N70 Contacts cannot sort by first name

My contacts are currently displayed in a Last Name sort, which is driving me up the wall!
I'm from Singapore and my N70 was purchased about a month ago from SingTel, one of three local telcos.
I've had the firmware flashed (via Nokia's website) to the latest version: 5.0638.3.0.1 dated 18-09-06
For some strange reason, my Contacts doesn't have a Settings option. Hitting Options while in Contacts brings up the following:
Open
Voice Call
Video Call
Create Message
New Contact
Open Conversation
Edit
Delete
Duplicate
Mark/Unmark
Copy
SIM contacts
Send
Memory details
Synchr. Contacts
Help
Exit
That's it. Some other forums have mentioned that a Settings option should be available just before Help.. but it's non-existent on mine. Even the manual has no mention of a Settings option. Anyone have any ideas?

I had no idea the phone only supported up to 1GB. I had bought the phone at a local computer show (Singapore, SITEX 2006): there was a good price offer by a telco at the time (SIN$68 + 2 year plan at SIN$89/mth). Right after I picked uo the phone, I went and got the 2GB RS-MMC card (SIN$57). The guys selling the card said that an N70 could use it.
Upon reaching home, I checked the manual (in fact I just looked it up again) and there's no mention about the capacities supported.
Going to MENU > TOOLS > MEMORY right now, it reads the following:
Name Kingston
Capacity 1991 MB
Used 68 MB
Free 1923 MB
(Incidentally, for some reason, the card cannot be renamed.. I've already tried it twice)
The card works fine. No issues with it whatsoever. In fact, because I'm on a Mac, I can't run PC Suite and other Windoze programmes, I have a personal workaround to "manually" update and modiy the vCards stored on the card using a card reader connected to my MacBook Pro.
Since the phone only supports USB 1.1, I will likely use the card reader to transfer music to my phone for use during my commute. But then I already have a 60GB iPod...
Currently, my N70 is configured to store all incoming messages on the card, along with all my personal stuff AND backups. Had to do a hard reset once (green + 3 + *) and restored from my card in less than 5 minutes. Took another 10 minutes to reassign speed dials, default numbers and BT authorisations.

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