Address Book (on Mac) and Contacts (on iPod don't bhave the same way...

Hi all.
In Address Book (AB), I've flagged some contacts as "Company"; these are business contacts and AB displays them based on the company name which is OK. It doesn't display the person's name in the list, which is OK. If I do a search on the person's name, though, AB finds and displays the appropriate contact. This AB is synced with my iPod touch (IPT).
HOWEVER, when I do a search on the person's name in Contacts on the IPT, it doesn't find it!
As far as you know, is this a limitation of Contacts or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!

See: How to Transfer Music Between the Computer and iPod
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.
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