iPhone Fail

[Spacecadet]

Wife finally got round to swapping the iPhone for an Android device.
Of course she leaves it to me to swap all of her contacts out of her iPhone onto the new phone.

Will the iPhone copy contacts to SIM. Of course ******* not
So now I have to install itunes on to her laptop - it took 30 mins, 1 browser crash, 2 attempts to install and then an OS restart before itunes will install and run on XP
Try and synch her contacts with outlook.... nothing happens
So now I have to create a gmail account for her, try and synch her contacts to google, which thankfully works and then synch her phone with google.

Next task, copy her music off her phone back on to her laptop. Can't say I'm relishing the thought!

[SofaKingdom]

Wife finally got round to swapping the iPhone for an Android device.

Found the source of the problem.

HTH

[Spacecadet]

Found the source of the problem.

HTH

there's 3 sources in that quote!

[Moscow Mule]

Should have got a trial me.com account, synced the contacts to it, then used the export function - hey presto, a contacts.vcf file for import into whatever you fancy.

And, it's not really an iPhone fail, it's an iTunes fail.

Also, how has she managed with an iphone without having itunes somewhere?

Also, get doubletwist.

[Moscow Mule]

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And if you're running Android it makes sense to sync with a gmail / google account anyway. I thought that was the whole point of android?

[doodab]

And if you're running Android it makes sense to sync with a gmail / google account anyway. I thought that was the whole point of android?

I think you need a google account to use the app market.

[xoggoth]

Android phone eh? I need one, which did you get?

[fullyautomatix]

I ordered a Samsung Galaxy S over the weekend. Supposed to have some AMOLED screen or summwat. Will report back on the phone later.

[The Agents View]

The whole point of Android IS to integrate with Gmail and Googlemail etc. All of my contacts are saved on my PC (synced with outlook) and then into the cloud via google mail.

I got the HTC Desire on Vodafone, and don't regret it one bit - The interface is simple, open and likely to develop much further in the future - my friends with Iphones maintain that their solution is better, right up until I show them that my contacts sync to my facebook, which then syncs to the cloud, which then syncs to outlook, which means ultimately I will never have to input my contacts again, and assuming my contacts keep their details up to date on facebook, I will never lose touch with anyone who has changed their number!

All I need now, is a similar level of integration from LinkedIn, and I'm laughing!

[Moscow Mule]

All I need now, is a similar level of integration from LinkedIn, and I'm laughing!

There's an iphone app for that...