How to: Pro contact management on Windows Mobile

Keeping your contacts, calls and text messages in order can be a daunting task. However, Resco Contact Manager is an all-round package that takes control of your contacts and manages to look and feel great into the bargain.

The Today plug-in ensures instant access to all the key components, and even better is fully customisable. Users can hide or rearrange items and customise the plug-in to add the shortcut they want. The contact manager uses big, bold buttons for easy intuitive navigation and includes a clever, but simple social networking feature.

Users can login to facebook and instantly assign all their online contacts, with pictures, to the contacts database.

Today plug-in
To give easy access to Contact Manger’s features the software installs a Today plug-in. By default, there are five items per row. Tap, hold, tap Row Items and select the desired number.

Customise plug-in
Tap and hold anywhere in the Today plug-in and select Customize. This will add a red minus sign to all current items. Tap to remove unwanted items. To add tap the green plus icon and select from the list.

Add a contact
Tap the contact icon on the Today screen and tap Contacts>New Contact. Now add a name, tap Select a picture…, locate and tap to add. Now complete by adding remaining details.

Contact details
To view specific details tap the contact once. This offers a range of call options, Send SMS or eMail. Tap to activate any option. Tap Details to view categorised details. Alternatively, tap Menu to Edit, Delete or Send Message.

Facebook contacts
To automatically add Facebook friends first tap Contacts>Assign Facebook. Now login to Facebook, add details and tap Login. All facebook Friends will automatically be displayed, tap Auto-Assign to add or tap contact to add manually.

Locate on Map
To view the location of a contact via Google Maps tap the desired contact followed by Details and Home Or Business. Tap the address, select Locate on Map and wait for Google Maps to load with location.

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