Searching in Contacts app doesn't search all fields

Specifically, I find that the Contacts app on the iPad won't search the notes field (or the phone number or email fields for that matter).
Question: Is there a setting to enable this or a solution to cause the Contacts app search mechanism to include fields other than names?
It seems reasonable to desire search results to include notes you've made on the contact, phone numbers, emails etc. Often I find myself trying to find a contact based on a note or other info without remembering their name.

Mykll0 wrote:
Interesting. Just tried this on my iPhone, and it is doing the same thing. So, not an iPad issue, an OS issue? I am betting there is not a way to enable this in the Apple supplied Contacts, there may be some other third paty app that maybe does this.
I really need to keep those Feedback links handy for easy pasting... Can someone post that link? Thanks!
If you want to point out this omission try: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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