no no- i have no contacts in my GV. I guess I havent detailed my issue properly.

say i have a contact in my phone +11234567890 has a name XXX YYY.
if i make a call via google voice, the call log shows the actual name and the picture.

But say, I send an sms or receive an SMS from GV, i get the sms as an IM from +1(123)456-7890. So, I never get the name XXX YYY in the conversation head.

In other words, if i search for conversations (ie, including SMS and IM) from XXX YYY, I dont have the GV SMS (which is actually an IM) listed.

However if I search for conversations from +1(123)456-7890, I get only the GV SMS not the others!!

I would assume that these numbers should get a name in GV IM from contacts, if the contacts has the number/name, right?

If it is a bug, I am happy to file it. Just lemeno what is supposed to happen, or is it something already being looked at?!