Chapter 11. Using the Address Book to Never Lose a Contact

IN THIS CHAPTER:

68 Create and Manage Contacts

69 Create and Manage Mailing Lists

70 Apply Categories to Contacts

71 Tweak Address Book Options

72 Access the SIM Phone Book

One of the fundamental roles your BlackBerry device plays on a daily basis is that of an electronic Rolodex. The notion of carrying around all your contacts within the handy confines of a mobile device is not necessarily new, but that doesn't take anything way from its inherent usefulness . The Address Book application serves as a contact manager that keeps track of all your contacts, including their respective email addresses, phone numbers , snail mail addresses, and any other information you'd like to associate with them. Although you can populate the address book solely by creating contacts on your device, you should synchronize contacts from a desktop contact manager such as Microsoft Outlookassuming that you already use such a manager. Regardless of how you build your contact list, the Address Book application gives you plenty of flexibility in managing contactsand more importantly, carrying out communications with them.