Address book for iPod Touch and iPad, possibly with desktop client

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Posted by DataMill
Sep 19, 2012 at 03:44 PM

Try ContactsXL

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 19, 2012 at 03:46 PM

Ken wrote:
> I am guessing, but I
>think that what is needed is a program that has its own database, or uses GMail’s.

Thanks Ken, I’m starting to come to a similar conclusion. The most promising app I found so far is “Contacts Sync For Google Gmail”, which seems to function on that basis and has rave reviews:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/contacts-sync-for-google-gmail/id454390333?mt=8&ls=1

>Perhaps Pocket Informant’s new web sync supports contacts?

Unfortunately I didn’t have a good experience with PI on the iPad, so I’d loathe to have to buy their iPod app as well.

>Alternately, I know that
>Plaxo has been around for some time, but I find them to be a bit much for my needs.

Checked out their iPod app page and the user reviews are not too positive.

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 19, 2012 at 03:58 PM

DataMill wrote:
>Try ContactsXL

Thanks for the suggestion. ContactsXL does seem to have more bells and whistles than I need, on the other hand it does look interesting, if it can indeed help manage duplicates and do back-ups. The user reviews seem reasonably positive.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contactsxl-+-facebook-twitter/id364481787?mt=8

Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Sep 19, 2012 at 04:03 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>My Contacts in iPod Touch and iPad sync with Gmail Contacts and its
>an unusable jungle of hundreds of duplicate, triplicate etc. contacts in both (iPod
>or Gmail) of them. In some cases there are 8 different versions of a contact that
>somehow multiplied through being synced over the years.

What method does your iPod Touch use to sync with GMail Contacts ? I use Microsoft Exchange (as opposed to the native GMail one) and it works like a charm. No duplicates and it supports push updates…

HTH !

Pierre

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 19, 2012 at 04:34 PM

Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
>What method does
>your iPod Touch use to sync with GMail Contacts ? I use Microsoft Exchange (as opposed
>to the native GMail one) and it works like a charm. No duplicates and it supports push
>updates…

Pierre, thanks for the suggestion, but how do I actually check that? Can’t seem to find it anywhere…

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