(How) can I get contacts with no name to display the Organization instead of "Unnamed" on my Android phone?

I have an HTC Evo with contacts that were imported by Sprint from my old Palm Centro. On the Centro, I could have contacts with no name but a business/organization, and the contact list would use that as the display, and I could search on that field. (Handy for calling pizza restaurants!) On my new Android device, that sort of contact shows up as "Unknown", and the Organization name can't be searched.

  1. Is there a way to get the Android contact list to mimic the Palm's (quite reasonable and user-friendly!) behavior?
  2. Is there a quick way to copy the Organizations into the (say) Last Name field, if the above is not possible?
  3. What is the "right way" to deal with contacts that are businesses, not people, on Android devices?

Topic htc-evo contacts android

Category Android

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On my HTC Magic, I just put the business name in the contact's name field, then have all the businesses in a Contacts group called "Businesses" for when I want to find one of them quickly. To be honest this is also the way I used to do it on my old Palm, too.

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On my evo when I add a contact with an organization and no name the organization is the displayed name. Maybe try going to a contact and hitting edit? This might get the phone to prepare the contact.

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