Sony LT26w Communicating with your contacts, Sharing your contacts, Backing up contacts, Groups

Groups

You can assign contacts to groups to get quicker access to them from within the Contacts application.

To assign a contact to a group

1In the Contacts application, tap the contact that you want to assign to a group.

2Tap , then tap the bar directly under Assign to group.

3Mark the checkboxes for the groups to which you want to add the contact, then tap Done.

4Tap Done.

Communicating with your contacts

To search for a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap and enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search contacts field. All contacts beginning with those letters appear.

The quick contact menu

Tap a contact's thumbnail to view quick communication options for a particular contact. Options include calling the contact, sending a text or multimedia message, and starting a chat using the Google Talk™ application.

For an application to appear as an option in the quick contact menu, you may need to set up the application in your device and be logged in to the application. For example, you need to start the Gmail™ application and enter your login details before you can use Gmail™ from the quick contact menu.

Sharing your contacts

To send your business card

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap Myself.

3Press , then tap Send contact > OK.

4Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

To send a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap the contact whose details you want to send.

3Press , then tap Send contact > OK.

4Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

To send several contacts at once

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Press , then tap Mark several.

3Mark the contacts you want to send, or select all if you want to send all contacts.

4Tap , then select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

Backing up contacts

You can use a memory card, a SIM card, or an online synchronization tool such as Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® to back up contacts.

To export all contacts to a memory card

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Press , then tap Back up contacts > Memory Card.

3Tap OK.

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