Thread: Addressbook matching
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2010-01-16 , 15:50
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Originally Posted by peyo View Post
Who can say he/she never had a phone number written on a piece of paper without being able to find the person it's supposed to be attached to ?
When I was typing a number, the addressbook was looking for this number and displaying the matching contacts.
Nowadays, it seems that only WinMo is doing this. (blackberrys don't, Sony Ericsonns don't, Android don't, ...)
You can punch it in the phone, then use call/hangup quickly. In the last dialled, the number will have a name matched to it.

Also, live searching while dialing has been suggested and not everyone agreed - most people dial to avoid contacts and listing them to onlookers is less than fun. You can search for the thread if you wish to participate.

Originally Posted by peyo View Post
I was also wondering why there is a possibility to add nickname to a contact if there's no possibility to search using those nicknames.
It already has one, there's a nickname field (add a field). It's included in searches. Also, it's picked up from other address books that have nicknames, like Google Contacts and IM when you start using those protocols.

Am I missing something? Is there stuff you want that the "Nickname" field doesn't provide?
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