7205 doesn't know what an area code is?

Question

So the "habitat mode" is perky, but I'm having a problem getting the 7205 (aka "Intrigue") to simply recognize my contacts in any coherent way.
Silliness #1: I'm in the 415 area code.  If I have a contact "Mary" with phone number "555-1111" in my contact list and Mary calls me, the phone displays the number as "415-552-1111" and doesn't assocate it with Mary.  Statisticly aren't most contact phone numbers local for most people?  Remarkable.
Silliness #2: So I guess I have to put the area code in for all local contacts. Then if I have a contact "Joe" with phone number "415-555-2222" (including the area code this time) in my contact list and Joe calls me, the phone displays his name.  But if I call him by just dialing the local number, it doesn't realize it is equivalent and does no better than display the number in the call history!  Astounding.
Sillines #3: I have a contact "Mom" with the phone number "[phone]" in my contact list (This is how your contacts will be loaded if you transfer them using bluetooth, for instance).  When Mom calls, it only displays the number, not the name.  Why?  Because it doesn't know that "(222)" is the same as "222-", and is in fact the most common way of denoting area codes in the US!  Incredible.
God knows how it will butcher country codes.  I'm afraid to try.

Answer 1

I'm having a similar problem with the 7705...
when i call the contact from my contact list, it associates it with her name, but not if she calls me.
if i type in the number without area code, it doesn't recognize her, and if i send a message with the icon it put up for her in habitat mode, she doesn't get it.
if i try calling from that icon in habitat mode it pops up with a strange error message saying "originating addr same as cb or non-existant"
it's the only contact having this problem so far... and I've tried deleting the contact and putting it in again, to no avail...
not sure what I should do about, any luck fixing your problem?