How to search via contacts' nicknames on the iPhone
Sep 04, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: sven
While the nickname field of Address Book entries does sync to the iPhone, it's not searchable on the iPhone. Also, it's not used as the display name in call lists or SMS chats. I much prefer reading friend's short names or nicknames instead of their full name when they call.
The easy solution to achieve that is to turn your friends into companies. Use each person's nickname as the company name, and check the Company box in Address Book. The only downside to this solution is that now their full names are not searchable on the iPhone anymore.
Quite a simple and obvious hint, but maybe helpful for some nonetheless...
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