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clipka wrote:
> That's just the way it is - that's how they were standardized, back in
> the old days, when nobody ever thought about storing more information
> than just a person's phone number.
The wonders of premature standardization. Not that it seems better than the
alternative, mind.
> but also at retrieval speed.
Sure. I was under the impression that when you put the SIM card in, the
phone would read and cache the values for you in faster flash ram. I thought
there was more in there than just a simple one-number address book, but I
can see how that might happen, yes, with nobody agreeing on what else to put
in there, and nobody wanting (or being allowed to) specify
manufacturer-specific fields.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Understanding the structure of the universe
via religion is like understanding the
structure of computers via Tron.
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