Nokia N900 - Add and edit contacts

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Add and edit contacts

When you open Contacts for the first time, the Get contacts

dialog opens. You can import contacts from your SIM card,

mobile device, or other device.
Select

>

Contacts

. A list of all your stored contacts and

their possible availability status, status message, and avatar

image is displayed.
Add a new contact

1 Open the menu, and select

New contact

.

2 Enter the contact's first name and last name. Only one

name field is required.

3 Enter a phone number. To define whether it is a home or

work number, mobile or landline number, or fax number,

select

Mobile

.

4 Enter a mail address. To define whether it is a home or

work mail address, select

E-mail

.

5 To add an avatar image, select the placeholder image.

Select a default avatar, or to use a different image, select

Browse

.

6 To add more details, select

Add field

. You can add details

about, for example, addresses, birthdays, business

details, mail addresses, nicknames, notes, phone

numbers, SIP user names, titles, and websites.

48 Organise your contacts

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You can also manually add contact user names for different

internet services. If you set up your own account, the contacts

are automatically imported from the server.
Edit a contact

1 Select the contact, open the menu, and select

Edit

.

2 Edit the contact's details.

To add more details about the contact, select

Add field

.

To remove details, select

Delete fields

. Select the details

you want to delete and

Delete

. You cannot remove the

first name, last name, or gender field.

Merge a contact

If you have duplicate contacts, do the following:
1 Select the contact, open the menu, and select

Merge

contact

.

2 Select the contact to merge with.

If the contact details have contradicting information or

the merging was not successful, select the desired details

and

Save

.

Delete a contact

1 Open the menu, and select

Delete contacts

.

2 Select the contacts to delete and

Delete

.

3 Confirm the deletion.
The contacts are also deleted from all possible services.