transferring phonebook to new phones

how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
to a new phone ??

Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.

But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important data ??

www.zyb.com does it free.

P.Schuman wrote:
> how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
> to a new phone ??
>
> Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
> a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
> and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
>
> But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
> so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
> data ??

In article <464f5dd0$0$3198$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com says...
> www.zyb.com does it free.
>
> P.Schuman wrote:
> > how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
> > to a new phone ??
> >
> > Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
> > a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
> > and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
> >
> > But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
> > so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
> > data ??
>
>
>
I use BitPim. I don't like the idea of anybody having my phone data
"online" someplace. Verizon is now backing up phonebooks for free but I
don't trust them either. My data may be no safer with me but at least I
know where it is...

Drum--

On Sat, 19 May 2007 14:57:33 -0500, "P.Schuman"
<pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote:

>how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
>to a new phone ??

I make sure I only buy phones that allow me to SYNC with Microsoft's
Outlook (e.g., Nokia smartphones [e.g., 3600, 6620 or Crackberries)

>Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
>a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
>and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
>
>But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
>so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important data ??

I routinely SYNC and manage my contact on Outlook. When the new phone
arrives, I make sure my contact/calendar is SYNCed with the PC. I
then plug in the new phone and shoot the contents from the PC to the
new phone.

Drumstick wrote:
> In article <464f5dd0$0$3198$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com says...
>> www.zyb.com does it free.
>>
>> P.Schuman wrote:
>>> how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important
>>> phonebook to a new phone ??
>>>
>>> Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
>>> a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
>>> and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
>>>
>>> But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
>>> so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
>>> data ??
>>
>>
>>
> I use BitPim. I don't like the idea of anybody having my phone data
> "online" someplace. Verizon is now backing up phonebooks for free but
> I don't trust them either. My data may be no safer with me but at
> least I know where it is...
>
> Drum--

The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.

BruceR wrote:

>
> The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
> transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
> account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
> since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
> phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.
>
>
Maybe, but phonebooks are just lists. Your contacts and numbers are all
related to you in some fashion. Knowledge is power.

George wrote:
> BruceR wrote:
>
>>
>> The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
>> transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
>> account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
>> since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
>> phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.
>>
>>
> Maybe, but phonebooks are just lists. Your contacts and numbers are
> all related to you in some fashion. Knowledge is power.

True indeed but my life is an open book anyway. Digging into my
phonebook would give boredom a whole new meaning and, while I wouldn't
want to post it publicly, ZYB and the offerings from carriers and
manufacturers seem pretty low risk.

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> writes:

> how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
> to a new phone ??

With Cingular (at&t) gsm it's pretty simple. Copy all your contacts
to the SIM card from the old phone (SIM needn't even be activated
still), pop sim in new phone. Done.

If the new phone came with a new SIM, then copy contacts from the old
SIM card to the phone, pop in new sim card, and decide if you want to
copy from phone to SIM or not, and be on your merry way.

--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote in
news:IDI3i.3638$4Y.3098@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net :

> But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
> so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
> data ??
>

I pop into the Alltel store and ask one of the nice guys to save it to a
floppy they give me for free. If I buy a new phone, they always plug both
phones into a snake and transfer the phonebook with floppy copy for safe
storage as part of the sale....

Larry
--
Grade School Physics Factoid:
A building cannot freefall into its own footprint without
skilled demolition.

On Sat, 19 May 2007 12:27:43 -1000, "BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com>
scribbled:

>
>
> Drumstick wrote:
>> In article <464f5dd0$0$3198$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>> razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com says...
>>> www.zyb.com does it free.
>>>
>>> P.Schuman wrote:
>>>> how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important
>>>> phonebook to a new phone ??
>>>>
>>>> Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
>>>> a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
>>>> and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
>>>>
>>>> But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
>>>> so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
>>>> data ??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I use BitPim. I don't like the idea of anybody having my phone data
>> "online" someplace. Verizon is now backing up phonebooks for free but
>> I don't trust them either. My data may be no safer with me but at
>> least I know where it is...
>>
>> Drum--
>
>The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
>transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
>account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
>since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
>phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.

Until your friends start wondering where all the text message spam is
coming from...