Re: [Bitpim-devel] Another developer added to the fold

[Roger B. <ro...@ro...>]

> I don't quite understand how we would really make call history fit in
> email.  It would work if there was a database to translate nubmers into
> email addresses 

You mean like the phonebook :-)

Ok. here are some examples.  Imagine your name is John Smith and number
is 123 456 7890

For SMS it is easy.  Incoming message:

======
From: 555...@vt...
To: 123...@vt...
Date: Jan 1 2003
Subject: Lunch  # from SMS message

body body body  # from SMS message
======

An outgoing message would be the same except the contents of the From
and To would be the other way round.

Here is what an ordinary call would look like, assuming the number 
had been phone in your phonebook

======
From: 555555555 (Mary Brown)
To: John Smith
Date: Jan 1 2003, 10:43am
Subject: Phone call: 25 minutes  # could also be Missed Call, Outgoing call etc

The same information in the body
======

The SMS case is very nice and easy but you already have things you can
turn into email addresses, and you have something you can make subjects
and bodies out of.

The call history certainly is of less utility.  If you already use a
time tracking and annotation tool that hooks into your mailer, then
having the call history in there too is great.  If you don't then how
do you track your email history?

We will certainly have to be very careful exporting it to any calendar
destination that is also a calendar source for BitPim.

Roger