Re: [Bitpim-user] bitpim 0.2 feedback

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

> Phone book is dowloaded and looks correct.  There is no facility to
> alphabetize yet, I suppose.  They seem to be in the same order as I plugged
> them.

Here is the scoop.

The phone stores the items in the order entered.  If you do search by
name, then shows them alphabetized.  If you do search by number then
they are the numbers corresponding to the alphabetized names (not
particularly useful).  If you do search by group then they are in 
the order stored in the phone.

Each entry has a serial number associated with it.  That serial number
is the key used for speeddials and voicedials.  It is impossible(*) for
me to sort the list in the phone memory without losing the serial
numbers, which then loses those speeddials and voicedials.

Consequently I think we will have to live with the crummy alphabetisation.

The good news is I now have phonebook synchronisation working that doesn't
trash the serial numbers.

(*) There are a few data sets where it is somewhat possible.  It
isn't possible in the general case however.

Roger