Keeping Contacts in the Address Book
February 12, 2002
T-Mobile Device Owner’s Manual
107
Find a Contact
If you have a large number of contacts in your Address Book, you can easily search and find a specific contact by
using the
Match
pane. The Match pane search is limited to the category of contacts you are currently viewing in
the Browse Contacts screen. So, if you want to search your entire Address Book, make sure you have selected
the
All
category from the menu. In the example below, the category being searched is
Friends
.
1
From the Browse Contacts screen (in any filtered view), press
to open the menu, then click
Match...
The
Match pane opens.
2
Start typing the first letter(s) of the contact you wish to find. The nearest match is highlighted:
3
Either continue typing the name to narrow the search, or scroll to find your contact.
4
Click the wheel to open the contact information.
Create Your Own Contact Information - My Info
When you first received your device and went through the on-screen registration process, your name and phone
number were stored in a special contact information screen called “My Info”. This entry in the Browse Contacts
screen is underlined to make it easily identifiable:
To add information to your own contact information
:
1
From the Browse Contacts screen, press
to open the menu, then click
My Info
[
+
M
]. Your contact
information screen opens.
2
Make additions or edits as you wish, then press
to open the menu and click
Save
[
].
Empty the Address Book Trash
All discarded contacts are moved to the Trash category. Since this information takes up storage space on your
device, you should periodically remove items from Trash by doing the following:
1
From the Browse Contacts screen, press
to open the menu and click
Trash
. The contacts in the Trash
appear.
2
Press
to open the menu, then click
Empty Trash
. All contacts in the Trash are permanently removed.
