What if any address book features are receiveing Apple's "attention"

I fuly understand that even minor appearing software updates/upgrades can be a lot more difficult than they appear. Still my question is this:
*Is there any way to find out if Apple is working on some sort of fix or update on a certain item or problem?*
Specicially, I am interested in sorting and lookups by company name on the addressbook contacts.
From reviewing discussion boards and such, this seems to be a significant concern. Is Apple working on this or planning or working on this?

There is no way to know what upgrades the iPhone DEV team is currently working on. Apple has always been very tight lipped about future enhancements.
You can submit feedback for the feature, though I am pretty sure it has been brought to their attention already.

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