<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>Am 26.09.2009 um 01:46 schrieb Brolin Empey:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hello list,<br><br>I am marking this message as OT because it is not specific to Openmoko, but I thought someone here may know because I think most members of this list are relatively technical.<br><br>Anyway, why are SIM contacts (contacts stored on a SIM) so limited?<br> <br><ol><li>Cannot have multiple phone numbers per contact.</li><li>Cannot change the type (home, work, mobile, etc.) of the phone number.</li><li>Names are truncated to 18 chars.</li></ol></blockquote>Mainly, because SIM card entries have been standardized approx. 1992 so that you can use them in *any* phone. Back then, SIM flash memory and computing power of a phone was *very* limited. Less than a C64 :) It is similar to why plain old FAT memory card format is still in use with all its limitations.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">Why do I have to store contacts in the phone instead of on the SIM to do anything useful?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Because you have much more memory and more flexible data formats. But you can't simply remove the SIM and place it in a historical phone like let's say a SIEMENS S4.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"> <br>Thanks,<br>Brolin<br><br>-- <br>Sometimes I forget how to do small talk: <<a href="http://xkcd.com/222/">http://xkcd.com/222/</a>><br><br>“If you have to ask why, you’re not a member of the intended audience.” — Bob Zimbinski, <<a href="http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/">http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/</a>><br> _______________________________________________<br>Openmoko community mailing list<br><a href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">community@lists.openmoko.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>