very poor implementation
Don't spend the money, as this application is, frankly, unusable: it conks out before even starting, or runs through all contacts (I have 1251) TWICE, or after compiling my contacts twice it won't let me type in one of the input boxes. I am sure that it can be made to work, but it should not have been allowed in the store in its present stage of development.
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Wait Wait Wait for Loading Contacts
You cannot enter contact name, company or phone number until all of your contacts are loaded into the "Contact Find" program. I have 1000 business contacts and it takes 45 seconds or longer to load before you can type or do a search. Needs work on this program.
What is the delay?
I believe the developer has created the fix for the crashing problem for ContactFind. Why has Apple not updated this in the Apple Store? For all of us who purchased the program, we should be granted the upgrade. If Apple wants to be more selective, then good idea, but from now into the future. Let us stop a fix what is already wrong.
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Doesn't work
I agree with several observers. I have 2,000 contacts and the program sifts through them all before accepting input and then crashes. I hope someone will design a useful "find program" for the Iphone. I miss my Palm Pilot. We also need a program to send pictures with Text Messages.
CRASHES - Never has worked at all for me.
I have tried a number of things to get this app to work but it crashes after about 5 seconds. I have removed it and reinstalled it with no luck. I thought It might work with the most recent update - But no luck. This was a complete waste of money. Some reviews I read indicate that the program will not work with a large number of contacts. I have 243 and do not think that is a large number compared with some of the notes in the reviews. The features this app claims to offer are nice but don't waste your money because clearly this app was not tested well and was poorly written.
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Crashes EVERY time I try to launch it. Uninstalled.
v2.1 Crashes EVERY time I try to launch it. Uninstalled.
Excellent application - fills an important need
This latest release is working perfectly for me. Note that I had not been able to use the first version after repeated crashes.
Though the reviews have been poor, I think most reviewers have not really been able to work with Contact Find and need to give it another chance.
Coming to an iPhone from Windows Mobile (used out of desperation for PDA functions, even as a dedicated Mac user), I was incredibly disappointed to be unable to search throughout my contact fields (as I had done on my WM devices). For instance: I get a page or message to return a phone call to xxx-yyyy phone number. It looks familiar, but who is it? Now I can find this immediately. Also, I use my Address Book (Contacts) notes extensively, especially for fields that don't sync. I can now search through these notes allowing much enhanced productivity. With the inexplicable lack of ToDo syncing via Calendar, I have had to make a Contact called "ToDo", where I keep my updated ToDo list in the Notes section. Now, I can easily search this as well.
I have found Piet Jonas to be incredibly responsive and helpful in improving this application. I expect Contact Find to get even better in future versions. It is really one of the best I have found, and actually does something that helps improve the utility of my iPhone (as opposed to the vast majority of other applications).
Bottom line: great application, will be even better. If it crashes for you, I strongly urge you to try the newer version to see its true value. I only wish something similiar could be made for Calendar entries.
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terrible...
It crashed when I first downloaded it. I can never use it! I waited for the upgrade, hoping that it would be fixed, no such luck! It still crashes as soon as it starts to read the contacts. Need my $$ back!!
9-23 Nonfunctional
I purchased this app to search contacts using the notes field.
Upon opening, the program has to compile an index EVERY time you use it. I have about 1,800 contacts. It took my phone about 2 minutes before it was even ready for a search! Then, upon searching, I discovered you can only search by one keyword! Thus, if I'm trying to do a search on multiple criteria, the program is useless. Furthermore, if there is a problem and the app crashes, I have to repeat the whole process and wait another 2 minutes before I can do another search!
This app is basically nonfunctional and I would discourage anyone from purchasing it.
It's horrible that Apple has not included this simple functionality in the iPhone. I'm also greatly disappointed that I can't do a search for events in Calendar. These were 2 of the most important functions that I used daily when I had my Palm Treo, a vastly less powerful handheld computer!
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Doesn't Work
The functionality of the app sounds great, but it crashes when I try to launch it, so I cannot even test it. This application clearly is not yet ready for prime time!
