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A decent Caller Photo application?

Alow, for the last 4 days that i have my JAM i have concluded that the bundled caller ID that displays contact photos SUCKS!!
first of all i dont like applications that are slow, means they are badly coded, and caller id takes like 10 seconds to load my 260 contacts database. Other than that it seems too buggy and not usable enought.
I have also tried Photo Contacts which seems a nice alternative however the lack of an easy way to add contact pictures have put me off buying it. I dont wanna name files in order to assign contact pictures. Throught the contact list could have been superb. Althought the full screen contact pictures are awesome.
Any alternatives to them? or shall we start coding?

My wish is an application that use the photo from the contact.
In Outlook2003 you can assign photos to your contacts why not use them?

for that we will need to wait until WM5, if i am not mistaken in WM5 Pocket outlook supports contact pictures and hopefully activesync 4 will sync them as well.

Take a look at Photo Contacts v1.1 where you can assign photos from within the program. Works like a charm!

How do you do that? Its that one i hav tried, th trial version

Loboman can you send me your version to try it out to [email protected] ? it seems that the demo is version 1.0 and not 1.1!

Of course, I spend over $20 to get this program for my PDA2k (and now my JAM), and some guy posts the full, latest version right here.
DOH!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=20500
Have to admit, though, it's way better than IA Caller ID and it's full screen!

parisp said:
Loboman can you send me your version to try it out to [email protected] ? it seems that the demo is version 1.0 and not 1.1!
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I can only point you to the previous post

nicely done
i hope it will please me

Copy phone contacts from Nokia

Hi all. I have an Artemis. I want to copy my phone contacts from Nokia E50 to it. I tried from nokia to send all contacts at once via bluetooth, but nothing. If i send contacts one by one, it works. The problem is that i have 600 contacts and probably i'll get old moving them one by one. Is there an automatic procedure?

There is no way to send all contacts between these models via Bluetooth. Problem lies in VCF (virtual card file) format. I'm not very familiar with all standards but VCF consists of all details of only one contact. Function "Send all contacts" puts all separate contacts into one file and sends it. It is not the same as sending each contact separately. As far as I know only SonyEricsson models support multiple contacts in one file (it didn't work with Nokia 9300). The way I used many times is to synchronise two phones via Outlook.

Install http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_PC_Suite then either use bluetooth or a usb cable to sync your nokia contacts from you phone to outlook. Then use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activesync to sync outlook to your htc. Be careful with the order, or you will delete all your contacts. (something else, I found my "General" type numbers vanished, so change them on the nokia to "Work" numbers)

Its Easy Syncronise It With Ur Computer Using Outlook And Than Syncronise Ur Nokia With Ur Pc U Can Copy Contact From Out Look To Any Device Nokia Sony Ericcson Or Xda Mda Pdas Thats Why They Hav An Option Of Syncronising U Can Do Using Bluetooth All Of My Mobiles R Uptodate As Soon As I Enter My Room They Syncronisewith My Pc And Update The Contacts N Calender

