How BlackBerry 10 Links Contacts Based on Certain Information
BlackBerry has finally revealed how the logic works for contact linking on BlackBerry 10. In case you didn’t notice BlackBerry 10 links multiple contacts from different sources into a single contact so that you do not have duplicates. PIM is one of the main things BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 is focusing on but until then…
Dear BlackBerry… PLEASE Show BBM “Suggested Contacts” on iPhone & Android
One of the main things that made WhatsApp popular was how it sucked in your phones address book and presented your contacts using the service. BlackBerry added a similar feature in BBM 10 that would scan your address book for potential BBM contacts (by BBID email I think) but they hid it on the third…
FREE ContactsImEx Lets You Export & Import BlackBerry 10 Contacts (CSV & vCard)
Bless Florian Behrens for ContactsImEx (and Back2blaque for pointing it out to me). ContactsImEx allows you to easily export and import your BlackBerry 10 contacts as a large CSV spreadsheet or vCards. The vCard format even allows you to include contact photos since it uses v3 of the *.vcf standard. You can then use that…
Dear BlackBerry… Can We PLEASE Copy Contact Fields in BlackBerry 10?
Notice something missing in the action menu above? I love where BlackBerry is finally going with the newer BlackBerry 10.2 builds but there are still basic usability features missing that drive me nuts. One of these is the fact that if you want to copy a persons phone number or other details from the…
Move iPhone & Android Contacts and Calendar to BlackBerry 10 Easily With Free Device Switch Apps
BlackBerry has teamed up with Media Mushroom to create a slick solution for migrating your contacts from an iPhone or Android to BlackBerry 10 if you do not have a cloud contact solution like Gmail or Exchange. Media Mushroom created apps for iOS and Android that make moving over your contacts and calendar easy….
Contact X App Offers Import/Export, Merge, & Delete Contacts Option on BlackBerry 10
Keeper has kicked it out of the park with another solid app release for BlackBerry 10. This time we have Contact X which is a contacts tool for BlackBerry 10. It allows you to export 1 or more contacts to vCards and import 1 or more contacts from a vCard. It also allows you to…
BlackBerry Acknowledges Duplicate Gmail Contacts Issue With Workaround and Upcoming Fix
I have never had duplicate contacts on my BlackBerry Z10 even with my 3 Gmail accounts but I am hearing reports of users running into the issue. It seems like users with older OS versions are sometimes seeing duplicate contacts in their address book even though the contact is only shown once in Gmail…
iCal4OL Tool Syncs Outlook with CalDAV & CardDAV Servers (Gmail Calendar & Contacts)
One of the HUGE shortcomings of Microsoft Outlook is its insistence to not support the hugely popular CardDAV and CalDAV formats for calendar, tasks, and contact sync. Instead Microsoft clings to their proprietary formats. While many BlackBerry 10 users have figured out how to sync their contacts and calendar with Gmail and other CalDAV/CardDAV services…