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For detailed, printable help please see the
Visual Users Guide
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Photo Contacts Installation Instructions |
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These
instructions apply both to the Demo and the Full version of Photo
Contacts.
Note: For best operation, the
program needs to be installed in internal memory on the device.
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After
purchasing the program, you will be prompted to download the
installation package (.zip file). Save the file onto your PC's Desktop.
Double click on the .zip file and un-zip it into a new folder.
This folder will contain the .exe setup file as well as program
documentation.
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Un-install the
demo version
by going to START>Settings>Remove Programs to remove
it from the device, if it's installed.
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Turn-off and then
Turn-on your phone.
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Connect your
Smartphone to your PC and establish an Activesync connection
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On your PC, double click
on the .exe setup file to start the installation process.
Follow the installation wizard that installs the application onto
your device. Install the program in the default location (internal
memory).
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Now you can run Photo
Contacts from the START menu on the Smartphone.
Please save the installation files in case you need to
re-install the software in the future. |
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Un-installing the full or the demo version |
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On the Smartphone, press START>Settings>Remove Programs, select the
program and un-install it.
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Turn-off, Turn-on
the phone.
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SmartName
Instructions
Assigning many photos to contacts at once on your PC |
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SmartName Overview
In addition to manually assigning photos to contacts,
Photo Contacts features the PocketX exclusive SmartNameTM
method of assigning photos to contacts. With SmartName, you can
easily assign many photos to contacts fast, and you need to do this
only once!
Now you can copy, back-up and transfer these contact photographs
between other computers, Smartphones, Pocket PCs, etc.
If you ever hard-reset your Smartphone or Pocket PC or your device looses its data
and you need to re-install Photo Contacts, you can simply copy your
images to the Smartphone (or insert the memory card) and you're done!
SmartName
Instructions
SmartName is
accomplished by naming your contact images in a simple manner and then
transferring them onto the device.
1. Save your contact
images in JPG format to a folder on your PC. Limit the size of the
photos to less than 150x150 pixels (120x120 is recommended) for best
performance. If you need to crop photos from large digital camera
files you can use a free program like
Irfanview.
2. SmartName :: Name the
image files in the same way your contacts are named.
Name your contact photo files in the
following manner:
<first name>[SPACE]<last name>.jpg
Examples:
John Doe.jpg
Mom.jpg
Microsoft.jpg
Lisa Green.jpg
Please make sure
you're not adding a double ".jpg" extension to your files in Windows. In
Windows Explorer, click on
Tools/Folder Options/View and make sure that
the "Hide extensions for known file types" is NOT checked. This
will make sure that you can see the .jpg extension in Windows.
3. Connect
your Smartphone to the PC and click on Explore in Activesync to browse
folders on your phone
4. Copy all
of your contact photos to one of the following folders on the Smartphone:
To store photos in phone's
Internal
memory
\IPSM\My
Documents\Photo Contacts\
(on
Smartphone 2002 devices, eg. mpx-200, i600, SPV, etc.)
OR
\Storage\My Documents\Photo Contacts\
(on
Smartphone 2003 devices, eg. SPV e200, SMT5600, C500, etc.)
OR
\My Documents\Photo Contacts\
(on
Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone devices)
This is the default contact photo
folder if you wish to store
your contact photos in the phone's internal memory
(Photo Contacts will
by default look for your photos here)
OR
To store photos on a
Memory Card
\Storage
Card\My
Documents\Photo Contacts\
This is the default
contact photo directory if you wish to store your contact photos
on a memory card
5. Open Photo Contacts on
the phone. If Photo
Contacts is already running, press up/down to
load the newly added photos and automatically associate them with your contacts in
Outlook.
If you have selected a
memory card storage location for the photos above, press Menu>Options in Photo Contacts and select
a memory card for the "Photo
Location" by pressing left-right.
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Photo Contacts Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
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Question |
Will Photo
Contacts work on my device? |
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Photo Contacts is compatible
with all Windows Mobile Smartphone devices running Windows
Mobile 5 and
Smartphone 2003 and 2002, including
the Audiovox SMT500, Orange C500, Motorola i930, MPx220, MPx200, etc. |
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Question |
There is
already a shortcut called "Photo Contacts" on my phone but the
application is not Photo Contacts. What is this? |
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No, this is not the real Photo
Contacts. This is the old IA Caller ID with the shortcut that is
named incorrectly.
