Nokia N900 User Guide - Page 41

Organise your contacts 41 Organise your contacts Add and edit contacts When you open Contacts for the first time, the Get contacts dialog opens. You can import contacts from your SIM card, mobile phone, or other device. Select > Contacts. A list of all your stored contacts and their possible availability status, status message, and avatar image is displayed. Add a new contact 1 Open the menu, and select New contact. 2 Enter the contact's first name and last name. Only one name field is required. 3 Enter a phone number. Define whether it is home or work number, and mobile or landline. 4 Enter a mail address. Define whether it is a home or work mail address. 5 To add an avatar image, select the placeholder image. Select a default avatar, or to use a different image, select Browse. 6 To add more details, select Add field. You can add details about, for example, addresses, birthdays, business details, mail addresses, nicknames, notes, phone numbers, SIP user names, titles, and websites. 7 Select Save. You can also manually add contact user names for different internet services. If you set up your own account, the contacts are automatically imported from the server. Edit a contact 1 Select the contact, open the menu, and select Edit. 2 Edit the contact's details. To add more details about the contact, select Add field. To remove details, select Delete fields. Select the details you want to delete and Delete. You cannot remove the first name, last name, or gender field. 3 Select Save. Merge a contact If you have duplicate contacts, do the following: 1 Select the contact, open the menu, and select Merge contact. 2 Select the contact to merge with. If the contact details have contradicting information or the merging was not successful, select the desired details and Save. Delete a contact 1 Open the menu, and select Delete contacts. 2 Select the contacts to delete and Delete. 3 Confirm the deletion. The contacts are also deleted from all possible services. Related topics • See "Import and export contacts", p. 42. • See "Synchronise and transfer content from another device", p. 80.