LG VX8300 Addressing Text Messages

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Fred J. - 29 Jul 2007 21:40 GMT

On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name.
According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone number
of email address. This kind of defeats the purpose of a contact list.

Also, what happended to the memo field in the contact list?
Fred J.

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Esmail - 29 Jul 2007 21:51 GMT

> On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name.
> According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone number
> of email address. This kind of defeats the purpose of a contact list.

Maybe I'm not understanding this, but on my VX 8300 I can select the address
from my list of contacts when I create a new text message. I select the
"add" option shown on the lower right.

If I have more than one contact point (e.g., 2 phone numbers and/or e-mail,
I can cycle through them with right-/left-arrow.)

Is that what you are trying to do?

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Fred J. - 30 Jul 2007 01:07 GMT

> > On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name.
> > According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone number
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>
> Is that what you are trying to do?

You are correct about addressing text messages, I was entirely wrong.
But what happened to my MEMO field that appears in my VX4650 contact
list?
Fred J.

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Esmail - 30 Jul 2007 01:50 GMT

>>> On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name.
>>> According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone number
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> But what happened to my MEMO field that appears in my VX4650 contact
> list?

Hmm .. no idea about that ... I don't believe any of my previous phones
had them (or if they did, I didn't use them). Someone here will probably
chime in, or otherwise you can always ask on www.howardforums.com too.

Good luck.

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Frankster - 30 Jul 2007 04:22 GMT

>> > On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name.
>> > According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone number
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> list?
> Fred J.

Sorry to say, the Memo field is gone from the 8300. My previous LG phone had
one too (8000). Sadly, they left it out of the 8300. That's one of the
things that caused me to buy a Palm Treo 700wx. I've still got the 8300 on
another line though. I like it, otherwise.

-Frank

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Fred J. - 30 Jul 2007 13:53 GMT

MEMO was a field in the 'contact' list. I was able to store pertinent
information about that contact in that location and use the phone like
a PDA. I don't know if LG removed it or Verizon removed it; I am
thinking the later. It amazes me how Verizon has set back innovation
by stifling the UI.

My son buys Motorola phones from Verizon and then replaces the UI with
Motorola's. Why should we be forced to use a crippled phone? Now he
can use Bluetooth as per the industry specification; not Verizon's.
Have you ever tried iTap as opposed to T9 (TWORD)? Granted, iTap is
only available on Motorola phones, but features differentiate what
would otherwise be a sea of one flavor phones. Why does Verizon feel
the need to put blinders on us?

Here is a suggestion for Version. Place both your UI and the
manufacturer's UI on the phone; when customers' call for tech-support,
tell them to switch to the Verizon UI. Put in the fine print, that
you don't support the manufacturer's UI or industry standards. In the
past companies like LG have stepped to the plate and released updates
to their software that fixed bugs and added features. The innovative
companies will continue to do this and win market share.
Fred J.

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Frankster - 30 Jul 2007 14:26 GMT

> MEMO was a field in the 'contact' list. I was able to store pertinent
> information about that contact in that location and use the phone like
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> companies will continue to do this and win market share.
> Fred J.

I don't think of this Memo issue as "crippling". VZW has reasons for
standardizing the interface, good or bad.

Funny thing is, I checked out a number of phones when I noticed this Memo
thing, there are now tons of VZW interface phones that do not have a Memo
field. Even Motos.

I still use the 8300's email address as a Memo field. Since they have fields
for 2 email addresses, and I normally never use the email field, it works
well for memos.

Note: I tried the same thing on a Samsung a990 and found out the the email
fields use syntax checking. They will not accept any input unless it has a
"@" and a "." (validate an email address). This prevents using the email
field as a Memo field on the a990. But you can still do it on the 8300.

-Frank

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Fred J. - 30 Jul 2007 21:25 GMT

> > MEMO was a field in the 'contact' list. I was able to store pertinent
> > information about that contact in that location and use the phone like
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>
> -Frank

Good idea Frank. I just tried it on a Motorola MOTOSLVR L7c and it
works well. Noticed something else on the SLVR. It has iTap rather
than T9 out of the box.
Fred J.

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tavenger5 - 30 Jul 2007 00:56 GMT

Fred J. Wrote:

> On my VX4650 I can address a message by referring to a contact name
> According to the LG VX300 Verizon manual I must enter the phone numbe
> of email address. This kind of defeats the purpose of a contact list
>
> Also, what happended to the memo field in the contact list
> Fred J

Not understanding what you mean. If someone in your contact list send
you a message, it will say it is from them

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