Thread: [Announce] The One Ring
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lemmyslender is offline lemmyslender
2010-01-27 , 17:47
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#137
Originally Posted by epage View Post
Isn't that the whole point of GV, you should only need 1 number for someone . Most of my contacts have very distinct numbers, so I can just click on each one and I can tell what it is.

Some possible helpers
  • Append the phone type to the persons name - This can hurt merging I think
  • Optionally append the phone type to the contact id (the phone number)
  • Leave it alone
  • My proposal on using the phone type to chose the users presence - would only distinguish between cell/other

Thoughts?
I thought it was the other way around GV lets me have one number for everyone to contact me at I guess I could get my wife on GV.

Admittedly, most of my contacts only have one number (cell), but several of my closer contacts (family) have multiple numbers. For example: My parents have 3 numbers in GV, mom cell, dad cell and home. In DialCentral, I select contacts, Parents, and am shown a list of the 3 numbers and choose which one I want. With TOR, I now have Parents(GV), Parents(GV), Parents(GV), and Parents(N900, all 3 numbers) in my contacts list, same for my wife (home, cell, work).

Currently, I can't dial a N900 contact number with TOR, and I can't dial a GV number via normal cellular service. I don't have data (yet) so when somewhere without wifi, I need to be able to dial via cellular.

I guess I was trying to keep my contact list shorter by combining contact info where it made sense. Since the N900 doesn't do groups well, I figured a shorter list is easier to scroll through when I don't have the keyboard out.

I think the best option is to:

Split contacts up, 1 number each (ie Home, Wife Work, Wife Cell) instead of combining them (Wife). Then manually sync/merge my N900 contacts and GV so I end up with one contact per phone number.

If TOR could dial any contact number, then I need only keep cell numbers in GV for IM/SMS purposes and merge contacts appropriately.
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