BUT when it comes to PPC... sorry, I have the same problem...>

FACTS:

fact no. 1: Outlook separates phone numbers in groups of>

country code

long distance code (area code)

number

fact no. 2: phone numbers entered this way are stored in a format>

+381 (064) 6185250

fact no. 2: Microsoft Phone Dialer recognises this number and dials correctly

via a voice modem... (headset or speaker/mike required)

Question: what hapens when contacts entered this way into Outlook are sunchronized with the

Pocket PC (Windows Mobile 5.0)?

Answer : all contact's numbers are entered into the Contacts list in the 'correct' format.

(the same format with the bracket, as is noted in PC Outlook)

My findings: the problem arrises when you use your mobile capable Pocket PC

(i.e. the super cool Qtek 9000) and try to dial someone on to his mobile or office phone that are on another

area code...

the Pocket PC, or Windows Mobile 'Phone dialer' dials EXACTLY

as the number is entered in the above mentioned format

(the mobile operator recognises the + at the beggining of the number, but

does not understand the spaces and the brackets!!! and offcourse

the mobile operator returns an error voice message that a wrong number has been dialed!

What am I to do?

Can I find/download/install a proper phone dialer (i.e. MS Phone Dialer) that comes with Windows?

Phone Dialer 1.5

Developed for Microsoft by Active Voice

http://www.activevoice.com/dialer

bottom line is that CISCO systems aquired this Phone Dialer in 2001 and Active Voice discontinued developing/supporting whit app. (link on the Active Voice site is outdated and no support on MS site, as well)

(please do not post solutions as: "you should reformat your number entries etc. because I have 800+ contacts and counting...)

P.S. what I gathered is that this is not device related it is just OS and app related. I had the same problem with my previous Nokia phone... (I did not solve. Actually I thought I will solve with this device...)

I've set the Dialing Rules with my country code and area code (Mobile etc.) So, I don't have a clue what am I doung wrong