Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 User Guide for Android 2.1 - Page 36

Phonebook In the Phonebook application, you can enter information for your personal contacts, for example, phone numbers and email addresses. When you view a contact, you get quick access to all communication with that contact. If you have set up your phone for use with a synchronization service account, you can synchronize your phone contacts with the account contacts. When you create or import contacts, you are asked to select if you want to synchronize the newly created or imported contacts with the account, or if you only want to use them in the phone (Phone contact). See Synchronizing on page 59. To view your contacts • From the Home screen, tap to open the Phonebook application. If you have not set up your phone for synchronization with a web service, or imported SIM contacts, you can choose to do so the first time you open the Phonebook application. If you want to use the contacts you import from your SIM/memory card with a synchronization service, you need to set up the synchronization with the service before you import the contacts from the SIM/memory card. Getting contacts into your phone If you want to transfer contacts from your old phone to your new phone using any of the methods described below you should first refer to the User guide of your old phone. Also, remember that you need to back up your old contacts first before you can import them to your new phone. You can do this either by synchronizing your old phone contacts with a synchronization account, or by exporting the contacts to your SIM card or to a memory card. You can get existing contact information into your phone using several methods: • Use a synchronization service, such as Sony Ericsson Sync or Google Sync™. This way, you can manage your contacts both directly in the phone and from a computer. • Import contacts from a SIM card. You may not be able to transfer all information from one phone to another using this method because of limited memory on the SIM card. Also, some phones do not support the export of contacts to a SIM card. • Import contacts from a memory card. Please note that it is not always possible to transfer contacts from one phone to another using this method, since some phones do not support the import or export of contacts from/to a memory card. • Use a Bluetooth™ connection to transfer contacts from one phone to another. Both phones need to be switched on. In some phones, Bluetooth™ only works when a SIM card is inserted. • You can send contacts via messaging services such as SMS, MMS or email. Not all phones support the sending of contacts via messaging services. To synchronize your phone contacts with a synchronization account 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Press , then tap Accounts & sync. 3 To set up a synchronization account, tap Add account and follow the on-screen instructions. To synchronize with an account you have already set up, tap the account name. To import contacts from a SIM card 1 Insert the SIM card containing the contacts you want to import, then start the phone. 2 From the Home screen, tap . 3 Press , then tap Import/export > Import SIM contacts. 4 Tap OK. To import contacts from a memory card 36 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.