IOS 5 will not search "notes" field in Contacts

I just upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 and I cannot search the ''notes" field in the Contacts App.
I work with a bunch of technicians and use the "notes" field to keep track of their expertise. When I want to find a technician with a specific talent, I usually just search the notes field in the Addressbook program on my Mac.
But, searching within the Contacts App on iOS 5 apparently only searches within First/Last Names and Company Names. iOS 5 will NOT search the "notes" field.
I have verified that this does not work on two other iPhone 4 phones.
Anyone have a solution? Or can you at least verify that this is happening on both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S?

Alas, the searching of the contact "notes" field has never worked in iOS 5 or any previous version of iOS. It is baffling as to why Apple will not fix this issue. Worst of all, there is an ongoing dialogue about this since iOS 4 first came out. And most notably, the iOS search does successfully search the calendar "Notes" field, so why not the contact "Notes" field. So why oh why won't Apple fix this? Whether for personal or professional use there are so many iOS users that rely on a quick search of contact notes for various purposes. And I don't want to use another app for this. I just want this to work as expected in iOS.
Lastly - as everyone continues to state, even palm pilot used to search contact notes. This must be easy to implement!
Dear Apple - please be insanely great and implement this contact notes search feature into iOS 5 ASAP.

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