What to do with additional contacts?

[BigRedGonzo]

OK, here is what I need. I have about 30 people that I need to be able to text and/or call. I have all of their cell numbers. I DO NOT WANT THEM IN MY GOOGLE CONTACT LIST, but I would like to have them in some sort of place that is as easy to edit as a Google contact. I do want them to show up on my phone as contacts so that I can create a group of them. (I usually edit Google contacts online on the PC. It is way easier and they are sync'd to my phone almost immediately.) I have thought of putting them in as SIM Card contacts, but I don't know if there is any number limitation for that and, if I do the SIM Card thingy, I am back to editing contacts on the phone. I have thought of setting up a Gmail account solely to manage the contacts, but that sees sort of a waste. The group that I manage has an imap email account, but I don't think that contacts is one of the items that you have the option to sync through the imap exchange. Does anybody have any ideas?

 

[RazzMaTazz]

I keep all of my Android contacts (and calendar events) in a Hotmail.com account which syncs to the cloud and all of my PCs. No app is required. (Actually, you can use any of Microsoft's identical web-account services, like Hotmail.com, Outlook.com Live.com, or MSN.com) On your phone you access the contacts exactly the same way as Google contacts, but they're out of Google's reach. You can edit & sync contacts on your PC/Mac using Hotmail's web interface, or using Microsoft Outlook or Windows Mail.
http://androidforums.com/android-ap...id-without-3rd-party-app-exchange-server.html


You can also store contacts on you phone as "Phone-only" contacts. They'll be out of Google's reach. I'm not sure how you can sync those with your PC but the free software, MyPhoneExplorer may be able to do that.

 

[BigRedGonzo]

Thanks for the information, but that still isn't really what I feel is ideal. I guess maybe my best idea would be to set up a gmail account and add my contacts there and then sync that with my phone.

 

[dvhttn]

... You can also store contacts on you phone as "Phone-only" contacts. They'll be out of Google's reach. I'm not sure how you can sync those with your PC but the free software, MyPhoneExplorer may be able to do that.

Yep. Use Thunderbird on the PC to edit your contacts then sync with your phone using MyPhoneExplorer. You can choose which "account" to sync your contacts with.

I use Outlook and sync with my Google account - I just don't sync Google with the "cloud".

Dave

 

[RazzMaTazz]

BigRedGonzo: I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish. I thought the object was to keep the 30 contacts out of Google's reach, but apparently not, since you're willing to create a second Gmail account for those 30 contacts. (BTW, adding a Hotmail account is about the same as adding a Gmail account.)

It may be worth noting that Google contacts can be assigned to "groups" (preferably from the web interface) and then from your phone you can choose which groups to "display".