How to manage contacts with multiple mobile numbers?

[JoeGarrett]

some of my contacs have multiple mobile numbers, i.e. work, private, car mobile.....so, how can i manage them since wm6 doesn't allow me more than one mobile number for every contact. i know thta i can use inesoft address book, but using this software, once i have choosen my contact,i cannot directly send an sms to the contact, or at least i haven't understood how to.

have you got any suggestion for me.....i'm really bored with this issue, my nokia n70, symbian 3rd edition can handle multiple numbers for avery contact.....:(

[JoeGarrett]

maybe there's no answer to my question?

[alkizmo]

you cant
heck you cant even do that in Microsoft Outlook
You'll have to make multiple contacts for a single person

John 1
John 2

for each mobile number :p

Anyway, you'd have to manually select which mobile number to send a SMS to :p That'd be faster to have multiple contacts.

Otherwise, if it's just for voice call, then just put anything (house,work,etc), doesnt matter.

[F2504x4]

Try out pocket informant 8, in the contact list it will show multiple chooses, maybe it will fit your need, they have trial version so you can take it for a test spin for free .

It will take some time to get use to but the one handed operation is great to look up contacts and click to dial, blows the contact list in WM5/6 out of the water.

I have used several versions of this, very stable and works great and it will sync with outlook.

http://www.pocketinformant.com/products_info.php?p_id=pi&

http://www.pocketinformant.com/products_info.php?p_id=pocketinformant&tab_id=features

[ai6908]

Hmmm you cant save multiple entries for the same name in SIM no matter what phone you use.

In wm all you do is create a new contact, and when you do that create the contact as outlook contact...that way you can add multiple number, email, address, etc etc...

[Nilist]

I know how you feel; it's a pain to have several mobile numbers for one contact when you want to SMS (voice dialling is fine)
Here is how it can work while maintaining only one contact in Outlook:

- Enter additional mobile numbers in Outlook under pager, car, other (or whatever you fancy)
- When you want to create a new SMS, do NOT start typing the name directly to get auto completion, click the To: field instead (or go through Menu -> Add Recipient)
- This brings up your contact list, and you can now choose your contact and select any of his/hers numbers to send the SMS to..

Hope this helps

[pasan]

I'm not sure what you're aiming for exactly. WM6 has a lot of options for multiple mobile numbers, and AFAIK, Symbian S60 v3 has fewer options, at least on my N73 ME it does.

[tonyb15re]

you can do this by adding the number under another option e.g. home, create new text then select contact through the contacts option rather than typing their name in the to box, you'll get the option then to choose either phone number or email address.

[JoeGarrett]

never tried before, i'll test it, thx for your suggestion

[gwassef]

it is a real silly problem, in PC outlook you can add private fields, but you will not be able to synchronize it with your ppc. hope we can find a good real solution for this.