Google Contacts
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| Developer(s) | |
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| Operating system | Server: Linux Client: any Web browser |
| Type | Contact management |
| Website | Google Contacts |
Google Contacts is Google's contact management tool that is available in its free email service Gmail, as a standalone service, and as a part of Google's business-oriented suite of web apps Google Apps.
Features
On 10 August 2010, Google released an updated look for Google Contacts.[1] The update truly integrated Google Contacts with the rest of Gmail. The new features of this update included the following:
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Last name sorting
- Custom labels
- Undo
- Automatic saving
- Structured name fields
- More prominent notes field
The older version of the Google Contacts user interface was still made available at the Google Contacts official website.
Google Contacts can be synchronized with mobile devices and operating systems (e.g., Android, Symbian, iOS, BlackBerry, Palm, Pocket PC), Windows Phone or with PC applications (e.g., Microsoft Outlook) via third party software, and Google's own Google Sync app. In addition, any system that can sync via Microsoft's ActiveSync can sync with Google Contacts.[2] There is also support for mobile devices that support the Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol and/or the SyncML standard. There is built-in support for Google Contacts in Google's open-source mobile operating system Google Android.[3]
Criticism
See also
References
- ^ Google Gmail team (10). "Updates to Contacts and a (slightly) new look for Gmail". The Official Gmail Blog. Google, Inc. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help); Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Syncing contacts". Google, Inc. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Nexus One - Contacts" (Video). Google, Inc. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "GoolgePoor quality of contact images". Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Jelly Bean Bumps Contact Photos To Hi-Res 720x720". Retrieved 18 September 2011.
