Sorting contacts by company instead of name?

Ok i've tested this myself if you add a contact with no contact name just a business name listed and then save it, it appears in your contact list as the business. Now re-edit that same contact and add the name of the person you know there and save, when you go back to the contact list it will still be listed as the business name not the contact person (keep an eye on the icon where you can attach a picture of the contact it will still show as an office block e.g. a business not an individual which is represented by that head and shoulders silhouette)
maybe not the perfect solution but i use this for all business contacts

r.cloud, you are da bomb. I always wanted to sort by company name first, then contact name. The suggestion you gave worked perfectly. Now I will go and revised all my company's entries. You always learn something new. Thanks.....

There is no way to search anything other than name in the Contacts app (v3.0 will correct that, this summer). Contacts groups can be set up in Address Book on a Mac, and they are maintained on the iPhone, but that can't be done in Windows.

But, in the meantime, check out these App Store apps:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300891442&mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=286543435&mt=8

Acutally you can search by company name. I just did a test. Just enter the first few letter of the company name and it should list everything with those letters. The only problem is that when you type in the company name and there is a contact person listed, it will display the contact person. If there is no contact person, it will list the company name.

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One way to group, I read, is that you could group using Outlook. Then it will transfer to your iphone when you sync. I never tried this myself.

There are some apps that can do grouping. I am using "GroupHug". I think this cost either .99 or 1.99. I am also using "Contact Tool". This will sort your contacts in various ways (Zip Code, City, Name, Company, etc). I think this cost 1.99. Both programs are very good.