Adding contacts from other BlackBerry applications

When you get an e-mail message or a call, that person’s contact information is in Messages or Phone. It’s just logical to add the information. You may have noticed that Phone lists only outgoing numbers. That’s half of what you need. You can access incoming phone calls in Messages:

1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, press the Menu key, and then select View Folder.
3. Select Phone Call Logs.

A phone log entry stays only as long as you have free space on your BlackBerry Bold. When BlackBerry runs out of space (which could take years, depending on how you use it), it deletes read e-mails and phone logs, starting from the oldest.

You can view your device memory information by going to Options from the Home screen and selecting Memory. The next screen shows you two types of memory, Application Memory and Media Card. Pay close attention to Application Memory. This is where your applications are installed, including data from out of the box applications like Contacts, Messages, and Calendar. Your Bold has 128MB total Application Memory, and you should see how much is free from this screen.

Creating a contact from an existing e-mail address or phone number in Messages is easy:

1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, select the e-mail address or the phone number.
3. From the menu that appears, select Add to Contacts.
A New Contact screen appears, filled with that particular piece of information.
4. Enter the rest of the information you know.
5. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.

The best solution for capturing contact information from e-mail is an application called gwabbit. The app has the intelligence of detecting any contact information and gives you a quick and easy way to add them to Contacts.