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Note:
Before you purchase this app, please note that to use this application you will need to be able to upload your address book file to an FTP
site and retrieve it by specifying username and password. The developers of iContactsImporterLite do not provide this facility. This is "Lite" version which is full featured, but limits the number of contacts that can be imported to ten. Please look into our paid app "iContactsImporter" for importing unlimited contacts.
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iContactsImporterLite
lets you import your contacts (or address book) from another phone or
Laptop/PC to your iPhone. If you have just bought a new iPhone and
don't want to type hundreds of your address book entries from your
existing phone again, iContactsImporterLite is the app for you. In just a
few taps you are set.
Features:
- Imports contacts from .csv (comma separated values) file
- Automatically maps the address book fields from your .csv file (e.g. Postal code -> ZIP code)
- Gives you choice to adjust the mapping.
- Creates a new group for your imported contacts
iContactsImporterLite
imports your contacts from a .csv file. Most of the handset providers
have a PC suite (e.g. Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc.) from which you can
easily export all your contacts to a .csv file. You can also do the
same from most of the computer applications (Outlook, Thunderbird etc.)
and other mobile devices (Palm etc.). Here's the step-by-step guide to
import your contacts
Export your existing address book to .csv file (refer to your mobile
handset manual for details). For e.g. if you want to bring your
contacts from a Nokia phone, you can use the Nokia PC Suite to first
export your contacts from the Nokia handset to a .csv file.
Upload the .csv file to an FTP site. You can get some details on what
is an FTP site and how to upload your files to one of the FTP site here
- Click here
Launch iContactsImporterLite by tapping the icon on your iPhone.
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Enter the access details to the FTP site (username, password and the csv filename).
FTP URL: The FTP site where your csv file is located. (e.g. ftp://ftp.test.com)
FTP Username: Your username to access the FTP site (e.g. guest@test.com)
FTP Password: Your password to access the FTP site
Address Book filename: The .csv file which is the address book you want to import (e.g. MyNokiaHandsetAddressBook.csv)
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Tap the Download File button to start the download. If for any reason,
iContactsImporterLite is not able to access the FTP site or the csv file,
it will indicate an error. In case of an error, check if you
username/password/filename is correct and the file actually exists on
the FTP site.
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iContactsImporterLite will read your csv file and automatically map the
fields from your csv file to your iPhone fields. Please note that the
first row of your csv file are considered field titles (e.g. First
name, Last name etc.). You will be presented with the mapping table of
the fields In the above, you will notice that iContactsImporterLite has
mapped Title field from your csv address book to Prefix field on your
iPhone. Similarly First name is mapped to First name, Company field is
mapped to Organization. Whenever iContactsImporterLite is unable to find an
appropriate match for your csv address book field, it will map it to
Notes field on iPhone. You can adjust the mapping or choose to to
delete the fields which you do not want to import. Just tap on the
arrow (>) of the field you want to change the mapping.
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If you tapped the arrow (>) to adjust the mapping (as described in
above step 2.6), you will be presented with all the available iPhone
fields. The check-mark indicates the field which is currently mapped.
You can tap on any field of your choice and the mapping will be
updated. Tap the 'CSV~iPhone'(Map) button on the top left to return to
the mapping table once you are done.
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Tap 'Next' on the top right (screen shown in step 2.6) and you will be
asked to choose the date format which is used in the csv file. If you
don't have any dates to import, simply tap 'Next' without choosing any
format.
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After
you tap 'Next' on your date format selection screen, you will be asked
to enter a group name. A new group with the above name will be created
and all the imported contacts will be added to this group. This will
make it easier for you to manage your imported contacts. The filename
is used as a default group name. If you do not want to create a
separate group and simply want to import all the contacts in the main
address book, just leave the group name blank.
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Tap
'Import' and you are done! The iContactsImporterLite will start importing.
The time taken to import will depend upon the number of contacts in
your address book and the number of fields being imported.
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If the import was successful, you will see:
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This product is throughly tested by us and we fully support it.It's been reviewed by Apple team and it works. If you have purchased it and found it useful, please leave us your reviews. Apparently, some of our competitors have deliberately left negative reviews for our app.
iOS4 users, please wait before you purchase. We are in process of porting and testing this app on iOS4.
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Thank you for using
iContactsImporterLite. If you are having any further questions or problems
using iContactsImporterLite, please contact us at iContactsImporterLite[at]ProtoTechSolutions.com
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