Dialer bringing up names not numbers

[Shofar]

I have moved from a long time Palm (not smartphone) and Nokia user.

When I am in the dialer, I can't seem to get names when hit the keyboard. I just get numbers and if I hold long I get my speed dial.

How can I get it to work like a real phone. - Hit 7 4 times and get to the S in the phone book.

Also anyway to get last name, first name?
Thanks for the help

 

[Eugene's Mac]

Why not just type the name as you would on a normal phone? The desire will recognize the options of names/surnames based on what you type

 

[iynCognito]

I have moved from a long time Palm (not smartphone) and Nokia user.

When I am in the dialer, I can't seem to get names when hit the keyboard. I just get numbers and if I hold long I get my speed dial.

How can I get it to work like a real phone. - Hit 7 4 times and get to the S in the phone book.

Also anyway to get last name, first name?
Thanks for the help

you need to treat it like predictive text to search for names.

So to look for "John", type 5646