Contact search in iPhone firmware 2.0?
[Thanks, Mark]
[Thanks, Mark]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CB17 @ Mar 11th 2008 6:41AM
As much as I love my iPhone I definitely miss the convenience of winmo's smart search or whatever it was called. I'd like to put 10 votes in for a spotlight search icon in one of the corners of the home screen.
frankpreyes @ Mar 11th 2008 9:29AM
If any other manufacturer had brought out a contact list without basic search capability, there would have been tons of critiques, knocks and panns from the media reviewers. However, Apple gets a pass. Your franklin PDA, can already do what is listed as an upcoming OMG, and it's a dinosaur. GET Real fanboys.
Joe @ Mar 11th 2008 12:42PM
You're probably the type of hater that thinks all cell phones should have MMS capability too.
rolivier @ Mar 11th 2008 10:51AM
Well, ok, I hope this version will have SMS delivery reports.
I don't my iPhone anymore it lacks this function and also call logs, I want to know how many minutes I called Out...
I still use my Nokia 3650 which is perfect !
AlphaTeam @ Mar 11th 2008 11:50AM
Yay search! Another addition to the "feature" list.
frankpreyes @ Mar 11th 2008 2:10PM
Joe, Tell me I'm wrong, and then explain why, in a verbose manner, but don't call me a hater, simply because I speak the truth. I had a Nokia brick phone 7 years ago that could search my contacts list. Lots of users paid $600.00 for a eyephone, and now they realize they will not even be able to have a background app running while making a phone call (unless it's accessed within Safari). What is worse than being stuck with AT&T? Being stuck with a phone that can't use third party apps unless steve-o says so. I own a 17" mac Pro, so I don't consider myself a hater, just a realist..
Jason Covert @ Mar 18th 2008 1:54PM
I think it was a tongue-in-cheek joke: like a search function, MMS is a no brainer too.
kevin @ Mar 11th 2008 5:05PM
It has a search glass at the top but the number symbol is also gone from the bottom
michael Krasner @ Mar 11th 2008 5:43PM
Honestly this goes right inline with searching your company's global address list (GAL)...If it allows for searching of your local contacts not sure if it wouldn't just be quicker to flick your way to the person you are looking for.
JonnyBruha @ Mar 11th 2008 6:26PM
Nobody complained about the Contacts app when the iPhone was first released. Well, none of those sad folks who dropped $600 on it complained. What's changed?
Jon @ Mar 11th 2008 11:12PM
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE SOME PROPER CREDIT FOR THIS POST AND MENTION THE GUYS OVER AT blargKABOOM.com WHO ACTUALLY DISCOVERED THIS FIRST????
Chris Ziegler @ Mar 11th 2008 11:32PM
What in tarnation are you talking about? Check both the read link and the picture link, dude. If you're going to get that upset about a post, that's fine -- just PLEASE be sure it's justified first.
Chris
Jon @ Mar 11th 2008 11:35PM
okay my bad, all I did was read the post (didn't click on anything) and I thought you guys were usurping the credit
Brad @ Mar 12th 2008 12:34AM
I would bet the search will only function on Corporate Address Books - since it is unlikely the iPhone will have the ability to download / sync against a corp. book (separate from an individual user's address book) via ActiveSync/Exchange.
So how much do you think the iPhone 2.0 update will cost? $20? $50?
engadgetier @ Mar 16th 2008 8:49PM
Uhhhhh........ FREE for iPhone users.......
Brad @ Mar 17th 2008 2:10AM
Don't be so sure. Given Apple's current stock price, I wouldn't be surprised if they elected to make this a pay upgrade. They have a pretty good history of this now...including on the iPod Touch, MBP, Apple TV...why WOULDN'T they charge for the most anticipated new feature this year? What are you going to do, NOT pay for it? Get it somewhere else? Face it, you're locked in.
dmolayem @ Mar 12th 2008 12:59AM
http://www.blargkaboom.com
this is the first website to find this
please, give us some credit... it would be appreciated
thomas @ Mar 12th 2008 2:10PM
they gave credit, check the read link.
It links to the website
Ben @ Mar 12th 2008 1:51PM
Face it this feature has been around in what every phone that i have every used. Including the dumb phones. The iPhone has been the ultimate flop. It failed in so many ways. Apple's hype machine at its best.
So in other words if you want a real phone that isn't all fancy and gets the job done just get a winmo smart phone. Just because it says its windows doesn't mean it sucks.
By the way this is being written on a mac.
Pie.-or-is-it-Pi? @ Apr 11th 2008 1:10PM
A Mac? Dude, that's awesome. Same here. As for the paid upgrades, I hate that, but I will pay it anyway... AT&T was the first cell phone company in business, I believe, so I don't understand why all of you hate AT&T. I've never had any problem with them, and I don't really like T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint/Nextel, and I don't really have an opinion on Alltel. If AT&T is so bad, why is it the largest company with a large customer base? Anyway...
http://www.att.com/
http://www.apple.com/
http://www.memory-alpha.org/
Get a Mac, or face the Wrath of Khan. Yes, I'm a Trekkie. And a Mac fanboy. You got a problem with that? It's not like I am forcing you to watch TNG:"Encounter at Farpoint" over and over and over again. Or TOS:"Gamesters of Triskelion" ... But I digress.
Pie.-or-is-it-Pi?