Q: quickest way to lookup contacts?

[SDscorch]

now that i've ventured away from the sense UI and rooted/CM6'd my Hero, i'm finding it hard to find contacts easily

in sense, you could start searching for contacts from the phone's dialpad using the T9 system - but that system doesn't exist here

yes, i have some starred contacts - and the phone log "helps"

but i can't star EVERYone (defeats the purpose) and going back through the phone log can be more trouble than just going into contacts and searching




anybody have any better ideas?

 

[Fenga Papit]

Try Dialer One instead from the Market. It has t9 for contact lookups. Let us know if that works for you. Here is the link: Dialer One v1.2.6::Reworked UI;O Application for Android | Communication

 

[mrtimo]

Try Dialer One instead from the Market. It has t9 for contact lookups. Let us know if that works for you. Here is the link: Dialer One v1.2.6::Reworked UI;O Application for Android | Communication

Does Dialer One allow you to dial using a QWERTY keyboard? Does any dialer? I know a search dialog brings up a QWERTY...

 

[mich0020]

Gesture search! Gesture Search Home

 

[SDscorch]

i'm using dialer one - i really really like it!


its the main way i access my contacts

 

[Thaxis]

I am using the google search widget to find contacts. It seems to work pretty fast.

 

[Pantera72]

On my main screen I just make a folder and then drop shortcuts for my most frequent contacts in it for fast one-click dialing (ok two clicks if you count opening up the folder) without having to scroll thru the long list of contacts in my main phone-book.

 

[Fenga Papit]

On my main screen I just make a folder and then drop shortcuts for my most frequent contacts in it for fast one-click dialing (ok two clicks if you count opening up the folder) without having to scroll thru the long list of contacts in my main phone-book.

There's an app for that. Easy Dialer is free with a paid version available.

 

[SDscorch]

I am using the google search widget to find contacts. It seems to work pretty fast.

its agonizingly slow for me

i have over 2k contacts

 

[SDscorch]

On my main screen I just make a folder and then drop shortcuts for my most frequent contacts in it for fast one-click dialing (ok two clicks if you count opening up the folder) without having to scroll thru the long list of contacts in my main phone-book.

yep - i do that too

and i star certain contacts

and i've started to use the voice search - it still takes a long time but its very hands-free and convenient