Quick cell phone address book tip

If you use a cell phone (you do, don’t you?), you should also be using your cell phone’s phone book (address book) feature. In it, you can store phone numbers, of course, but you can do so much more. Since there are a bazillion different cell phones on the market, I can’t possibly give you step-by-step instructions like I usually do.

You can keep these little hints in mind when using your phone’s address/phone book feature:

• Always enter the area code for your entries…yes, even all the local people you add. When you travel out of your home area, you can’t dial from the phone book feature if the area codes aren’t entered.
• You don’t have to enter the 1 for long distance, cell phones don’t need it.
• Make sure to add all phone numbers for a particular contact, not just their cell number.
• If the data entry isn’t too arduous, enter in physical addresses as well. Comes in handy and can help you eliminate your paper address book.
• If your phone is a smartphone (Blackberry, iPhone, some Nokias, Google Droid, Windows phones, etc), strongly consider using Gmail and the Gmail contacts. With all these types of phones, you can enter the data on the web and synchronize it to your phone. Makes for a much easier data entry process, and you benefit from the data bing backed up.
• Another advantage of having your address book completed is caller id. You won’t have to wonder if that is Jim’s number or not…if he’s in your address book, then his name will appear when he calls…no more guessing.

Do you use your cell phone’s address book for anything else? If so, leave a comment!