iTunes Link ABContacts is a powerful contact manager app, its main feature that makes it unique is that it can easily integrate with other apps. If the basic group texting and emailing features are not enough, the app can integrate with our other Group Text! and Group Email! apps to send texts with contact information and location address and map links and to send emails with various kinds of attachments. The app can make calls with various apps (Apple Phone, Skype, Google Voice GVConnect / GVMobile and others). The app to use can be configured with number labels. Full app features list: SEARCH AND LISTING FEATURES : - The search bar will search notes, first and last name, company, job titles, departments, phone numbers, emails (configurable on the settings and can work on words or full search); - Show contact pictures (can be turned off); - Company view shows contacts grouped by company; - Shows company, job title and department on the contact list; - Optionally show company in big font and contact in small font; - Contact filtering to show a reduced set of contacts; can filter by company, city, state, country and part of notes; - Shows upcoming birthdays and events; - Shows unfiled contacts; - Dialer to search for contacts with a fast T9 keyboard; - Favorites photo listing; - Speed dial of the first nine favorites; CONTACTS AND GROUPS FEATURES: - Smart groups based on rules; There are five different types of rules and they work on first name, last name, company, notes, job title, department, city, state, country, birthday and events fields, emails and phones. Rules can be combined to create very powerful filters ! - Native and Private groups; - Add new contact in one fast screen; - Quick action to email to groups of contacts (using TO or BCC); - Quick action to send a text to groups of contacts; - Quick actions to make call, send email and send SMS to a contact faster; - Send contact information to others by email (text and/or vcard); - Print contact information (requires AirPrint compatible printer); - Create, rename and delete group of contacts; - Edit contact group membership on one screen; - Create, edit and remove contacts with the same user interface as the contacts built-in app (remove button is in a different place); - Mail and SMS are sent using the configured applications, which can can be the built-in ones or others; - A lot of customizable options in the settings. Notes: - To open the 'mode' selector tap on the title bar. - Apple has changed how groups work when syncing with Exchange in the recent iOS4.2 firmware. Apps can't create or manage native groups with iOS4.2 and Exchange. Private Groups and Smart groups will work because they're private of ABContacts. - If you're experiencing issues sending to large groups, check the setting of "Group Messaging" on the iPhone settings. If the option is available, set it to OFF (yes OFF) to be able to send to large groups.
