Contacts list

[Barquentine]

How do I get all the contacts from my Samsung S5230 onto my iphone 3gs? Is there a way? Thanks.

[pdust]

is it one of those little iphone sim cards? they will fit into an ordinary phone if you position them just so, if you can do it you may be able to copy your contacts to the sim

[ChuckFickens]

Use the samsung PC studio ( http://www.samsung.co...S5230GRAATO-downloads ) to sync the contacts with outlook or the windows address book, then use Itunes to sync outlook or the windows address book with the iphone.

[AlBags]

Bluetooth probably ...

But there is this ... http://www.mobyware.n...-get-free-131347.html

[AlBags]

(The SIM card positioning trick can work too)

[ChuckFickens]

Good luck getting an iPhone to receive contacts by bluetooth (unless it's jailbroken).... the iphone bluetooth is limited to mono audio only for headsets.

(and it's a full size sim in the 3Gs, but it will only be possible if the iPhone is on the same network or unlocked and even then extended contact information will be lost)

[pdust]

wow thats a lot of faff to swap contacts! I dont use phones much so if i swap i just bob my contacts in manually..... wonder if theres any technology out/coming out where you can just yell..... NUMBERS HERE NOW! ;)

i hate samsung pc studio.....

[ChuckFickens]

Yeah it's a pain, rival phone makers tend not to make it easy and it normally has to be done via outlook (or similar)

Transferring by sim card works if both phones can use the SIM card (so on the same network, or unlocked) but modern phones will store loads of extra details under each contact (Home No. Work No. Mobile No. Email addresses etc etc) but a sim will only store first name, last name and one phone number for each contact so if you use the extended contact info on the source phone the contacts get buggered up in various different ways (depending on how each phone deals with them) when you copy them over.

[AlBags]

I'd try that software Java app I think ..
Worth giving it a go.

[ChuckFickens]

And the iphone doesn't support java either. (you need to install that software both ends)

[AlBags]

No .. what a pain these phones can be.

[ChuckFickens]

Supporting them is a part of my job I didn't want, they are a pain!