| In most of North America, the majority of house | | | | on most phones. |
| phones enjoy the luxury of caller ID with name. This | | | | How to Identify and Add Phone Numbers You Don't |
| means a caller's number and their full name often | | | | Already Know? |
| appear on your phone's display. The only exceptions to | | | | Now unfortunately for this solution to work precipitates |
| this are those annoying calls marked as 'private', and a | | | | that you already know the name of the person |
| few out of area calls. | | | | associated with an incoming phone number. Often you |
| But the system which provides names on your caller | | | | can obtain this information from friends, but business |
| ID, CNAM, is actually an extension to the protocol itself. | | | | associates, new acquaintances, or repetitive calls from |
| That is, it's separate. Thats why when you switched | | | | annoying telemarketers may not be so obvious. |
| over to a cell phone, you may have noticed incoming | | | | For this, you can identify the number using the Internet. |
| calls do not appear with a name, but only a number. | | | | Simply type the number calling you into a major search |
| Cellular networks do not have the provisions for | | | | engine and briefly review the results. If you see the |
| displaying the information associated with a person's | | | | information you want, simply add it. If not, you may |
| name - even though companies have it on file in their | | | | need to use a specialized 'reverse cell phone directory'. |
| databases. | | | | While these directories charge a small fee to cover |
| Using Your Address Book to Display Names of | | | | operating costs, they allow you to search an unlimited |
| Incoming Calls | | | | number of times. This is useful when you have new |
| Many of us have already figured out that we can use | | | | numbers to add in the future. They also provide very |
| the address book in our cell phone to identify incoming | | | | detailed information about the owner of a number, not |
| calls by name, or nickname, as the case may be. | | | | just their name but also addresses and background |
| When you receive a new, known call to your phone, | | | | records. Simply enter the number into their form and |
| simply choose the appropriate menu options to add | | | | click search. Often it takes only a few seconds, and |
| them to your contact list. You will be prompted for their | | | | just a little bit more to add it. |
| information, and from then on whenever a call comes | | | | And there you have it. Working caller ID with name for |
| from that number, your phone will tell you who it is. | | | | your cell phone! |
| There is even an auditory option to announce the call | | | | |