Verizon Contact Backup to Palm Pre

emkman · 06/05/2009, 02:33 PM

When I hopefully get a Pre tomorrow, I am going to be porting from Verizon. I logged into the Verizon Contact Backup website today and saved my contacts so I have them in digital form. Is there any way I can easily get these onto my Pre. I am a programmer, so I can process the HTML and get the data into a sensible form, but is there a format/program that will then be able to add the contacts to the Pre? Thanks. I will be happy to share my converter if I am successful.

Gekko · 06/05/2009, 02:55 PM

closed proprietary carrier contact backup websites might not work. if i was you, i'd try to sync your phone to outlook, palm desktop, or Gmail asap or convert to CSV and then import ASAP.

do a search for "Contacts" in this forum and read all the threads.

emkman · 06/05/2009, 05:00 PM

Gekko, I think I did not explain myself well enough. My big problem is that I haven't owned any palm devices in years, and I am not familiar with their syncing software and what options are available. I am 100% able to convert my Verizon contacts to CSV. Can I load the CSV onto my Pre, is the question I have.

Grim · 06/05/2009, 05:02 PM

Convert to a .csv file and upload to Google.

Gekko · 06/05/2009, 05:07 PM

you're a programmer? where did you learn your trade?

Importing contacts by CSV - Gmail Help

emkman · 06/05/2009, 05:14 PM

Started when I was a kid, self taught, then high school and college. I have a Computer Engineering degree from UC Santa Barbara. If it is useful to people, I could whip up a web application to convert people's Verizon contacts to CSV. Its a shame I have to push them into GMail just to get them on the phone, but I guess it won't clutter my GMail too much.

Gekko · 06/05/2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by emkman

Started when I was a kid, self taught, then high school and college. I have a Computer Engineering degree from UC Santa Barbara. If it is useful to people, I could whip up a web application to convert people's Verizon contacts to CSV. Its a shame I have to push them into GMail just to get them on the phone, but I guess it won't clutter my GMail too much.

uh that was a Ricky Roma reference and a rhetorical question.

anyway, no need to reinvent the wheel. there's more than one road to Dublin. shame on you for having your data locked into a black box proprietary vehicle - especially that evil vzw.

good luck.

emkman · 06/05/2009, 05:46 PM

That's ironic. An article that just ran about my company today used Glengarry Glen Ross to explain what cost per lead meant. I am leaving the evil black box, but between the contact backup and Bit Pim, I did fine until now.

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emkman Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Verizon Contact Backup to Palm Pre When I hopefully get a Pre tomorrow, I am going to be porting from Verizon. I logged into the Verizon Contact Backup website today and saved my contacts so I have them in digital form. Is there any way I can easily get these onto my Pre. I am a programmer, so I can process the HTML and get the data into a sensible form, but is there a format/program that will then be able to add the contacts to the Pre? Thanks. I will be happy to share my converter if I am successful.
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Gekko Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,007 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 304 Times in 165 Posts	closed proprietary carrier contact backup websites might not work. if i was you, i'd try to sync your phone to outlook, palm desktop, or Gmail asap or convert to CSV and then import ASAP. do a search for "Contacts" in this forum and read all the threads.
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emkman Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Gekko, I think I did not explain myself well enough. My big problem is that I haven't owned any palm devices in years, and I am not familiar with their syncing software and what options are available. I am 100% able to convert my Verizon contacts to CSV. Can I load the CSV onto my Pre, is the question I have.
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Grim Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Somewhere along the 45th parallel. Posts: 374 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 23 Times in 20 Posts	Convert to a .csv file and upload to Google. __________________ “Wolves are the top of the food chain, and when the wolf population is healthy, all other animal and plant populations are healthy.” -- Lois Tulleners
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Gekko Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,007 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 304 Times in 165 Posts	you're a programmer? where did you learn your trade? Importing contacts by CSV - Gmail Help
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emkman Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Started when I was a kid, self taught, then high school and college. I have a Computer Engineering degree from UC Santa Barbara. If it is useful to people, I could whip up a web application to convert people's Verizon contacts to CSV. Its a shame I have to push them into GMail just to get them on the phone, but I guess it won't clutter my GMail too much.
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06/05/2009, 05:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
emkman Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	That's ironic. An article that just ran about my company today used Glengarry Glen Ross to explain what cost per lead meant. I am leaving the evil black box, but between the contact backup and Bit Pim, I did fine until now.
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