Monday, April 20, 2009

Blackberry Contact to iPhone

How to transfer Blackberry(bb) Contacts to iPhone for free
**Before we continue make sure Blackberry Desktop Manager and iTunes are installed properly into your computer and connect your bb device with a usb data cable to your computer.

1. Transfer Blackberry contact to Computer

1.1 Run the Blackberry Desktop Manager program and click "Synchronize" from the main menu screen. Select "Synchronization" below the Configuration menu option to get to the Synchronization Configuration screen.


1.2 There you'll click the "Synchronization" button to configure the synchronization settings.

1.3 You'll be asked to choose the device applications to synchronize. Choose "Address Book", and then choose "Outlook".


1.4 Next you'll configure how you want to sync your contacts, either bi-directionally or just from your blackberry to Outlook (highly recommended).


1.5 Click "Next" and then "Finish" to complete the synchronization settings. This will take you back to the synchronization screen.

**Make sure you check the option to "Synchronize organizer data". This is the setting that tells the program to sync your contacts.


1.6 Click the "Synchronize" button to copy the contacts from your Blackberry to your Outlook contacts. You can open Outlook after the sync has completed, and you should see your Blackberry addresses in your Outlook contacts folder.

2. Transfer Outlook Contact to iPhone

2.1 You can import Outlook contacts to your iPhone by syncing your iPhone with iTunes.Plug your iPhone into your computer and wait for iTunes to automatically launch (or run iTunes from the Start menu if necessary).

2.2 Select your iPhone in iTunes, select the Info tab, and then click the checkboxes to sync your contacts. Choose Outlook as the application to sync with. Click Apply, then click Sync.


2.3 This will copy the contacts from Outlook over to your iPhone.

2.4 Viola!

NOTE: You can only sync your iPhone with one computer at a time. If you later decide to sync with another computer, your contacts will be erased.

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