I have several outlook categories for my contacts (e.g. - friends, business, hobbies) with HD2 contacts I have to go to "filter" to separate them and once you click on one and go back, you have to filter again.
it would be nice if there was a way to have a tab or shortcut or someway for me to easily just see each category friend list and scroll thru them.
there are other contact manager programs that allow this, but I'd rather use the hd2 interface.
thanks!!!
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It would be great if you could organise all the entries in your contacts into groups (hierarchies of groups would be even better).
It is a pain to have a list of 200-300 to scroll through.
If I could organise contacts into folders like work contacts, friends, etc it would be pretty useful.
Anybody know if this is possible?
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i used 'tag'. in the notes of each of my contact i put my custom tags. when i need to find them i used a T9 plugin on my home screen to type the tags. good luck
I've just spent time prefixing each entry with a letter C (customer) W (work) P (personal) etc.
At least they are now grouped in sections in the list which helps a lot.
I would have thought folder grouping would be a not very complicated and pretty useful enhancement to the WM6 contacts feature - maybe next time.
Don't you have "Categories" as a field in your contact entry window? It's right underneath "Home addr" and just above "Other Addr".
It allows you to organize contacts into the same categories that you can apply to tasks and appointments -- Personal, Business, Holiday, Seasonal, or user defined. The only thing you requested that's unavailable is nesting.
Update: Maybe it only appears unorganized because WM6's default contacts lister does not sort by category. I'm using SPB Diary and they are indeed sorted.
hello all
whats the fastest and easiest way to create a calandar item from an email.
on the desktop outlook 2003/7 you simply drag the email to the calander button on the bottom left on the screen and you are done.
dont know if there is a way to do it . but i think someone should develop an application to add it as one of the menu items when you select an email or SMS.
would be really great. maybe you should post a reques in the development forum
Hallo,
I hope this is the right forum for my question - so if not, i'm sorry!
Is there a way to change or expand the calendar-categories in manila 2.5?
There are only 4 categories: Business, Holiday, Personal and Seasonal.
I think it would be helpful to add Categories like "Birthday, Meeting, Pet, Weeknumbers, etc".
I hope anyone can help - so -
Thanks
There`s an option "Create" while selecting category. Otherwise, you can create a category in Outlook, mark an appointment. When synchronising, all categories, mentioned in meetings, will be synchronised with your Diamond.
same issue!
I was just looking into the same issue:
I use oggsync to sync google calendars and just upgraded/flashed dutty's new 6.5 holy grale R0. For me there's definitely no option "create category", though my via oggsync synced appointments do have the right category. But when I create a new appointment I only can choose from Business, Holiday, Personal and Seasonal.
Is there another way to get my google categories in this list?
regards
bboerny
same problem on my hd2 with german stock ROM.
PUSH!
Outlook Mobile shows all categories, that are on exchange and pc outlook. But the HTC calendar shows only the preconfigured ones and not the new entries.
Is this a known bug?
Sebastian
hi,
i think its not a bug, at htc the simply do there own think with 'sense' and they simply didnt think about integration with wimo/outlook. maybe they taken the calendar from the android version of sense . anyhow i searched the web up and down and cannot find any information about it. i think they put the categories in one of there manilafiles and so a change would not be easy done.
an alternative is to use gekonewcal (its not free anymore) to make new appointments. the programm uses also own categories but you can edit them and put your outlook ones in. personaly i disabled this useless htc calender and looking now at thumbcal and other complete replacements.
regards mad
Modify Manila 2.5 calendar Categories
Not a real solution, but the best (only) solution I found so far:
change manila calendar categories
Have searched but had no luck finding an answer. Can anyone help please ?
I have a HTC HD2 & I use MyPhone regularly to backup/sync events, messages and contacts.
I prefer to enter new calendar events on MyPhone, as it's easier to type the details in, and I can enter them quite quickly.
But there is NOWHERE near the functionality on the MyPhone website, as there is in the calendar-function of the phone itself..... eg: I cannot set an event to be recurring, or a "remind-before" alarm, etc, etc, using the MyPhone service.
The same can be said for entering new contacts using MyPhone. There simply aren't as many fields for entering details on the website UI, as there is in the phone itself.
So it seems pointless to use it at all. I fully understand that MyPhone is a generic system for backing-up details, over a wide range of phones that use WinMo, and each specific phone may have different fields to populate inside their specific contact or calendar functions.
Previous (Non-WinMo) phones that I've had (Like Nokias or SE's) have had their own specific utilities available for entering information on the PC, then sync'ing to the phone - and these incorporated all available entry fields, so that nothing was missed.... but MyPhone seems VERY basic in comparison.
So is there any other FREE programs I can use instead, to FULLY enter details in Calendar & Contacts, to then sync with the HD2 ?
