iPhone and expanded caller id functions?

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iPhone and expanded caller id functions?

I noticed that the caller id on my land line phone ( Uniden: http://www.uniden.com/products/productdetail.cfm?product=DCT5280 ) 90% of the time actually displays the first and last name of the person or business that's calling me. The other 10% of the calls it tells me if the number calling me is land based or a cell phone and the city they are calling from. Mind you I have no numbers / names actually saved on the phone itself. This seems way more advanced than any caller id I have ever seen on a cell phone! And this function is very useful!

My questions are: Do cell companies just not support these caller id functions or is there a way for me to add this functionality to my iPhone? Is this something AT&T charges extra for and if so, does the iPhone support it?

Thanks!

iPhone 8gig, Mac OS X (10.5.1), AT&T

Posted on Feb 2, 2008 7:08 AM

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Nathan C

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Feb 2, 2008 7:11 AM in response to -The_Dude-

-The_Dude-,

Caller ID information is provided by the caller's phone carrier, landline or cell.

I have noticed that if I go into recent calls, and look at the details on the recent calls it will show the city/state that number should be for. It appears to be based on area code/prefix. However, with number portability it is not unheard of for that to be incorrect. For example if somebody moves from L.A. to Denver, and gets their number ported to their cell phone.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

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-The_Dude- Author

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Feb 2, 2008 7:28 AM in response to Nathan C

True, but that only shows up afterwards and it's only basic location info. My cheap land line phone actually tells me the name of the caller in addition to to the location as the phone is ringing. I believe this functionality is called "Caller ID with Name" but I haven't been able to figure out if there is any way to get it on the iPhone.

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Tamara

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Feb 2, 2008 7:43 AM in response to -The_Dude-

I don't believe any of the cell providers offer enhanced caller id yet. You could trying calling ATT and ask them about it.

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Feb 16, 2008 5:05 AM in response to Tamara

AT&T (formerly Cingular's service) does provide caller ID with name, and my previous cell phone had that service. AT&T told me that they are transmitting the info to the iPhone. The iPhone not displaying that info has been a big negative for me about the iPhone thus far.

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Peptide

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Feb 16, 2008 6:42 AM in response to xyzxyzxyz

I can confirm that... AT&T does provide name with their caller ID information. When I make a call to a land line phone number, my name is provided to the person I called.

Jose

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MobileDev

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Feb 16, 2008 7:18 AM in response to -The_Dude-

Interesting article with possible reasons why it's not included:

[Why no enhanced caller id?|http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=147832]

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