"Google Voice Flag" I've been playing with google voice on the Droid and think there should be a flag added into "Contacts" that allow me to specify if I want to use google voice or not for each number. The Android Google Voice app allows for a prompt option to ask if you want to place each call "with" or "without" using google voice. With this new flag, I could setup any contact numbers to automatically use google voice or not use google voice and eliminate the prompt. If none are selected, simply continue with the prompt. This would be helpful to allow me to setup those contacts who I know are not Verizon customers and would cost me minutes... I could setup them to call using google voice.
"Contact Setup" I've switched from Outlook to Google Contacts for everything. I use my contacts for family names for Christmas cards and have stored the names as "Bob and Mary Jones". With contact integration with about every google application, I now have also created "Bob Jones" and "Mary Jones" with separate phone numbers so I can identify Bob or Mary. The problem with all the separate contacts it that then I have information in multiple contacts that really are linked. So I may or may not have addresses in each or same home phone. My first idea would be to use the "Bob and Mary Jones" and separate out the first and last name. First name would be "Bob and Mary" and last as "Jones". If they call me from a home phone I would see "Bob and Mary Jones" displayed. On the "Mobile" number I would like another field for "first name". So the first mobile number I can specify it is "Bob" and the second "Mobile" I can say is "Mary". Then when a call comes in from Bob I will see "Bob Jones". Now with this idea, one could say you may need names on addresses and work numbers. Bob and Mary may have their addresses for work and the name would specify who's work address. Same for birthday's, or allowing to add additional people like children and their birthday's or phone numbers. Those birthdays and anniversaries could automatically populate the calendar. This is great for many things. One, it will reduce my contacts and keep my information more accurate. I also like it for use in the "Google Navigation" so I can say "Navigate to Bob Jones" and it is more likely to have the address in the joint contact, where I may not have it duplicated in the "Bob Jones" separate contact. Another thing that I just ran across is with the Picasa program. The program is great in that it identifies faces and I can just select who they are. One issue I have is similar to the above request, if it recognizes my mother as a child her name was not "Mary Jones" but was say "Mary Smith". Do I want Picasa to show "Mary Jones" or "Mary Smith"? I'd prefer "Mary Smith"... maybe only because I work in genealogy. Do you get into maiden names within the contact "Bob and Mary Jones"? Would be nice, or some other sort of linking that ties everyone together. Hopefully you can see that the "Contacts" really does appear to be the backbone of the google applications and could possibly use some updates to better support the needs of the many applications accessing the information. I really think the "Contacts" should be it's own seperate application and not buried within GMail. It is much more than mail, and the Droid and Picasa programs that I recently used are proof that there is much more to come from the "Contacts" application. Thanks. 2) "Contacts" is becoming much more and being used for more and more. With using Picasa for photo recognition and many other google apps. An optional "First" name next to each phone number in the contacts would help reduce the number of contacts and then display the first name of the caller and last name. At this time Contacts does not separate the first and last name. I now have contacts saved as "Bob and Mary Jones" with their home information and address for christmas cards. But I also then store "Bob Jones" and "Mary Jones" with seperate phone numbers. Would be nice to just have one Contact with "Bob and Mary" as first name, "Jones" as last name with the home number. Then under "Mobile 1" have another first name of "Bob" and "Mobile 2" first name of "Mary". If "Mobile 1" calls me then "Bob Jones" should display... or if the home number calls it will display "Bob and Mary Jones". Another option is to still have three contacts and link "Bob" back to "Bob and Mary Jones". Along with the purposes I tried to describe, the other nice thing would be to have the address in there for all contacts then... so with google navigation I can say "Navigate to Bob Jones" and it will load the address from contacts. Sorry for the long suggestion... and it may not be all google voice.. but the contacts people. It really need to go to many departments because they are are connected in the suggestion. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api?hl=.
