Search Function a Total Failure?

The search function doesn't seem to work. For example, I have a contact who is a piano tuner. In the note field, I have "Piano Tuner". I wanted to find him, and searched for "tuner". The record was not found.
That makes the search function pretty useless. A little research shows that search will only look at name and company name. That's not good.
Message was edited by: TromboneAl

As you found out, it works as designed. If you want to suggest an improvement, go here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html

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