05-What? : An application to convert your Israeli Cell Phone numbers on your Palm Organizer


The 05-What? application is used to automatically convert Israeli cell phone numbers on your Palm Organizer to their new format. Until recently, Israeli cell phone numbers had a 3 digit area code (05x or 06x) followed by a 6 digit number. As of April 20, 2004 the numbering system has been changed. Each Israeli cell phone provider now has only one area code that starts with 05 and is followed by one additional digit. The area code is now followed by a 7 digit number. It is possible to continue dialing the old numbers for a period of 6 months - until October 31, 2004. During that period both old and new numbers can be used.

There are 3 modes of operation for the 05-What? application:
Test Mode
Preview Mode
Convert Mode (can only be used if you have registered 05-What?)

SET UP

The first time you run 05-What?, the program will check your Address Book for records in Hebrew. If it finds any Hebrew records, you will be given the option to select the User Interface Language. You can choose English or Hebrew by tapping the appropriate button.



You can always switch the language between Hebrew and English by opening the menu on the main screen, and selecting Change Language from the Options menu. If you don’t have Hebrew on your Palm, then don’t change the language to Hebrew.



Before you begin using 05-What?, you will need to select the Converted Number Format. The selected format will only apply to numbers that were previously formatted with a separator between the two groups of 3 digits in the six digit number. The separator that is in the original number will be used as the separator for the converted number. The separator can be a dash '-', period '.', or a space.
If the original number didn't have a separator between the two groups of 3 digits, the new number won't have a separator either.



05-What? supports three different formats.
If the original number is formatted as:

055-536-128

The new number can be formatted as:

  • 054-5-536-128 (new digit with a separator)

  • 054-553-6128 (3 digits, separator,4 digits)

  • 054-5536-128 (4 digits, separator, 3 digits)



In order to select the format, check the appropriate checkbox under the New Formatted Number label and tap the OK button.



TEST MODE

In Test Mode, you can enter an old format number in the text field, and convert it to a new number by tapping the Test button.

The results of the conversion will be displayed in the New Number field. The format of the New Number is based on the format of the Old Number and the format that you selected.

Tap the Clear button to clear the fields so that you can enter another number.



If you have registered 05-What?, you can use Test Mode to convert individual cell phone numbers that you might have in other applications, like the Memo Pad. After you register, if you tap the Test button and the Old Number field is blank, the contents of the clipboard will be inserted into the field (you can put a number into the clipboard by selecting the number and doing a "copy"). The New Number will automatically be copied to the clipboard, so that it can be pasted back into the Memo Pad (or any other application) This allows registered users to convert individual numbers from the old format to the new format in a very convenient way.



PREVIEW MODE

In Preview Mode, you will be able to see exactly what 05-What? will do when you convert your Address Book. When you tap the Preview button, you will then see the Select Fields form.

On this form, there are 19 checkboxes corresponding to the 19 fields i n the Address Book. You will need to check each field that you want 05-What? to look at in order to find your cell phone numbers.



If you are using certain fields for information that you know doesn't contain phone numbers, then don't check those fields. Although 05-What? knows how to recognize a cell phone number, there are situations where you might have numbers that look like cell phone numbers, but aren't (e.g., Bank Account number, ID Number, Teudat Zehut number, etc.). The checkboxes on the left side are the fields that are most likely to contain phone numbers. The checkboxes on the right should not be checked unless you know that one of those fields is being used for phone numbers and may contain a cell phone number. Once you've checked the fields that you want to check, tap the Continue button. If you do not want to preview the records, tap the Cancel button.



Once you tap the Continue button the address book will be scanned.



At the end of the scanning, you will see how many records were found in the fields that you selected. Tap the OK button.



05-What? will then go through your address book one record at a time, and show you each number that would be converted. It will display the name of each record, followed by the current number and the new number. If there is more than one number to be converted in any record, each number will be displayed individually.

After displaying the number(s) to be converted for each record, you will be asked if you want to continue.



