Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iOS 6 still no grouping/categorizing contacts? other important features still missing
- Thread starter GadgetGeek407
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
cyks
macrumors 68020
You can't think of any reason that a call log longer than a couple of weeks could be practical?
Even in your own example, what if you didn't foresee having to call that person back 6 months later and didn't make a contact for them?
For work reasons, someone may need to show that they had a conversation/ attempted numerous calls and getting the information from a phone company (especially on a work cell phone) isn't always the easiest thing to do.
If I don't think I'll be needing a phone number again in the future, I generally don't make a contact for it to save to. In the past (with other cell phones), it's been a nice blessing to have that number listed in the history... or, on some phones, it would automatically pop up if I began dialing.
As with most everything else, just because you don't see a need or have a use for something, it doesn't mean that others don't.
Armen
macrumors 604
I'm not debating whether it's useful or not. I wanted to hear How others found it useful.
Can Group Contacts in IOS 6 Using Apps
I have two apps in my iPhone 5 that help me set up and use Groups.
Tacts lets me set up and assign contacts to groups - works great!
Power Contacts lets me browse a group with thumbnail images.
When I first used the former and synced to my MacMini, the groups turned up on my Mac but they no longer update their existence or membership.
I think that broke when I went to Mountain Lion, along with Notes sync.
I have to send contacts via iMessage, click the .vcf file and manually drag to groups.
I use iTunes to backup and sync what I can. I so far am trying to avoid iCloud so I can limit data consumption when international roaming - sorry Apple & money hungry telco's. On the Mac I can address to a Group name which, with the right checkboxes un-ticked, lets me send hiding email addresses from my recipients respecting their privacy - a boon. Can not seem to do so on the iPhone though?
I have two apps in my iPhone 5 that help me set up and use Groups.
Tacts lets me set up and assign contacts to groups - works great!
Power Contacts lets me browse a group with thumbnail images.
When I first used the former and synced to my MacMini, the groups turned up on my Mac but they no longer update their existence or membership.
I think that broke when I went to Mountain Lion, along with Notes sync.
I have to send contacts via iMessage, click the .vcf file and manually drag to groups.
I use iTunes to backup and sync what I can. I so far am trying to avoid iCloud so I can limit data consumption when international roaming - sorry Apple & money hungry telco's. On the Mac I can address to a Group name which, with the right checkboxes un-ticked, lets me send hiding email addresses from my recipients respecting their privacy - a boon. Can not seem to do so on the iPhone though?
And since it's for such a niche group, it doesn't need to exist. I am SO sick of people thinking every feature they can possibly think of needs to go into iOS and just because it was on a older, obsolete phone all the new ones should have it.
Get over it. Stop acting like spoiled children. Honestly...
Put it in a suggestions thread. Stop ranting on about it. No one gives a crap.
Rajani Isa
macrumors 65816
agreed, the iphone should remember more conacts, i get hundreds of calls in a week, and i want my phone to remember all those contacts so that i can call back. apple should improve this.
... and how do you do that on an iPad?
When I log into my iCloud account - with Safari on my iPad - I do not get into my actual iCloud account (as I do when logging in with Safari on my Mac) but just onto a page where I could setup iCloud even though it is, of course, setup already. Quite stupid, I think.
Last edited: