"Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <[email protected]> writes: > > Am 26.09.2009 um 01:46 schrieb Brolin Empey: > > Anyway, why are SIM contacts (contacts stored on a SIM) so limited? > > 1. Cannot have multiple phone numbers per contact. > 2. Cannot change the type (home, work, mobile, etc.) of the > phone number. > 3. Names are truncated to 18 chars. > > Mainly, because SIM card entries have been standardized approx. 1992 so that > you can use them in *any* phone. Back then, SIM flash memory and computing > power of a phone was *very* limited. Less than a C64 :) It is similar to why > plain old FAT memory card format is still in use with all its limitations.
I wonder, have any of these limitations changed in UMTS, for USIM cards? Not that it helps us using the Neo's builtin GSM modem--I guess we could add a UMTS modem via the USB port, though :) -- Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