To continue, tap Yes. To stop, tap No.


REGISTER


In order to convert the cell phone numbers in your Address Book, you must register 05-What?.

After your registration is processed, you will receive an email from us within 1 to 2 days, with your registration key.

Enter the 8 digit registration key, and tap the Register button.


CONVERT MODE

Convert Mode is used to perform the actual conversion of numbers in your Address Book. In order to do this, you must register 05-What?.

Before you do the actual conversion, you should make sure that you have made a backup copy of your current Address Book. If there are any problems during the conversion process, you will be able to restore your original data, or view it in the future.

To back up your Address Book, do the following:

1 Do a HotSync

2 Open the Palm Desktop on your computer

3 Click the Address or Contacts icon on the left side in order to view your Address Book

4 Click on File in the upper left corner of the Palm desktop

5 Click on Export.

6 Specify an appropriate name for the file, and save it in a folder where you'll remember that you saved it.

7 The Export Type (under the file name) should be either Contacts Archive (*.aba) or Address Archive (*.aba) depending on which version of the Palm desktop you're using. Just use the default selection for the Export Type.

8 Make sure to specify All for the Range

9 Click on the Export button

You have now made a backup copy of your address book. If you find a problem, you can import the saved copy of your address book, or just view it by selecting Open Archive from the File menu (when you're viewing the Address Book), and opening the file that you saved.



When you tap the Convert button, you'll be reminded about doing the backup, and you'll be given a chance to cancel by tapping the No button. If you are ready to do the conversion, tap the Yes button.



The Select Fields form has 19 checkboxes corresponding to the 19 fields in the Address Book. You will need to check each field that you want 05-What? to look at in order to find your cell phone numbers.
If you are using certain fields for information that you know doesn't contain phone numbers, then don't check those fields.
Although 05-What? knows how to recognize a cell phone number, there are situations where you might have numbers that look like cell phone numbers, but aren't (e.g., Bank Account number, ID Number, Teudat Zehut number, etc.).



The checkboxes on the left side are the ones that are most likely to contain phone numbers. The checkboxes on the right should not be checked unless you know that one of those fields is being used for phone numbers and may contain a cell phone number.

When 05-What? checks for a cell phone number, it will use stricter rules when it's looking at all fields except the Phone 1 - Phone 5 fields. If a number is in one of the Phone fields, there's a very good chance that it is a real phone number. However, if there's a number in one of the other fields, it's possible that it looks like a cell phone number but isn't. So, the checking in those other fields will be stricter.
In all fields besides the Phone fields, a 9 digit number with no spaces and no separators will not be treated as a cell phone number, and a number that has 8 digits followed by a '-' and another digit (this could be a "Teudat Zehut" number) will not be recognized as a cell phone number.

If you don't want to continue, tap the Cancel button. If you don't want to automatically convert all of the numbers in the selected fields, then check the Confirm Update checkbox at the top of the form. If you check this, you will be asked to confirm each number that will be converted. When you're ready to do the conversion, tap the Continue button.



If you didn't check the Confirm Update checkbox, the automatic processing will begin. As the records are being converted, you will see how many records are in the Address Book, and how many have been processed. The conversion process should not take too long, but this is very dependent on the number of records in your Address Book, and the speed of the Palm device that you have.


When the conversion process is completed, you will be given a summary of how many numbers were converted.



Processing an address book containing 2000 records and approximately 500 cell phone numbers required 29 seconds on a Palm IIIc, 22 seconds on a Palm Vx, 16 seconds on an m505, 6 seconds on a Zire 71, and 5 seconds on a Tungsten T3.



If you're not sure about converting numbers in certain fields, you might want to automatically convert the fields that you're sure about, and then go back and convert the other fields using the Confirm Update option.



If you check the Confirm Update checkbox, you will be asked to confirm the conversion of each number that is found in the selected fields of the Address book. After you tap the Continue button the address book will be scanned, before the conversion begins, you will see how many records were found in the fields that you selected.


REGISTRATION

For details about registering.



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