Just switched from android to a new iPhone 6+. Love it so far.. my ONLY struggle has been contact management.
Here is where i'm coming from and a full explanation of where im at and where im trying to go:
Here is where i'm coming from and a full explanation of where im at and where im trying to go:
- I manage all my contacts in Outlook.. 2200 or so contacts that i manage through my PC laptop.
- When i was on Android, i used gSyncit to sync from outlook to gmail. I had no issues, other than some contacts would go missing at times. I had it automated so it would sync once a day from outlook to gmail.
- I then installed (again on android) CamCard to start scanning in business cards, and turned on Gmail-> Outlook syncing so that the contacts created in the app would go in to Outlook. This was handy, but created some problems - as in, gmail likes to save all emails for anyone youve ever emailed, so i would get a dump of 500+ junk email addresses from craigslist ads and bullsh!t stuff ive emailed over the years. Ive learned that cleaning these out of gmail is a NIGHTMARE. I've since disabled this feature because it made a mess. But, it made camcard useless for me.
- I got the iPhone a couple days ago. I installed gmail to use as my email app, and synced contacts from gmail app. Ive now learned that gmail now uses two main groups for contacts. My Contacts (frequently used) and Other Contacts (all others). They ALL sync with Android. BUT, with iphone only "My Contacts" will sync. So my phone only has 50 or so contacts out of 2200. One could manually select what contacts they want to sync over to the phone.. but, with 2200 contacts, thats a nightmare. Ive been googling for DAYS about how to automate this process but find nothing. What a nightmare. So glad im dumping google.
- Be able to wirelessly, automatically sync contacts from Outlook to my iphone. I dont need google to do that if there is a better way.. But the key here is wireless and automatic. If i have to plug in to itunes and click a ton of stuff, ill never do it and itll get too out of control
- Be able to use camcard, and sync from iphone back in to outlook. Again, wirelessly and automatic.