[sherm420]

nope, using the soft numeric keypad.

here are my steps
1. i press the phone button
2. brings up numeric keypad
3. i type, for instance, 323 for dad
4. dad contact should appear at the top of the list, along with other highlighted "hits"

number 4 now only happens if it is someone i contacted recently or havent contacted in a long time. the htc contacts still contains all hundreds of contacts and imo is a pita to use.

this is an issue because performance degrades as the call log fills up. clearing the log frees memory or something. i dont claim to know what exactly, but it sure does lessen the lag.