Contacts - Palm PRE 2 User Manual

Contacts

How do I add names and other info into Contacts?
You have a few options for getting info into Contacts.
Connect to an online address book:
online account that works with the Palm
Google or Microsoft Exchange), you can set up Contacts on your phone to
synchronize and display contacts that you store in the online address book.
Set up synchronization the first time you open Contacts (see
for the first time), or anytime after that (see
the Accounts application to set up an online
connection to the online address book, contacts you enter online show up
automatically in Contacts, and contacts you enter on your phone sync to the
online account, provided the account allows writing from the phone to the
online account.
The Synergy feature makes it easy to synchronize exactly the data you want
from an online account:
• If you want to sync all your data from an account, set up the account
directly in Email, Contacts, or Calendar: By setting up synchronization in
one app, synchronization of the other apps is automatically set up for you.
For example, if you set up your Google contacts account in Contacts
before you set up Gmail, when you first open Email, you find that your
Gmail messages are already downloaded. And when you first open
Calendar, you find that your Google calendar events are already in your
phone's Calendar app.
• If you want to specify which apps get data from an online account: Set up
the account using the Accounts application (see
application to set up an online
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If you have an address book in an
Synergy™ feature (for example,
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Use Contacts
Customize Contacts and
account). After you set up the
Use the Accounts
account).
NOTE In the Launcher, tap
current list of online accounts you can set up on your phone and from which you
can access contact info. See
to see how major online accounts synchronize data between the web-based
account and your phone.
Enter a contact directly in Contacts:
You can assign the contact to one of your online address books—if you do, it
synchronizes with the online address book. Or you can create the contact in
your Palm profile account, which means it shows up on your phone only.
Palm profile contacts are included in the daily backup of your Palm profile
information, so you can restore them if they are accidentally erased.
Use
Use a third-party sync solution:
your contacts, you can use a third-party solution (sold separately) to sync
your contacts directly with your computer (see
and your phone
Export contacts from desktop software or an old phone:
export contacts from desktop software or an old phone, you select which
account to assign those contacts to. Look for those contacts in the account
you select (see
desktop organizer on your
Download vCard info to Contacts:
for contact info. A vCard may contain one or many contact entries. A vCard
can be attached to an email or a multimedia message, and you can
download the info in a vCard to your Contacts app. See
Linked contacts
The Synergy feature automatically links contacts from different accounts if it
finds data in common between them. For example, if you have a contact in
Exchange and in Google for Emily Weeks, your phone links the contacts so
that all of Emily's info shows up on a single contact screen. You need to open
Accounts and then tap Add Account
Online accounts available for Palm
See Create a contact
If you want to use a desktop app to store
Sync your desktop organizer
or to go palm.com/sync-solutions).
Transfer data from an old phone and
computer).
A vCard is a file type made especially
to see the
webOS™ phones
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for instructions.
When you
Export data from a
Receive vCards.