How to sync Facebook contacts with iPhone

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For many people, Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, not to mention the fervent sharing of the latest viral videos. Outside of calling all of your friends, it also happens to be a great way to get the latest address information, phone number, birthday and more. Calling … [Read more...]

How to add extensions to iPhone contact numbers

iPhone contacts extensions

If you are frequently calling a contact that requires an extension, the process of entering the extra digits can be time consuming. If you are in the car, for safety reasons you should not be accessing phone, so it makes it difficult to call those contacts who are not direct numbers. Whether it’s … [Read more...]

Making the Switch: Two Ways to Transfer Contacts and Calendars from BlackBerry to iPhone

Transfer contacts BlackBerry iPhone

Not excited about BlackBerry 10 and finally decided to make the switch from BlackBerry to iPhone. The biggest part of the transition is likely going from a physical keyboard to the on-screen touch keyboard, but we promise you’ll be banging out emails and texts in no time. To help get you moved, … [Read more...]

Making the Switch: Transfer Contacts and Calendars from Android to iPhone

Switch Android to iPhone

Have you or are you considering a switch from Android to iPhone? There are a number of considerations to prepare and make that jump to the iOS platform. We’ve outlined all the steps to make the transition, along with helpful tips on what you can expect on the other side. In this edition of making … [Read more...]

How to backup iPhone contacts

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When you own an iPhone, one of the most important things you will have to do is to back up your contacts. This is necessary so that you don’t lose any of your information on individuals you consider friends, family and acquaintances. Performing this task will ensure that you will always have your … [Read more...]

iOS 5.0.1 Update Causes iPhone 4S To Have Contacts Amnesia

Contacts bug

The iOS 5.0.1 update released this week to combat battery issues, seems to have introduced a new bug that affects the contacts on the iPhone 4S. Paul Hontz noticed that upon sending an iMessage to a known contact, the Messages app would forget the name and instead list the phone number of the … [Read more...]

Quick Guide: Teach Siri Names and Relationships

Naming yourself with Siri

What's in a name? Quite a lot, if you're trying to communicate clearly with Siri, the iPhone 4S's new digital personal assistant. Siri can do quite a lot, but to get the best possible experience she needs the right information. So for the sake of your sanity, let's teach Siri how to pronounce your … [Read more...]

Apple Provides Glimpse of Contacts, Calendar and Mail on iCloud

Apple's Contacts, Calendar and Mail in iCloud

With Apple's dot Mac service going away, it certainly made sense that Apple would bring those services to iCloud in the form of new web apps. Today, they have updated their iCloud pages to provide a look at the apps that will be part of the new site. Contacts, Calendar and Mail will all be available … [Read more...]

Creating and Using Custom Ringtones

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Last week, we covered getting started with your new iPhone to kick off our Learning iPhone series. This week, we'll talk about doing a little personalization to get some custom ringtones on it for you and how to assign different ringtones to your contacts. The ringtone you choose to use for your … [Read more...]