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Section 2A. Phone Basics 29
Saving a Phone Number
The Contacts list can store a maximum of 600 contact
entries in total, with each contact entry containing a
maximum of seven phone numbers. Each entry’s
name can contain up to 64 characters. Your phone
automatically sorts the Contacts entries alphabetically.
(For more information, see “Contacts” on page 82.)
To save a number from standby mode:
1. Enter a phone number and press .
2. Select New Entry or Existing Entry and press .
3. Select a label (Mobile, Home, Work, Pager, Fax, or
Others) and press .
4. Use the keypad to enter the new contact name
and press . (See “Entering Text in Portrait
Mode” on page 33. or See “Entering Text in
Landscape Mode” on page 39.)
– or –
Search for an existing contact name and press
to save the new number.
5. Press Done (left softkey) to save the entry. You are
then notified if the number was successfully
added.
Finding a Phone Number
You can search Contacts entries for phone numbers
that contain a specific string of numbers.
1. Enter four or more of the last digits in standby
mode. (The more numbers you enter, the more
specific the search becomes.)
Ⅲ Matching Contacts entries are displayed within an
onscreen list.
2. To display the Contacts entry that contains the
phone number you entered, select the entry and
press .
– or –
To dial the number, highlight the entry from the list
and press .
Note
Information can also be entered while the phone is in
landscape mode (page 39).
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