Better Address Book program

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On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:03:05 -0400, "Harry Muscle" <fake@AT@e-mail.com>
wrote:

>Could anyone recommend a better Address Book program for the Palm?

Have a look at Contacts5
(http://www.pdaperformance.com/action.php?products)

Martin



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Harry Muscle wrote:
>
> Could anyone recommend a better Address Book program for the Palm? The
> biggest thing that annoys me about the build-in one is the fact that you
> can't sort by first name. I keep mainly friends in there, and it's really
> confusing to have to remember to search by last name for some, and by first
> name for others (the one's I didn't input the last name for). I don't want
> anything more complicated than the standard Address Book, just this extra
> feature. Oh, maybe the ability to put in a home and work address. But
> that's it. Any suggestions?

Have a look at Address Plus (http://addressplus.net/).

Larry

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On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:03:05 -0400, "Harry Muscle" <fake@AT@e-mail.com>
wrote:

>Could anyone recommend a better Address Book program for the Palm? The
>biggest thing that annoys me about the build-in one is the fact that you
>can't sort by first name. I keep mainly friends in there, and it's really
>confusing to have to remember to search by last name for some, and by first
>name for others (the one's I didn't input the last name for). I don't want
>anything more complicated than the standard Address Book, just this extra
>feature. Oh, maybe the ability to put in a home and work address. But
>that's it. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Harry
>

I like PhoneMagic <http://www.phonemagic.com/>.

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 21:48:49 -0400, "Harry Muscle" <fake@AT@e-mail.com>
wrote:

>"charles" <someone@somewhere.org> wrote in message
>news:03vpa05a662lr775om8mleotphu3qralvg@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:03:05 -0400, "Harry Muscle" <fake@AT@e-mail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Could anyone recommend a better Address Book program for the Palm? The
>> >biggest thing that annoys me about the build-in one is the fact that you
>> >can't sort by first name. I keep mainly friends in there, and it's
>really
>> >confusing to have to remember to search by last name for some, and by
>first
>> >name for others (the one's I didn't input the last name for). I don't
>want
>> >anything more complicated than the standard Address Book, just this extra
>> >feature. Oh, maybe the ability to put in a home and work address. But
>> >that's it. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Harry
>> >
>>
>> I like PhoneMagic <http://www.phonemagic.com/>.
>>
>
>It doesn't let you sort via First Name, does it?
>
>Harry
>

It has a fairly neat way to handle the issue. Setting the default to
Smart Lookup handles the search intelligently.

Here's a quote from their manual:

"Using Smart lookup, you can lookup records based on the First Name,
Last Name, or Company Name, without needing to re-sort the Address
Book. You can also lookup a record using a combination of First Name
and Last Name.

When you start to enter a name in the Smart field, the first matching
record will be selected, and the matching characters will be
highlighted.

You will see a list of records whose First Name, Last Name, or
Company Name matches the entered text. You will also see records
where the first letter of the First name and beginning letter(s) of
the Last Name, match the entered text."

Its better with pictures. Take a look at the section in the manual
<http://www.phonemagic.com/handb.htm#lookup>.

This is the feature that really sold me on this app.