Use a third-party sync solution: If you want to use a desktop app to store your contacts, you may be able to use a third-party solution (sold separately) to sync your contacts directly with your computer (see Sync your desktop organiser and your smartphone or go to hpwebos.com/ sync-solutionsto see if third-party solutions are available for your smartphone). If there are no solutions available for your smartphone, check with the developers of existing sync software for other webOS devices to see if they are developing a solution for your smartphone.

Export contacts from desktop software or an old phone: When you 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 Transfer data from an old phone and Export data from a desktop organiser on your computer).

Download vCard info to Contacts: A vCard is a file type made especially 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 Receive vCards.

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 smartphone links the contacts so that all of Emily's info shows up on a single contact screen. You need to open just one view to see all of Emily's info. The actual data remains separate in the various accounts where you originally created the data; it's just assembled in one view on your smartphone for your convenience.

How can you tell if a contact is linked? Look in the top right-hand corner of the contact screen. If you see a number beside the photo icon, that means that you're looking at a linked contact, with combined info from contacts you're storing in separate accounts.

1Tap the photo icon to see the contacts that are linked.

2Emily is a contact in your Google online account and in your HP webOS Account.

3Scroll down to see Emily's combined contact info.

You can unlink linked contacts, and you can manually link contacts (see Unlink a contact or Link a contact).

Use Contacts for the first time

1Open Contacts .

2Do one of the following:

•To set up an online account to sync: Tap Add An Account and go to step 3.

•To open Contacts without creating an online account or to use accounts you have set up already in another app: Tap Done. This opens your HP webOS Account and any online accounts, then you can start creating contacts in these accounts.

3To set up an account that is listed, tap the account type and go to step 4. To set up an account type that is not listed, tap Find more to find an app, then follow the instructions onscreen.

98 Chapter 8 : Contacts, Calendar and other personal information