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.

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