Universal Address Book
The quest for the universal computer address book continues. For years I have wanted to be able to have one address book for all my applications on my computer at home, all my applications on my computer at work, my Palm, and preferably my cell phone. For some reason, software designers seem determined to balkanize the address book market, so that address books in different applications and on different platforms will not work together. It seems so simple . . and yet so elusive. I think that I am making some progress with a combination of Intellisync and Outlook, from which I am importing addresses to WordPerfect. Some progress . . . but a long way to go.
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At JamPlanet, we are beta testing a universal address book that works with online mail services like Gmail, Hotmail, etc, works with chat services, and also online chat+phone systems like Skype. In contrast to most systems, your contatact data is stored on your computer, not on a server somewhere on the internet. We don't yet have sync for devices, but you can import and export VCF or Outlook CSV data.