Re: Contacts API and storage awareness (Re: ACTION-54)

Hi,

It's still not clear to me why this is something the WebApp itself needs
> to know; I can imagine this kind of preferences being set in the browser
> or at the OS level; I still don't know why each individual app would
> need to deal with that aspect.
>

One possible reason is that the SIM contacts database and the phone contacts
database support different schemas. The SIM contacts are able only to hold a
name string, with limited length, and a number string. The web app may wish
to take account if this when populating contacts records.

Paddy