When I joined CapTech a few years ago, one of the coolest perks from the start was getting a smart phone. We were originally given a Sprint PPC-6700 (horrible), then a Spring Treo 700wx (slightly better), and after being fed up with a slew of crappy phones, we were issued a Sprint Blackberry 8830. Beyond the obvious perks of having wireless internet, instant messaging, and fun games, I realized one of the best features of a smart phone was Outlook Exchange integration. Using Microsoft Outlook, I could input all of my contacts with detailed information and it would sync with my phone. It also synced my calendar as well. This means no more losing all your contacts when you get a new phone/break your old one, as well as being able to edit and add contacts on the fly.
Outlook gives you the ability to upload pictures with each of your contacts as well, so when they call you their picture pops up. I initially uploaded pictures for several people years ago and have had a few incidents where a person would call and someone would see my phone and ask, “Why is that picture coming up?”. OK, so maybe I had a picture of my brother with his ex-girlfriend and his current girlfriend saw it…
The other day, I thought “There must be a way to sync your Outlook contacts with your Facebook contacts”. After some searching, I found the program: Fonebook. Fonebook is a simple application designed to connect to your Facebook account, download all your contacts, and sync them with your Outlook contacts. It gives you the ability to import their picture as well as birthday (it will NOT allow you to sync phone numbers or email addresses, as it’s against Facebook policy). It even allows you to schedule automatic updates so that you can get your contact’s latest facebook pictures.
I highly recommend this program for the fun and novel feature of adding your contact’s pictures to your phone/Outlook. The program is extremely easy to use, fast, and efficient.
Link to download Fonebook: http://ross.dargan.googlepages.com/fonebook:download
