address book contact keeps on changing names when using mail app

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  1. johnj2803

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    everytime i email a contact in my addressbook using the mail app the contact name changes.

    the contact name is :-*HONEY:-* when i email her her contact name becomes Marlene(last name) :-*HONEY:-* (first name)

    why is this happening? altho her real first name is marlene, ang labo lang why this is happening... the problem is i sync my address book to 3 devices my treo, k610i and ipod so i get confused sometimes that my contact name has changed

    any input guys?
     
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    Re: addressbook conatct keeps on changing names when using mail app

    that's probably where the problem is coming from - that you're syncing 3 devices. (more since you'll have to count Mail and Address Book with your treo and k610i). could it be that the structure of these 2 devices are different from one another and it forces your address book to change?
     
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    Re: addressbook conatct keeps on changing names when using mail app

    i'm just syncing the address book, not the mail app...

    do you think that is the problem? i have been syncing these devices for the longest time but i have just used the mail app recently.
     
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    Re: addressbook conatct keeps on changing names when using mail app

    Is the contact properly entered in Address Book? You can always swap the first and last names in address book.
     
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    Re: addressbook conatct keeps on changing names when using mail app


    yes it is properly entered... I also tried swapping last names and first names... it duplicated whatever is in the last name in the first name so it became :-*HONEY:-* :-*HONEY:-* instead :D

    any more ideas? :D
     
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    Re: addressbook conatct keeps on changing names when using mail app

    i get the duplicate name too if the name in my mobile phone has only the initials or first name. i think this happens to contacts in your mobile phone with email addresses included. what i do is put a dot (.) in the first name field so that the initials or first name will be shown once.
     

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