If there is one thing any mobile phone owner would dread is that of losing the stored contacts that are normally saved on their handset. This could be attributed to a lot of issues like software problems or worst, handset breakdowns. And while many do not really have a reliable way of backups for their valuable contacts and data, iDrive may have the answer for all these worries. In fact, they have even updated their app solution, the iDrive Lite which allows anyone to save and restore their contacts from anywhere.

Among the new updates of the iDrive Lite include performance fixes for the iPhone and Blackberry versions. With the iDrive Lite, you can even restore or transfer contacts on a different handset provided you are registered on the same account. And best of all, the service is FREE!

You can check out the iDrive Lite at the iDrive website.

(Source) Press

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A handy iPhone app that helps keep you organized is the inTouch Contacts. It promises to bring order to your expanding Contacts database.

While developer Objects Etc offers a sophisticated vision of how to achieve that goal in this $5 app, a number of limitations and cumbersome features mark inTouch Contacts as merely an interesting first effort.

inTouch Contacts links to your existing Contacts database, providing a view of—and the option to edit—existing individuals and companies. Inconveniently, you can’t create new records, so adding a person or company requires the native Contacts application. inTouch Contacts provides better support for Contacts’ Group records. You can import existing records into inTouch, create new Groups, and then export them back to the native database.

inTouch Views provide dynamic lists of contacts, including useful breakdowns by organization and city. Retrieving a list of everyone you know who works at a particular company, or tracking down friends while visiting a city are nearly effortless with inTouch Contacts. The application also offers search capabilities.

inTouch Contacts is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.2.1 software update.

(Source) MacWorld

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