T-Mobile MDA III manual View contacts, Create or change a contact, Tap Programs Contacts New

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7.2Contacts

Contacts maintains a list of your friends and colleagues so that you can easily find the informa- tion you’re looking for, whether you’re at home or on the road. You can enter both personal and business information.

If you use Outlook on your PC, you can synchronize contacts between your device and PC. See ActiveSync in Chapter 4.

View contacts

1.Select the category of contacts you want displayed in the list.

2.Tap and enter part of a name to quickly find it in the list.

3.Tap letters, such as h (home), w (work), or m (mobile) to the right of the contact to see additional phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

4.Tap to display or edit the contact details.

5.Tap and hold to display a pop-up menu of available actions.

To change the way information appears in the list, tap Tools and then Options.

Create or change a contact:

1.Tap > Programs > Contacts > New.

2.Using the input panel, enter a name and other contact information. You will need to scroll down to see all available fields.

3.To assign the contact to a category, scroll to and tap Categories and select a category from the list. In the contact list, you can display contacts by category.

4.To add notes, tap the Notes tab. You can enter text, draw, or create a recording.

5.To change a contact, tap it in the contact list, and then tap Edit. To cancel edits, tap Edit > Undo. When finished, tap OK to return to the contact list.

If you enter a name with more than 2 words, the middle word will be recorded as a middle name. If your contact has a double first or last name, tap the Name arrow and enter the names in the proper box.