Xperia X10 - Phonebook; Getting Contacts into Your Phone

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 synchronisation service account, you can
synchronise your phone contacts with the account contacts. When you create or import
contacts, you are asked to select if you want to synchronise the newly created or imported
contacts with the account, or if you only want to use them in the phone (Phone contact). See
Synchronising on page 53.
To view your contacts
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From the Home screen, tap , then tap Phonebook.
The first time you open Phonebook, you are asked to set up your phone for synchronising
contacts with an online service, and you can import contacts from your SIM card or memory
card. If you want to use the contacts you import from your SIM card with a synchronisation
account, you should set up the synchronisation with the account before you import the contacts
from the SIM card.
Getting contacts into your phone
You can get existing contact information into your phone in several different ways.
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You can use a synchronisation service, such as Sony Ericsson Sync or Google Sync™.
This way, you can manage your contacts both directly in the phone, or by using a computer.
If you want to use contacts with a synchronisation account later, but you want to transfer
the contacts using any of the methods below, make sure you set up the synchronisation
before you transfer the contacts to your phone.
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You can import contacts from a SIM card. Not all information may be possible to transfer
from one phone to another this way, due to the limited memory on a SIM card. Also, some
phones do not support export of contacts to a SIM card.
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You can import contacts from a memory card. It may not be possible to transfer contacts
from one phone to another this way, since some phones do not support import or export
of contacts to a memory card.
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You can use a Bluetooth™ connection. If you want to use this method for transferring
contacts from one phone to another, note that some phones need to have a SIM card
inserted to use the Bluetooth™ function.
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You can send contacts using messaging services such as SMS, MMS or email. Not all
phones support sending of contacts using messaging services.
To synchronise your phone contacts with an account
If you want to transfer contacts from your old phone to your phone using this method, you need
to synchronise your old phone contacts with the account first. See the User guide of your old
phone.
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From the Home screen, tap , then tap Phonebook.
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Press , then tap Settings > Synchronise data.
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To set up an account, tap Add accountand follow the on-screen instructions. To
synchronise with an account you have already set up, tap the account, press
, and
tap Sync now.
To import contacts from the SIM card
If you want to transfer contacts from your old phone to your phone using this method, you need
to export your old phone contacts to the SIM card first. See the User guide of your old phone.
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