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Contact makes it easy to call, email, and text your friends and associates with iPhone. You can add contacts directly on iPhone, or sync contacts from applications on your computer, or with your MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Google, or Yahoo! accounts.
You can open Contacts directly from the Home screen, or from within the Phone application.
You can add contacts to iPhone in the following ways:
In iTunes, sync contacts from Google or Yahoo!, or sync with applications on your computer (see About Syncing)
Set up MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange accounts on iPhone, with Contacts enabled (see Setting Up Accounts)
Install a profile that sets up an Exchange account, with Contacts enabled (see Installing Configuration Profiles)
Set up an LDAP account on iPhone
Enter contacts directly on iPhone
Import contacts from a SIM
The number of contacts you can add is limited only by the amount of memory on iPhone.
Set up an LDAP account:
In Settings, tap “Mail Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.
Tap Other, then tap Add LDAP Account.
Enter your LDAP account information and tap Next to verify the account.
Tap Save.
When you set up an LDAP account, you can view and search for contacts on your company or organization’s LDAP server. The server appears as a new group in Contacts. Since LDAP contacts aren’t downloaded to iPhone, you must have an Internet connection to view them. Check with your system administrator for specific account settings and other requirements (such as VPN).
Import contacts from another phone’s SIM:
In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Import SIM Contacts.
The contact information on the SIM is imported to iPhone. If you have Contacts enabled for both MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange, you’re prompted to choose which account you want to add the SIM contacts to.
IMPORTANT: iPhone doesn’t store contacts on its SIM.
You can add contacts to iPhone in the following ways:
In iTunes, sync contacts from Google or Yahoo!, or sync with applications on your computer (see About Syncing)
Set up MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange accounts on iPhone, with Contacts enabled (see Setting Up Accounts)
Install a profile that sets up an Exchange account, with Contacts enabled (see Installing Configuration Profiles)
Set up an LDAP account on iPhone
Enter contacts directly on iPhone
Import contacts from a SIM
The number of contacts you can add is limited only by the amount of memory on iPhone.
Set up an LDAP account:
In Settings, tap “Mail Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.
Tap Other, then tap Add LDAP Account.
Enter your LDAP account information and tap Next to verify the account.
Tap Save.
When you set up an LDAP account, you can view and search for contacts on your company or organization’s LDAP server. The server appears as a new group in Contacts. Since LDAP contacts aren’t downloaded to iPhone, you must have an Internet connection to view them. Check with your system administrator for specific account settings and other requirements (such as VPN).
Import contacts from another phone’s SIM:
In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Import SIM Contacts.
The contact information on the SIM is imported to iPhone. If you have Contacts enabled for both MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange, you’re prompted to choose which account you want to add the SIM contacts to.
IMPORTANT: iPhone doesn’t store contacts on its SIM.
NOTE: The Contacts screen shown here includes the buttons across the bottom that are available when you view Contacts from within the Phone application. These buttons don’t appear if you open Contacts directly from the Home screen.
A star next to a phone number means the number is in your favorites list.
See your own phone number:
Tap Contacts and scroll to the top of the list. (Not available in all regions.)