Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 31

Synching Address Book and cell phone memory

Does anyone know of a way to synch (or even just copy) the phone numbers in the Address Book to a cellular phone (specifically the Motorola StarTac 7868W)? I'm assuming this would requrie some kind of cable...would a cables4pdas cable do the trick? What kind of software would be required?

Dreaming of the day that a CDMA phone comes with an IR port....

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
Posts: 1758

Starfish TrueSync will sync your addressbook from your pc to your phone with a cable.

Data Connectivity Kit with TrueSync� Software - 98193

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Registered: Jul 2001
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Sending this up, because though I know that the previous suggestion will work, I already have a phone to PDA cable for wireless access, and I don't really want to spend more money on yet another cable. So, is there any way to get information from my visor to my phone through the serial cable I'm already using to connect the two? Thanks.

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Posts: 123

If your phone has IR, just beam the Address!

Worked with my Nokia, works with my Ericsson...

Registered: Jul 2001
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Unfortunately, no irda on my motorola 120c. I don't think there are any cdma phones with irda.

I did some research today, and it seems like there used to be a program to do this with a serial connection called handphone. Too bad the software is now proprietary to the Palm mobile internet kit. Anyone have an old copy? Any other ideas? Thanks.

Registered: Dec 1999
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If you find a cheap serial cable to connect the phone to the PC, you can download the Starfish software for free at:

http://www.starfish.com/private/yahoo/yahoo_ov.html

This syncs your address information with Yahoo, phone, and PDA.

I think the cables by themselves can be found much cheaper than the data kits sold by the phone manufacturers.

Last edited by rslatkin on 01-23-2002 at 10:54 PM

Registered: Jul 2001
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I really appreciate you trying so hard to help me make this work. I did see the truesync software through yahoo, but it won't work in my situation. It requires that the phone be connected directly to the PC. The cable that I currently have is to connect the phone to my visor. A new phone to PC cable would cost about $50 that I don't really have at the moment.