One Touch Dialing

Welcome to Say Long Distance’s One Touch Dialing instructions.

Based on your feedback, we have provided instructions for configuring common mobile phones for easy One Touch Dialing of both the Access Number and your destination long distance number. By simply adding our local Access Number and a pause in front of your long distance numbers, you can dial your long distance numbers directly from your directory with just one call selection.

We have provided simple instructions for configuring One Touch Dialing for all of the phones below. Keep watching this page as we will be updating it with additional phone types based on your requests. Please contact us at contact@saylongdistance.com if you have any further questions or have a phone type you would like to see documented.

 

 
To set up one touch dialing on your iPhone:

1. Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2. Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3. After entering the Access Number, click on the '+ * #' key in the bottom left hand corner of the iPhone keypad. This will expand the selection of key pad options to include a '+', '*', '#', '123' and a 'pause' button.
4. Click on the pause button one time to insert one small pauses, and a ',' appears.
5. As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222,1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222,011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
6. Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 

 
To set up one touch dialing on your Blackberry phone:

1.Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2.Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3.After entering the Access Number, depress the push wheel and select "insert soft pause". Repeat so that two soft pauses are inserted.
4.As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222pp1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222pp011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
5.Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 
To set up one touch dialing on your Motorola phone:

1.Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2.Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3.After entering the Access Number, press and hold the '*' key until a 'p' appears.
4.As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222p1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222p011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
5.Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 
To set up one touch dialing on your Nokia phone:

1. Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2. Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3. After entering the Access Number tap or press the '*' key 2 times until you see a 'p' appear
4. As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222p1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222p011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
5. Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 

 
To set up one touch dialing on your LG phone:

1.Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2.Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3.After entering the Access Number, select the option key and then select 'add pause'. Repeat so that two soft pauses are inserted.
4.As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222pp1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222pp011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
5.Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 

 
To set up one touch dialing on your Samsung phone:

1.Go to your Contacts directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2.Enter your local calling area Access Number in front of your destination long distance number.
3.After entering the Access Number, press and hold the '*' key until a 'p' appears.
4.As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your contact should look like this: 6046307222p1xxxxxxx for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or like this: 6046307222p011xxxxxxx for overseas long distance contacts.
5.Save this contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 
To set up one touch dialing on your Palm Treo phone:

1.Go to your My Favorites directory and select your destination long distance number for editing.
2.Replace the number in your Number field with the Access Number .
3.After entering the Access Number, select the 'More' button. Then in the "Extra Digits" field, enter the letter 'p' followed by '1' or '011' and your destination long distance number
4.As an example, in the Vancouver local calling area, your 'Number' field should display 6046307222 and your 'Extra Digits' should display 'p1xxxxxxx' for Canadian and USA long distance contacts, or 'p011xxxxxxx' for overseas long distance contacts.
5.Select the check box: 'Dial extra digits automatically'. Select 'OK' to save the contact and use it whenever you are calling this long distance number from this local calling area.
 


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