Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Blue_Beard wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> new to this ng.
>> Just got off of online chat w/ verizon wireless and they seem to
>> think the only way to transfer my outlook contacts on my pc to my
>> env phone is via their wireless sync and the $$ subscription fee. Is
>> there ANY other way to do this? Has anyone done it any other
>> way?? thanks in advance,
>> +r
>>
>>
>
> Welcome to the wonderful world of Verizon Wireless! They simply are
> not interested in anything they can't charge you for. Even if your
> phone, as manufactured, is capable of transferring your contact
> information via; e.g. a USB cable, they are quite likely to have
> blocked, disabled, or removed the feature. The buck or two they will
> collect for transferring this data over the air, multiplied by a few
> million customers, works out to real money. They are not going to
> let you have any alternatives that you don't pay them for!!
>
> Next time, try a different service provider if you can. And do your
> homework FIRST! Not all businesses display this sort of all out
> greed!

same here - tried the VZ Contact Backuyp - which is good, but manually
entered.
https://backupassistant.myvzweb.com/index.php

With some other services,
their Contact Backup also has an "export" and "import"
so PC files can be used to save or load your contacts.....

But not on VZ - their backup application is just that - a backup -