Contacts Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple gets one-upped on homescreen contact patent

by Mike Schramm (Jan 14th, 2010)

Quite a few people have been asking me what app it was that I used in that post the other day about the rumored new iPhone. Unfortunately, it wasn't an app (although the jailbreak apps LockInfo and Intelliscreen offer similar features) -- it was one concept among many that have been suggested for a ...

Mac 101: Two things I love about Address Book

by Erica Sadun (Nov 19th, 2009)

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for novice Mac users. It's so easy to take Address Book for granted, and yet that simple utility has two absolutely killer features: big phone numbers and simple envelope printing. These features do exactly what their descriptions suggest: display phone numbers in ...

First Look: WhatsApp

by John Burke (Nov 16th, 2009)

There's a lot of buzz about iPhone IM clients.Other applications have gotten a lot of coverage for allowing iPhones to chat from their AOL, Google, ICQ, Jabber or a host of other screen names. WhatsApp [iTunes Link] is different, calling itself an "iPhone-to-iPhone chat application" that provides ...

TUAW Tip: Smart Groups in Address Book

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 5th, 2009)

Let's face it, contact management is a pain. Address Book in OS X is a good tool, but one often overlooked feature is the "Smart Group" -- a way of quickly organizing your contacts together. If you're familiar with Smart Playlists in iTunes, it's the same but with contact info. To start a Smart ...

Googaby brings hard fought freedom to your Google contacts

by Mike Schramm (Feb 25th, 2009)

Friends! Gmail users! Countrymen! Lend me your ears! For too long our Google contacts have slaved away under their Gmail masters, confined to the tyranny of the browser, and chained to their own accounts. For too long, we have stood idly by while our contacts toil away in slavery, constantly having ...

Macworld 2009: Pinger Phone

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 2nd, 2009)

I had a quick chat with the folks from Pinger Phone while we were at Macworld 2009. I hadn't heard of it previously, and it turned out to be exactly what I needed to bring together my various forms of communication. It's an iPhone/iPod touch app that provides a contact list combining email, phone, ...

Apple updates MobileMe web apps

by Robert Palmer (Dec 23rd, 2008)

Apple released details of updates to MobileMe services for the web. It's the second time this month Apple has noted service updates for MobileMe. For Contacts, searching in large address books has been improved, along with better vCard-Address Book integration. You can also press Shift + Control + ...

Use 'Company' field in iPhone's Contacts app for tagging

by Dan Fellini (Dec 11th, 2008)

The social media movement has trained us well to tag just about everything we see. The presence of tags on photos, videos, blog posts and even to-do items has become ubiquitous. So this simple tip, from reader Greg F., struck me as an obvious, easy trick to help categorize contacts inside the ...

First Look: Sharecard for iPhone

by Cory Bohon (Dec 8th, 2008)

Since the iPhone introduction, many users have wanted the ability to send an receive vCards. There have been plenty of vCard sending applications on the App Store, but one that recently caught my attention was Sharecard [iTunes link]. The application has a nice user interface, and allows you to ...

Beta Beat: fruux keeps you in sync

by Michael Rose (Oct 8th, 2008)

One of the most frequent questions we hear from readers on our Ask TUAW posts (and for our doting Aunt TUAW) is a simple one, with no simple answer: "How can I replace the synchronization features of MobileMe with a free service or a software package that doesn't cost me $99 a year?" We feel your ...

.Mac and Me rumors: TUAW inside look at Apple's next-gen service

by Cory Bohon (Jun 3rd, 2008)

What's next for .Mac, Apple's much-maligned online service offering for OS X users? TUAW has learned that .Mac will no longer be sold by Apple after WWDC, as new users will migrate to the new MobileMe service (not too shocking, given the swirling rumors as of late). Existing users will have their ...

Contactizer 3.6 Gains Leopard Goodness

by Steven Sande (Jun 2nd, 2008)

Objective Decision released a free update to their oddly-named flagship product Contactizer. A powerful, Sync Services-savvy personal information manager (PIM) application, Contactizer 3.6 comes in Pro and Express flavors depending on your needs. I used an earlier version of Contactizer last year ...

Address Book - Google syncing without iPod touch or iPhone

by Cory Bohon (May 29th, 2008)

Did last night's news of 10.5.3 boasting Google contact syncing with iPhone and iPod touch owners get you down? Well, LifeHacker hopes to lift your spirits as they tell you how to enable Google syncing in Address Book.app without ever syncing an iPhone or iPod touch. The process requires you to ...

SpanningSync 2 to include contacts in Google sync

by Michael Rose (Apr 22nd, 2008)

Just last week we noted that BusySync 2, which adds Google calendar syncing to the iCal sync app, is now shipping. Another 2.0 would seem to be around the corner, as a post on the SpanningSync blog shows a video demo of Address Book -> Google contact synchronization coming in the next version ...

iPod Classic and Nano get updated to 1.0.2

by Mike Schramm (Oct 7th, 2007)

iTunes has an update for the new iPod Classic and the new Nanos, and while the update doesn't have a description at all, MacRumors sez: Improved CoverFlow Quicker menus And the much awaited video out fix, among a few other interface tweaks Apparently there's a new option that will "Ask" ...