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Just the opposite problem for me, I prefer the display to show Last Names
first but there's no option for me to change this. It has Name or Company
view and the name view only displays by First names in Windows Mobile Pro 6.
Never had this issue with the previous Windows Mobile versions.

"ship" wrote:

> O/S: Windows Mobile Pro 6
> Hardware: Vodaphone v1615 (= HTC TyTN II)
> PC: Windows XP Pro (SP2), Office 2003
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have just bought a new mobile phone (details above)
>
> Is there any way to get the contacts to show first name first?
> (it only has the options of "View by Name or view by Company"
> and "Name" turns out to mean the "Save as" field in Outlook2003 on my
> PC .
>
> I am stunned by how basic the Contacts manager on my phone is.
>
> Failing the above, is there any way to update all my conacts on my PC
> so that their "Save As" values start with First name? (At present,
> about half do and
> about half do not - this makes it impossible to know whether to look
> up a contact
> by last name or by first name!)
>
> Failing all the above - can anyone recommend any vastly superior
> contacts
> and calender software for a Windows Mobile Pro 6 device that is able
> to
> reliably synch with my Outlook on my PC?
>
>
> Ship
> Shiperton Henethe
>
>
>