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ChickLittle | 18:08 Wed 13th Nov 2002 | Technology
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Why do telephone keypads begin with 1, 2, 3 at the top, while computer and calculator keypads begin 7, 8, 9 ? At work i use both the telephone and a calculator a great deal and it really throws me when having to change from one layout to another. Why don't they start making them the same ?
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see here for answer; http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/Geek/geek00110
9.html My comment is why didn't the calculator people go 123, in the first place?
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