Or do I have to go thru the process of adding ALL my contact/calendar events via the phone itself, if I want to populate ALL the relevant fields available????
Please Note: I DO NOT use address books or email programs, such as Outlook, that I can set up to sync. I have Win7 on my home PC which does not have Outlook or O-Express. I DO use Thunderbird for email, but don't have an Address Book saved, as I rarely email people - usually text only !!!
Bumping up.... anyone ?
If i understand u right the task is simple: open a Microsoft Excel file or Open Office Org Calc Sheet.
In one sheet u put contact with the header row containing named fields you want to sync, and all the data on the following rows, than export that file (care to have only one sheet - usually default new files have 3 sheets, so delete the rest 2 blank sheets before u save the file.)
Save file as.csv (comma separated value not .xls nor .xlsx default type for Excel / .odc for OOO Calc).
On windows 7 got to Users --> Your user --> Contacts than Import --> choose CSV (first option on 1st window) --> choose yourfile.csv (yourfile = yourfile name saved earlier) and ok.
Than also in Contacts window choose Export --> vCards than type ok
Now all your contacts with their date are also on vCard format.
Select all vCards copy/save em on SD card of your phone. Than go to phone choose Contacts -> Import/Export --> Import from SD card than choose all.
Now all your contacts with all the fields are on phone contacts.
For calendar is a bit trickier but similar.
Hope it helps.
Thanks mate..... seems fiddly, but will give that a try.
I assumed that after WinPho being out for SOOOOO long, the user interface would be much better by now, instead of having to use all these work-arounds
Cheers again
I have to ask. Why AREN'T you using outlook (either express or the regular one)?
Besides that, you have to understand that MyPhone is treated differently than outlook. The purpose isn't to act as a phonebook or calendar but to provide backup.
You can pretty much use any type of sync you like (from any POP one to IMAP, WEB.. and so forth). You can open up a gmail account and sync it with your phone so that you can sync it easily (of course, it will also sync with your myphone in case it was configured which would then provide a secondary backup (other than google).
There are plenty of cals/phonebooks wandering around the net.
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I have to ask. Why AREN'T you using outlook (either express or the regular one)?
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Running Win7 on home and office computers..... no Outlook, or Express, on Win7.
We also run the Open Office suite, instead of Microsoft stuff... and I'm not prepared to spend $100's buying Outlook just for this purpose.
Besides that, you have to understand that MyPhone is treated differently than outlook. The purpose isn't to act as a phonebook or calendar but to provide backup.
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That's true I guess.... Basically all I want is a program, similar to the "Suite" provided with my old Nokia's and SonyErricsons..... something you install on the computer, you can edit your contacts and calendar easily from the PC (easier and quicker to type) then sync it all to the fone. I don't understand why this isn't included as a "standard" application with Win6.5, or the HD2. I try to get by with MyPhone, but as you said, it's not it's primary purpose.
You can pretty much use any type of sync you like (from any POP one to IMAP, WEB.. and so forth). You can open up a gmail account and sync it with your phone so that you can sync it easily (of course, it will also sync with your myphone in case it was configured which would then provide a secondary backup (other than google).
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Yes - I still have to research how to do this, as the methods/instructions I've found so far are a bit daunting, confusing, fiddly to a n00b like me !!!
There are plenty of cals/phonebooks wandering around the net.
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Any you can specifically recommend? I'd prefer something free, from OpenMarket, or Handango or such like, but haven't found any as yet. I'm NOT trying to be a cheapskate.... I just figure that if I've spent $1000 (close to it) on a "Smartphone", then it should have basic things like Contact & Calendar editor for the PC included as standard
to be honest, since google are doing such a good job, i'd create a gmail account and sync my contacts and calendar with it. I'm using Exchange at work... so i don't need it.. but if i didn't have it, i'd definately use google.
try to set it up. if you stumble into some problems, let me know.
This previous thread suggests that it's not possible, but I was hoping things might have changed with Mango. I really do not want my MSN contacts to appear in the same list as my phone contacts. It makes it incredibly hard to find someone quickly and is a glaring flaw in my opinion. Is my only option resetting my phone and linking a brand new windows live id?
People hub -> App bar -> Settings -> Filter my contact list.
You can now select which contacts show up in the list, by which account they're on.
Note however, that there is no such thing as a "phone contact" on WP7. All contacts "on the phone" are connected to a Windows Live, Exchange (including Gmail), or social network account (Facebook, LInkedIn, etc.) When you add a contact, you can select where to store them, but the default is the primary Live ID. If that's the same one you use for MSN, then filtering out the MSN account may hide some contacts you actually want to see.
Alternatively, it must be asked: why use the People hub anyhow? Voice dialing is often faster, in my experience, than scrolling through the contact list - and if that doesn't work, there's a nice search feature on it.