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  1. Enable ICE (In Case of Emergency) numbers to be dialed even when phone is locked.

    If the emergency services arrive on scene of a crash etc. they could easily contact people from the People hub identified as ICE (In Case of Emergency) contacts. They would have to be able to do this even if the phone remained locked for other operations.

    89 votes
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      14 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • add Chinese social networking service to people

      want to connect Chinese social networking service accounts to people,me and messaging,like facebook and twitter in windows phone not a single app.We believe that will definitely improve the windows phone's quantity of sale in China and show you truely PUT PEOPLE FIRST(∩ˍ∩)

      84 votes
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        6 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Add Foursquare support to Check-Ins

        Would be really nice to have the same functionality that is provided in the Foursquare and 4th & Mayor apps in Me Tile Check-in

        83 votes
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          6 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Reverse phone number lookup

          I want to be able to type in a phone number and find if I have a friend with that number stored in my contacts.

          This makes sense in the contact search feature and/or the dialer.

          82 votes
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            10 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • FB Messages Through People Hub/Me Hub

            It would be nice to also have the capibility to receive and read Message/Mail from Facebook through the People/Me Hub.

            I had a friend message me on facebook with a family problem, and didn't know the message existed until I physically logged into my Facebook account via desktop/App.

            76 votes
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              4 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • Make telephone numbers in People hub bigger, their font is too small

              Current telephone numbers are too small to see for older people. They have to be bigger. Maybe you can implement pinching them out?

              66 votes
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                8 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Store Multiple Mobile Number per Contact

                For 7.5, per contact, i can setup 2 work phone, 2 home phone etc., but only 1 mobile where i can use to text/sms. I can enter another number in other fields like home but i dont have direct access to use that number to text. So it seems currently only 1 number per contact is setup as text/sms number.

                The reality is that most cases, a single person actively maintain more than 1 mobile number. Plus the popularity also of dual-sim phones.

                65 votes
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                  5 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Please allow custom labels for phone numbers, emails, addresses. home 1, home 2, work 1, work 2 just doesn't cut it any more.

                  Please allow custom labels for phone numbers, emails, addresses. home 1, home 2, work 1, work 2 just doesn't cut it any more.

                  I want to label multiple telephone numbers for a frequent traveler as "mobile (usa)" or "mobile (aus)" or mobile (eur). Or for my favorite pizza chain as downtown and midtown. Or I don't want to create my customer's secretary as a separate contact instead I want to put her under my customer's contact card and label her phone as "Cindy".

                  It's a big reason why I and MANY others I know run away from windows phones as…

                  61 votes
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                    15 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • allow user to send the contacts through text msg or business card......

                    allow user to send the contacts through text msg or business card......

                    56 votes
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                      6 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Copy to SIM Card

                      copy gsm contacts to SIM card feature is missing

                      55 votes
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                        10 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • saving contact so sim card

                        You should have an optiun to save your contact to your SIM card.

                        53 votes
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                          3 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Tighter Facebook Integration

                          - Facebook: Messages(offline), Groups, Pages, Lists(syncs as groups in people hub), Tighter-linking(eg:Jumping to album view when viewing a photo post in people hub), 'Like' comments

                          53 votes
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                            9 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Sync contact photos back to Outlook.com

                            Currently, Outlook.com has no ability to add a contact photo. Just go to any contact, click on EDIT, and you will see there is NO option at all to add a contact photo. This is a glaring mistake / oversight no matter what they say about Outlook.com being a beta.

                            Sadly, Windows Phone contact photos are not syncing back to Outlook.com either. All other information sync properly. Eg. if you edit a Outlook.com contact in People Hub in WP8, the information syncs back. Add a contact photo on the phone, it doesn't sync back to Outlook.com.

                            So, please Microsoft, FFS…

                            52 votes
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                              5 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Please allow multiple messenger login

                              Please allow multiple MSN Messenger accounts sign in. Not everyone has only one MSN account. Some may have different for work and private contacts.

                              52 votes
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                                5 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Add Tagging to Facebook Check In

                                I'd like the ability to tag people from my contacts when I check in from the "Me" tile.

                                50 votes
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                                  7 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • 48 votes
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                                    2 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Синхронизация контактов с vk.com

                                    Введите пожалуйста синхронизацию контактов с социальной сетью vk.com, в рускоязычном сегменте не так активно пользуются "facebook", как "Вконтакте".

                                    46 votes
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                                      6 comments  ·  People and Contacts  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Invite to Rooms without a text

                                      I block texting because it is expensive and I can get free texting through google talk (govoice app). Unfortunately, the only way to invite to a room is with a text message, which can only use the built in SMS/etc messages from your mobile provider. Yet room chatting is not the only feature of a room. I want to take advantage of shared calendars and notes.

                                      Instead, allow room invitations to be sent via email or something else.

                                      Better yet, deep integrate google talk messaging (it is free) or skype messaging in to the OS so I can invite and…

                                      41 votes
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                                      • Export contacts as Excel file

                                        Export contacts as an Excel Sheet via Zune.

                                        41 votes
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                                        • Please add a call blocking feature in Lumia 710

                                          Please add a call blocking feature in Lumia 710

                                          39 votes
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