ExcelContacts is not only the best way to transfer contacts to and from your iPhone without iTunes - it's the only way! No other app lets you so easily control your iPhone's most valuable data.
- Update, modify and maintain your contacts easily and conveniently on your computer using Excel, OpenOffice or any other Excel-compatible application.
- ExcelContacts sends all of your contacts to you from your iPhone in a convenient zip file by email, USB, or through a webpage seen only on your local wifi network! Contact photos are sent, too!
- Never again rely on iTunes as your only local source of back up. Nor do you need to share your contacts with Yahoo or other websites in order to have a backup. ExcelContacts' zip file contains ALL of your contacts in a convenient, easy format.
- ExcelContacts protects you from iTunes sync accidents which can delete your contacts if, for example, you no longer have access to an Exchange server.
- Restoring or changing contacts from the spreadsheet is as simple as uploading the file to your phone via USB, email or web. It couldn't be easier.
- You can print a hardcopy of your iPhone contacts.
- You can now export iPhone contacts to an Excel file which can then be imported to Outlook Contacts directly.
- You can also import contacts from an Excel file that has been exported from Outlook to your iPhone.
- You can now export/import iPhone contacts to/from a Gmail CSV-format file(UTF-8 encoded or Unicode encoded).
- You can upload export files over to Dropbox/SkyDrive/GoogleDrive or download import files from Dropbox/SkyDrive/GoogleDrive.
- You can password protect your export file.
- All Contact fields except Ringtones can be exported/imported.
- You can organise your contacts into groups easily on a spreadsheet and also assign a contact to multiple groups.
- You can remove all iPhone contacts or groups before importing your organized contacts.
- ExcelContacts can support 30,000+ contact entries.
- All column headers and labels in the Excel file are localized.
- Export/Import contacts to/from a VCF file.
- Backup contacts before import.
- Manage groups easily. You can now create, edit, delete groups and add contacts to groups.
- Export an Excel file with all photos included - this makes the contacts in your spreadsheet look better.
- Import your own file by mapping column headers to contact fields.
- Specify your own column headers in export process.
- The lite version allow you to export or import first 300 entries. This full version has no limit.
thanks for post,
BUT
its bollocks saying 'this is the only way'
the cloud is much easier, last time i got a new iphone the contacts just appeared :)