Working With Contacts; Creating A Contact - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

Working with Contacts

Getting a new gizmo is always exciting; your new toy is full of features you're
dying to try out. Calling someone was probably the first thing you wanted to
do with your new BlackBerry Storm. But wait a second. You'll have to type the
phone number not just this time, but each time you want to call. What a hassle.
Most people — social creatures that we are — keep a list of contacts some-
where such as in an e-mail program, in an old cellphone, or on a piece of
paper (tucked away in a wallet). We're pretty sure you have some kind of list
somewhere. The trick is getting that list into your BlackBerry Storm so you
can access the info more efficiently. The good news is that getting the infor-
mation into your BlackBerry Storm isn't hard.
Often, the simplest way to get contact information into your BlackBerry Storm
is to enter it manually. However, if you've invested a lot of time keeping the
information updated on your desktop computer, you might want to hot-sync
that data into your BlackBerry Storm. For more on synchronizing data, check
Chapter 15.

Creating a contact

Imagine you've just run into Jane, an old high-school friend you haven't seen
in years. Jane wants to give you her number, but you don't have a pen handy.
Are you forced to chant her phone number to yourself until you can scare up
a writing implement? Not if you have your handy BlackBerry Storm on you.
With BlackBerry Storm in hand, follow these steps to create a new contact:
1. On the Home screen, touch-press the Contacts icon.
Contacts opens. You can also access Contacts from different applica-
tions. For example, check Chapter 7 on how to access Contacts from
Messages.
2. Touch-press the plus icon located at the bottom of the screen.
The New Contact screen appears, as shown in Figure 4-2.
3. Enter the contact information in the appropriate fields.
Use your BlackBerry Storm virtual keyboard to enter contact informa-
tion. Hold the device sideways (landscape) to get the full QWERTY key-
board. When entering an e-mail address, press the Space key to insert an
at symbol (@) or a period (.).
We don't think you can overdo it when entering a person's contact infor-
mation. Enter as much info as you possibly can. Maybe the benefit won't
be obvious now, but when your memory fails or your boss needs a criti-
cal piece of data that you happen to have, you'll thank us for this advice.
Chapter 4: Remembering and Locating Your Acquaintances
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