To separate linked contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold the linked contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.

3Tap Unlink contact.

4Tap OK.

Favourites

You can mark contacts as favourites so that you can get quick access to them from the Contacts application.

To mark or unmark a contact as a favourite

1From the Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap the contact you want to add to or remove from your favourites.

3Tap .

To view your favourite contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap .

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

1From the Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold the contact that you want to assign to a group, then tap Edit contact.

3Tap the bar directly under Assign to group.

4Mark the checkboxes for the groups to which you want to add the contact, then tap Done.

Communicating with your contacts

To search for a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search 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 phone 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.

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Sony 1265-9041, ST26i manual Communicating with your contacts, Sharing your contacts, Favourites, Groups, Quick contact menu

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