3GS and 3.0 - but it still doesn't do something so basic

Once you dial it, doesn't it save to your "dialed calls", and then you can save it as a contact from there?

 

Just copy/paste.

 

in a text it does

you just press the arrow pointing right and eventually you get to a screen that says "call" "text message" and "create new contact"

 

There is a simply way

After the call is completed , go to call history and create a new contact.

 

Actually...

If you press down on the number and wait for a second, it will give you the option to call, copy, add new contact, or save to existing one. Voilà! Problem solved. You're welcome.

 

Ummm...have you tried holding your finger on the number in question? At that point you get a pop-up with the choice to: call, text, create new contact, and add to existing contact.

I'm doing this right now with a number embedded in a email I received that isn't even a phone number at all but just a series of numbers (a tracking number for fedex). Am I misunderstanding you?

 

That's what I was going to say. Just tap and hold... problem solved.

 

You are wrong. People have texted other peoples numbers to me and I can add them to a contact just fine.

 

'dem ifones sure is compikated.