ContactsXL 4 review – One of the best ways to keep your contacts in one place

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On March 2, 2012

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ContactsXL 4 review – One of the best ways to keep your contacts in one place

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By: Jonathan Teboul

Version #: 4.3

Date Released: 2012-02-20

Developer: Jonathan Teboul

Price: 0.99

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Managing all your friends, contacts, followers, facebookers and whatever the hell else can be a tiring task. Last year’s ContactsXL 3 was an extremely handy app that went some way to addressing this issue, allowing you to keep all your contacts in one intuitive place. ContactsXL 4 brings you more of the same, but more, if that makes sense.

This latest version retains all the features that made the last one great. You can sync it with your phone contacts, then use it to send texts and e-mails to individuals or groups. You can organise your contacts into endless customisable groups and smart groups, satisfying the most pedantic of users among you, and there is a handy search tool which lets you track down specific contacts by any field you wish. As before, you can dial your contacts directly from within Contacts using the T9 dialer and the new Favourites Photo Dialer.

The interface in this version has been updated to use Coverflow, which allows you to sift through your contacts by their photos. The most satisfying feature of this app probably remains its integration with (and stylistic similarity to) Facebook, with the added ability to sync birthdays and photos with it. The app remains extremely accessible, while being designed to look a little more eye-friendly than last year’s version. A less exciting, but equally essential feature is that you can back the whole app up, so you don’t have to worry about all that pretty organisation and categorising of friends going to waste.

The more dependant we get on technology, the more incompetent we become without it. Soon we’ll have to go on Facebook to remember our own birthdays, let alone those of our friends. In that spirit, ContactsXL 4 is an extremely useful app that we’ll come to increasingly rely on as our brains slowly integrate with our iPhones. This is one of the best contact management apps out there, and will appeal to anyone who likes to manage their friends, colleagues, enemies etc. from one convenient interface.

Quick Take

Value:High

Would I Buy Again:Yes

Learning Curve:Low

Who Is It For:Organisational freaks as well as the organisationally inept

What I Like:Easy Facebooky interface

What I Don't Like:Maybe Twitter integration would be nice?

Final Statement:The best way to manage your contacts from one place

Read the Developer's Notes:
With ContactsXL you can manage your contacts and favorite contacts, create and organize groups, quickly send SMS messages and Emails to groups with only one touch, get notified when one of your contacts has a birthday, backup your contacts, make phone calls with a fast T9 Dialer, view your contacts' photos in lists, and even more!

If you are a Facebook user, you can retrieve the latest profile pictures, birthdays and other information of your Facebook friends! And if those friends aren't already in your address book, then you can add them!

Key Features:

-MANAGING YOUR CONTACTS AND GROUPS-

You can create, edit and delete your contacts; create, rename, organize and delete groups!

-SYNC WITH FACEBOOK-

You can retrieve your Facebook friends' latest profile pictures, birthdays, addresses, company names, and job titles!

-CONTACTS' PICTURES DISPLAYED IN LISTS-

You can see your contacts in lists with their photos next to their names!

-BIRTHDAY REMINDER-

You get birthday reminders for your contacts! Besides, birthdays are displayed and sorted by chronological order and your contact's age is displayed!

-SEND SMS MESSAGES AND EMAILS TO GROUPS WITH ONE TOUCH-

You can quickly send SMS messages and Emails to groups, unlike with native applications where you have to add contacts one by one!

-CALLING YOUR FAVORITE CONTACTS-

You can call and organize your favorite contacts quickly and easily: a simple tap on the photo of your contact to call that contact, and drag and drop to organize your favorites!

-FACEBOOK INTEGRATION-

You can browse your Facebook friends and see the status of all of them within a single list! And you can check their birthdays and know which ones are online!

-IMPORTING FACEBOOK FRIENDS-

You can add your Facebook friends to your address book!

-SEARCH BY ANY FIELD-

You can search for contacts by any field in their card!

-SORTING CONTACTS-

You can sort your contacts according to the fields you choose!

-SMART GROUPS-

With smart groups, you set the parameters, and the groups update automatically!

-COVERFLOW-

Coverflow lets you browse contacts by flipping through their photos!

-QUICK CONTACT CREATION-

You can create new contacts who share common information faster!

-QUICK DELETION OF MULTIPLE CONTACTS-

You can delete multiple contacts at the same time!

-FAST T9 DIALER-

You can make calls with the built-in T9 dialer that auto-fills in contact numbers as you tap on the buttons!

-SIMULTANEOUSLY SHARE CONTACT CARDS- (iOS 5 only)

You can share multiple contacts cards simultaneously by Email: only one VCard file (.vcf) for all contacts!

-BACKUP CONTACTS- (iOS 5 only)

You can backup and restore your contacts! And you can use iTunes file sharing to import your own VCard files (.vcf)!

Users said on the AppStore:

"Awesome!!", "Just perfect", "Love the facebook integration", "Easy to use", "Best contacts app out there"

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