ABContacts
By Developer’s Notes:
ABContacts is a full featured contacts manager. The app works with the same archive of the built-in Contacts app so everithing you do in ABContacts will be visible in Contacts and Phone app and converseley. The advanced features will be very useful to those are using the iPhone for business or to those that have many contacts. SEARCH AND LISTING FEATURES : – The search bar will search notes, first and last name, company, job titles and departments (configurable to work on words or full search); – Optionally show contact pictures; – Company view shows contacts grouped by company; – Contact filtering to show a reduced set of contacts; can filter by company, city, state, country and part of notes; – Shows upcoming birthdays; – Shows upcoming events; – Shows unfiled contacts; – Shows company, job title and department on the contact list; – Optionally uses phonetic informations when sorting;
CONTACTS AND GROUPS FEATURES: – Add new contact in one fast screen; – Quick action to email to groups of contacts (using TO or BCC); – Quick actions to call, email and sms a contact faster; – Send contact information to others by email; – Create, rename and delete group of contacts; – Edit contact group membership on one screen; – Assign and remove contacts to groups with a fast and simple interface; – Create, edit and remove contacts with the same user interface as the contacts built-in app; – Mail and SMS are sent using the built-in applications; – A lot of customizable options in the settings. Notes: To open the Quick Actions double tap on the group or contact. No sms to group sorry, it can’t be done with the current software development kit; No VCARD (just simple text email) since we can’t send attachment yet with the built-in Mail app. When emailing to groups, BCC requires firmware 2.2 See the website for the user’s guide with many screenshots. IMPORTANT: If something is not working for you PLEASE contact the support email. If you just write in reviews we can’t understand what the problem is and fix it. We have carefully tested the app but there may exist unexpected conditions and we can’t find them if you don’t contact us. WARNING: Group management is not supported if you are synching with Exchange or MobileMe over the air. Synching using iTunes is supported. All other features are supported with any synching method.
Updated:
This version comes with a lot of new features and improvements. Some features can be activated or deactivated only on the Setting app of the device. – Optionally on-demand loading of groups information makes the app start faster; – Optionally show contact pictures on contact lists; – Configurable search mode for search bar: words or full; – Optionally search notes, job title and department from the search bar; – Company view to show contacts grouped by company; – Startup setting to always startup on group list, all contacts or last used location; – Optional phonetic sorting; – Redesigned toolbar leaves more space to group names; – Include notes and addresses when sending contact information; – Uses nickname if first name, last name and company are not available; – Russian localization; – Bug fixes;