"Photo Contacts" is a
trademark of PocketX Software Inc. |
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Question |
How do I
add contact photographs to my device? |
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Use SmartName! Please see
section above or read the
Help Guide.
Alternatively, you can manually
assign photos by pressing Menu>Photo>Assign and browsing for
images on the phone (useful only if your Smartphone has a
camera). |
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Question |
Should I
install Photo Contacts onto a memory card or in main memory? |
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We recommend that the program
be installed in main memory of the device for faster loading. |
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Where
should I store my contact photos? |
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Contact photos can be stored in
main memory on the device itself or on a memory card. Storing
photos on a memory card will save space on the device as well as
make sure you don't lose your photos in case of the device
loosing its data.
You can also re-use the memory card if you
have more than one device running Photo Contacts (for example a
second Smartphone or a Pocket PC). |
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Question |
While
manually assigning photos, how do I get to the memory card? |
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When browsing photos in Manual
Assign mode, simply press the BACK button on the phone to go up
the folder tree. |
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Question |
What is
the recommended image size for contact photographs? |
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120x120 pixels is the optimum.
This will provide enough detail with full screen Photo Caller ID
and will ensure optimum speed. 150x150 of course looks even
better but might be slower on older devices. |
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Question |
I am
having trouble assigning photos to contacts. I have named by
images properly and transferred them to my Smartphone but they
are not showing up. |
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Please make sure you're not adding a
double ".jpg" extension to your images in Windows on your PC.
Open 'My Computer' and click on Tools/Folder Options/View.
Make sure that
the "Hide extensions for known file types" is NOT checked. |
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Question |
I have
loaded the demo version of Photo Contacts on my Smartphone.
However, the pictures that I assigned to the contacts do not
come up. Any suggestions? |
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The DEMO version of Photo
Contacts is
limited to displaying and using the
first 8
contact
photos only. All other contacts with photos will display a demo image.
Therefore, you should assign a photo to one of the first 8
contacts in the list, depending on the sort-order of the
contacts in Photo Contacts.
Do a small test:
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Create a contact on your
Smartphone with the first name "A" and last name "A". Give it your
home telephone number in the Home Telephone Number field.
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Crop a contact photo using a
simple image editor (Irfanview
works really well) and name the image "A A.jpg"
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Connect your Smartphone to your
computer and establish an Activesync Connection
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Click on "Explore" in
Activesync and browse to "\Storage\My Documents\Photo Contacts" on
the Smartphone.
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Copy the "A A.jpg" image from
the PC onto the Smartphone.
Now open Photo Contacts and you
should see A A as the first contact in the list with the
photo. Call your Smartphone from your home phone and
you will see the photo when the phone rings (Photo Caller
ID).
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Question |
When
assigning photos to contacts manually on my device, how do I
browse to the memory card? |
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Simply press
the BACK button on your phone to browse up the folder tree in the photo
assign browser. |
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Question |
Why does
Photo Contacts always point to "\My Documents\Photo Contacts\"
when I press Photo>Assign. Should it not open the folder
specified in Photo Location? |
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When you
press Menu>Photo>Assign, Photo Contacts opens the My Documents folder
and selects the most recently saved photo automatically as the
Smartphone camera will store pictures in this folder. This lets you
quickly pick a photo taken by the Smartphone camera and assign it to the
contact.
Photo Location is the folder where
Photo Contacts keeps your contact photos. Once you select an image to
assign to a contact, that image is re-sampled, re-named and stored in
the Photo Location. If you ever need to back-up your contact photos,
copy this folder to your desktop computer. Then if you have hard-reset
your device you can simply transfer this folder once you re-install
Photo Contacts. |
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Question |
How do I
disable IA Caller ID? |
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Click
here for
instructions. |
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Other Questions? |
Email us at
support@pocketX.net and
we will be glad to help you! |
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Installation |
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Frequently
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The demo has
been updated to include the new features of version
3.0.
See the
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DEMO LIMITATIONS
This fully functional demo
version is limited to displaying photos for the
first 6 contacts on your phone.
Please read the DEMO Notice included with the installation for more
information.
The
VISUAL USERS GUIDE (pdf) included with
the installation package is a really good start to using Photo Contacts. |
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Try something new! |
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Now you can download and purchase
Photo Contacts directly with your Smartphone with Handango InHand
(developed by PocketX Software)
Handango InHand is an on-device
download client that works through a
cellular data connection (eg. GPRS) or via Activesync.
Click on the screenshot below to
download Handango InHand
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