Verizon Wireless customers to get automatic contact list updates
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 4th 2006 1:59PM
posted Nov 4th 2006 1:59PM
There's nothing like keying 300+ contacts to your cellphone, only to have something catastrophic happen and lose them all. Sure, providers offer certain forms of backup, but a new service from Plaxo will make all your worries over losing that oh-so-precious contact list disappear. The firm is hooking up with Verizon Wireless (with Alltel and US Cellular to follow suit) to offer automatic list updates from "commonly used e-mail systems" (such as Outlook, Yahoo Mail, OS X Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc.) wirelessly via its Plaxo Mobile Plus system. Customers will still have to choose which names receive the honor of being placed in their always-available contact roster, but the service "eliminates the need for manual reentry or copying directly from a computer." While specifics weren't given, this convenience is slated to work with "30 Verizon Wireless handsets" initially, and run customers $4.49 per month, which seems like a lot to ask unless you're notorious for destroying phones.[Via DigitalTrends]
So... now you are paying big brother to watch over you... interesting
I love Windows Mobile because i can simply sync my contacts with my computer. Losing all my contacts for me is a thing of the past :)
Yeah... Verizon's had something like this for a while... see below
http://ba.mightybackup.com
I used that to backup my contacts last year when i went to windows mobile. It had a backup to outlook option i used, which i then tranferred to my win mo phone.
-Taylor
Ahhh, isn' that nice of Verizon.
They will do absolutely ANYTHING to get their hand in your pocket. And I'll do almost anything to keep them out of it.
Not to mention, Plaxo's one of the spammier services out there - and now you're turning over your most private contacts to them...
How about using Bluetooth (or USB or -gasp- serial) and iSync (or any other software of your choice) like a civilized human being?
Plus, there's backup assistant for $1.99 a month. So it doesn't sync with your Outlook, but if you're not using a PDA, how many of you are actually using Outlook anyway?
Guess what guys? Customers who start a new 2 yr contract or renew their 2 yr contract on or after 11/16 get backup protection FREE!! I kid you not, the only contingency that you sing up for "My Account" (which is also free).
Yeah, another case of greedy Verizon dipping their hands in your pockets, hahahaha.
Hey ELGEE02-
VZW just announced the FREE back up assistant through "My Account"....check your dates, blogger. How could "they be dipping their hands in your pockets" if its FREE?!