Data detectors in emails and calendar items

Question

I'm enjoying many of the improvements in the iPhone 3.0 release, but there is still a shortcoming of the iPhone that really nags me. That is the data detectors. For the most simple cases like a well-formatted address and a phone number without an extension the data detectors work well in emails and calendar items.
However, for numbers with extensions (e.g., 800-555-1234 x99) the data detector identifies the text as a phone number, but is then unable to dial it correctly.
Certain addresses with suite numbers or additional information are not handled correctly either. FOr example:
123 Main Street
Suite 3, Main Tower
Springfield, IL 12345
The city, state, and ZIP are identified, but the additional information on the second line prevents the address from being identified.
While these cases certainly are not the majority of phone numbers and addresses, they are certainly quite common (especially the phone extension case).
Trying to use the iPhone to dial into conference calls is also not easy. While the phone number is often recognized, I have to copy down or remember the code that must be dialed after the call is made. If an extension to the data detector for phone numbers could be added to look for things like 6-digit codes shortly following a phone number, or numeric strings following a phone number and the word "code", this would certainly help. Also, fixing the dialing extension issue above could allow people to provide the dial-in code as an extension (e.g., 888-555-1234 x123456).
Does this bug anyone else?

Answer 1

I should add that not only is the detector unable to dial a phone number with an extension, it actually breaks the ability to dial the number. The detector does detect the extension and underlines it as part of the phone number it detects, but when you tap to dial, you get a standard phone service message that the "number is unable to be dialed". Grrr!!!!
So not only does the detector not give you the ability to dial a number with an extension, it PREVENTS you from dialing the number at all if there is an extension following a phone number in your email/calendar item.
Hope this gets fixed soon -- this is a big complaint of "corporate" iPhone users that are used to the Blackberry dealing with these things easily...