Software for backing up a Cell Phone address book?

My current cell phone is nearing it's end.

I always feel like my address book is at risk when the phone gets old.

The guys at the store say that the address data transfer applications cost lots and lots of money.

I don't believe em... does anyone know if you can get a small app to backup your phone to your personal computer?

thanks,
mike

Thanks Beagle,

I wonder if my old fashioned phone even has a Sim card?

I have heard of them and they are sort of infamous in my mind... but I don't really know what they are.

I usually ask for the least featured phone they sell... so I may not have a sim card.

Or maybe I do?

Thanks for the info!

best regards,
mike

small app to backup your phone to your personal computer?

Fingers and time? Interns?

If you have a SIM card, and you're worried about the phone dying, make sure you copy the contacts to the SIM now.

Sometimes even if you have a SIM card, it won't have enough memory if you have lots of contacts (my GF just replaced her phone and had this problem). So if you have hundreds of contacts, you might have to go through them one by one to decide which ones to copy. But if the old phone still works, and you replace it, you should be able to see the contacts on it, even if you can't use it as a phone anymore.

Modern phones might have microSD memory cards or connect to a computer via USB with (free) software to do this (and more).

Janet


There's also a way to sync your phone with your Outlook contacts...if you use Outlook.

not necessarily for the older phones.  mine has a SIM card, but I can't sync it with outlook.

Another way to look at this is that it could be a great opportunity to lose some contacts.  I get rid of more extraneous people like this... 

Well, no, I'm not younger than you.  But you need to keep up.

It really helps if your cellphone breaks every year of so. Then you can't help but keep up-to-date.  AND lose some of those pesky contacts (and to-do lists!). 

Now you're getting the idea!

Or just use it so much that the buttons wear out and you can't see the screen anymore.  Of course, if you continue getting older, the screen gets harder and harder to see anyway. 

There are lots of ways to get to upgrade periodically.  Just don't tell Mrs. Beagle that it's intentional, of course. 

mike_mccue

The guys at the store say that the address data transfer applications cost lots and lots of money.

mr sales man is talking rot / rubbish / bunk.. what brand of phone is it ?  you'll find nokia have phone suite.. and samsung do their own etc

free

then there is connecting to a pc.. usb / bluetooth / infared ? bluetooth dongle is peanuts $2-3 I bought 5 of them in the past.

I used to use software for my old phone by oxygen , but that costs

http://www.oxygensoftware.com/en/default.asp