i find myself adding a friend from a different family to my contact list.

then when i want to talk to them i dont know if they are online or not and instead of looking for them in the sixty2ndst. wouldnt it be easyer for there names to be another color like blue?

make sure the enable contacts button at the bottom is clicked first.

once you've added a persons to your contact list, they show up as purple in the 60 second list when they're online.

I think that's a special feature for when you buy timers because it doesn't do that with me.

No, it's not only for timers...just make sure your contact list enabled is checked at the bottom and make sure you actually click the button to enable it. It will work.