help with manageing contacts

crazydrve · #1 (**permalink**) 07-27-2008, 07:47 PM

hey i am new to having a windows mobile phone and having trouble managing contacts.

i currently use thunderbird and have been for a long time. havent used outlook in a very long time.

does anyone know if there is an easier way than taking contacts from thunderbird into outlook then synce phone.

i was wondering if there is just an address book file on the phone that i could manually edit thru computer or copy over.

any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

thanks
crazydrve

Alli · #2 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 12:16 AM

Would you consider going to your Address Book in Thunderbird then Tools and export your contacts to a CSV to then import into Outlook?

crazydrve · #3 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 03:05 AM

yeah right now thats what i am doing but kinda of a pain.

i was hoping that there was some way of accessing the contact file on the phone and add stuff to it so i can bypass outlook all together.

but thanks for replying.

Alli · #4 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 10:48 AM

How are you planning on keeping your phone in sync after you get your contacts sorted? You might look at that first and see if it offers a better way of importing Thunderbird - if you're not going to use Outlook anyway. (I can't find an acceptable way around it.)

**CozBoogie** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 04:20 PM

Check out Dashwire.

late,
Coz

crazydrve · #6 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 03:46 AM

right now i just have too keep track of it manually because it wont synce with thunderbird, only outlook.

i was hoping someone konws of what file the contacts are kept in then i can just manually update that file on the phone. its windows so it has to have a address book or contact file of some sort.

cant find it yet.

i will try out dashwire

thanks for the replys