As a new user of TakePhone (bought it at the discounted price) I do find its search useful. But here's something I see - if you search by company (e.g. Acme) it lists all of the entries but all of them have your search term in the list that it prepares for you so you see - Acme, Acme....
thank you, On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Carl W. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We just discussed the in great length last week. TAKEphONE handles > searching of all fields instantly. I'll expand on Craig's example: > > For example, if you have a contact named Joe Schmoe at Acme > Incorporated; Mary Jones at Acme > Incorporated; a contact called name Wild E. Coyote which has a contact > note that states "Acme > Incorporated's biggest customer"; a contact called Acme Dry Cleaning; a > contact named John Press who's contact note mention's that you "meet him at > the Acme Dry Cleaning" and finally, if you have Kim Frank who's title is > "Acme's supplier of large rocks". > > If you open TAKEphONE and start typing 'Acme' and all the above contacts > will be listed instantly. > > Craig, the difference it makes is one is instant and your example could > take several seconds (depending on how many contacts you have) to get a > result. Even when the list starts to appear, you sometimes cannot click on a > contact until the search process gets to a certain point in the process. > > I did the following test... > > I know I have a few contacts that have contact notes that states that the > person "works with" someone. In the example I am looking for a person that > "worked with Mary". > > With the built in contacts, it took 17 seconds to pull up the app, envoke > the find feature, search for "worked with Mary" and open the contact. The > reason I typed the whole phrase is that the search would have taken longer > if I wasn't very specific. The search results only show the contact's name > and not the search string. If I typed only "worked", I would get all entries > that have similar notes and I would have no way to know which one "worked > with Mary" > > With TAKEphONE, it took 7 seconds. > As soon as I started typing "worked", I got all the results with that term > and instantly see a entry that reads "worked with Mary". > > One is faster and requires less steps. > > ----------------------- > Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Craig Froehle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <craig.froehle%40gmail.com> > > > Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008 8:07 pm > Subject: Re: [Treo] Better Contacts Search? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <treo%40yahoogroups.comReply-To>: > [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Richard, perhaps I'm not understanding your question, but the Treo's > built-in Search will find your Contacts by any field you have data in. > > For example, if one of your contacts is Joe Schmoe at Acme > Incorporated, searches for 'Joe', 'Schmoe', and 'Acme' will all find > him. > > Why isn't that enough? > - Craig > > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Richard Todd Perry <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<perryrt%40hotmail.com>> > wrote: > > Does anyone know of a way to search for things in the base Contacts > > package besides name? Specifically, I'd like a way to search my contacts > > by company. I don't really need a huge contact-manager type application, > > I'm just looking for a more comprehensive search function. > > > > Thanks - > > > > Richard T Perry > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > Messages in this topic (2) > Reply (via web post) > | > Start a new topic > Messages > | Files > | Photos > | Links > | Database > | > > > -- Srivaths Srinivasan "Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Aaye" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
