Call Logs in Blackberry are primitive. Let’s face it:if you receive lots of calls every day, you have all the chances to find only your last 10-15 calls sent and received.
But why is that? One of the reason was described above. The others are that people don’t care how the Call Logs are set and that they don’t know how to do it in order to benefit 100%.
To check what’s default one should go to Calls (green OK button)/Options/Call Logging and find the default setting which is set to “None” (capture 1_21_49), which means you won’t see your calls in the Messaging area (capture 1_22_10) – it seems that RIM thinks there are people who prefer it that way! All your calls will be displayed in the above mentioned area in a different form depending of your choosing. For that you need to go in another menu (why is RIM putting the options in different sections is beyond me!): Options/Phone Options/General Options and down to Phone List View (capture 1_23_16), where you can choose from the most recent (capture 1_21_10), the mostly used (capture 1_21_26) and listed by names. Set your desired mode and you’re done.
It seems that in the end there is an explanation for the “short” memory the BlackBerry has when it comes to recording call logs: it keeps a copy of your calls (even from a week ago!) in the “View History” section. Go to any call from your Call Logs (preferably to someone you talk to more frequently) and press “View History”. There you can find all the calls you sent/took from that person with date/type of call/duration!
I guess this is called “evolution”! RIM learns model by model influenced by us, the end-customers craving for simplicity, yet complexity. Seems like a contradiction but it ain’t!