copy contacts from your old phone to your new phone
Hi,
I had a similar problem, how do I copy my contacts from my old Sony Ericsson T610 to my Nokia ?
I did not have a sync cable for my Sony Ericsson T610, I tried to send the contacts from my T610 to the Nokia via Bluetooth and IR and was able to only send individual contacts. The "send all" option on the T610 failed miserably and wasted my time (both over Bluetooth and IR)
I got fed up. Finally I figured out a way to do it with zyb , its a nifty website with SyncML (there are others as well but this worked for me)
(the Artemis is supported by zyb so that should work as well)
http://www.unwiredconnect.com/gprssyncml.htm
Steps I used
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Synchronize your contacts from the old phone ( Sony Ericsson T610 ) to zyb.com
( You will need a WAP profile from your operator to do the Sync , so keep that handy, Or you can do it over the WLAN if your phone has WLAN, I had to use a WAP profile for the T610)
then change the SIM card to the new Nokia phone ( Nokia E61i)
then add a new phone in zyb.com (i.e. Add the Nokia E61i)
Synchronize on the Nokia E61i ( you will need the WAP profile again from your service provider or WLAN again)
Now all your contacts have been transferred from your T610 to your Nokia.
Viola !
I also deleted my zyb account after the contacts were copied to my E61i , paranoid I guess. You could continue with zyb for their core service (contacts backup and restore), but zyb is mutating to yet another facebook and thats not a good sign.
I had a full addressbook on my T610 (510 contacts) so it took some time.
Note: It will not copy the pictures attached to the contacts and complain that the sync failed. Ignore the failure and go to zyb to check if all contacts are there. It will copy the additional fields in a contact though.
Additional Note: You will have to use the merge feature on zyb if you copy more than once but thats a simple step.
Congratulations on your new phone
Data charges will apply when you use the WAP profile but I think I spent 3 NOK or 50 us cents or 40 pence or 60 euro cents and that was money well spent (this was the first and only time I actually paid for data traffic to an operator)
Note to the cheapos (like me): You can use zyb or any syncml service over WLAN on the Nokia E61i, so you need to use the data plan only for the upload from the T610 to zyb. You should be able to use WLAN over the Artemis as well but you need to check.
Good luck !

NOkia to windows mobile 6
right - I wasted a whole day on this, so don't want others doing the same. Outlook didn't work for me, so I had to find a workaround.
First, download net qin mobile guard onto your nokia phone.
Use that software(M guard), and click on back-up. Back up to your SD card.
THen..... take the .vcf file, and import it into google contacts (you'll have to set up a google account for this)
Then read the stuff online about how to sync your windows mobile with google.
et voila!

Sync Bug "another number" wont snyc...

Hi,
on my X1 (newest official Rom from Froum R3A) I cant get some numbers snyced from contacts. Some of my contacts have a few numbers and I saved them also under "another (German weitere)" in Outlook. This numbers arent transferred to my x1, is there a soltion for it? I think its a bug and Ill have tu put the numbers under other attributes like home 2 or something else or is there a way without to copy it?

Minor Issue with new HTC Sense ROM

Hi all,
I recently upgraded to the latest ROM that's available on the Singapore WEB site (I purchased my Magic there so can only download official ROMs from the Singapore WEB site) ROM Version: 3.03.707.5.
The HTC Sense is great & has made the Magic smoother & in some cases faster, this is what the MAgic shouldhave shipped with from new!
Unfortunately HTC seemed to have messed with the way contacts are managed. Previously if you typed in the first 3 letters of a persons name (in the phone screen) it would find all the people with those 3 letters in their names. Any matches were listed by the persons name NOT in any way tied to the company that's listed in the contacts details.
Now it seems to have changed, any matches are listed in order of the company name! Now it can take for ever to scroll through all my contacts by company until I find the name of the person who matches!
Is there any way to change this on the PDA? Note my contacts are synchronised with exchange server, there's approximately 1000 entries!

[Q] Group SMS Group CONTACTS Issues Desire HD

Hi guys, I just got my Desire HD and after sincronising it with my computer (Microsoft outlook) I find that it has not coppied all my groups (contacts are all in the phone) but the larger groups have not been sincronized. I have just under 500 contacts in my phone, and 19 groups. With the exception of one group (66 people) no other group over 40 people has been sincronised with my phone. I have groups of up to 200 people. With my previous phone HTC HD2 I had to modify the windos registry. Can you help me in getting the most of my phone? Much appreciated

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Hi guys, I just got my Desire HD and after sincronising it with my computer (Microsoft outlook) I find that it has not coppied all my groups (contacts are all in the phone) but the larger groups have not been sincronized. I have just under 500 contacts in my phone, and 19 groups. With the exception of one group (66 people) no other group over 40 people has been sincronised with my phone. I have groups of up to 200 people. With my previous phone HTC HD2 I had to modify the windos registry. Can you help me in getting the most of my phone? Much appreciated
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I tried searching a lot and in last ended up purchasing a 40$ software from companion link which does the job perfectly. it also synchronizes all fields which are skipped by htc sync like radio, car etc.

Try MyPhoneExplorer - Google finds it first hit.
Dave