Address Book (Your Contacts on Kindle)

by 7 Dragons

Product Description

Use your Kindle as your address book with Address Book by 7 Dragons.

You can add up to 1,000 contacts in Address Book, and you can even import them from Outlook, Yahoo Mail, GMail or any source that supports VCF 3.0 format (VCard 3.0 format). You can organize your contacts into groups, and pick contacts to mark as 'Favorite' contacts. In addition to a search tool, Address Book provides a First Name Flipbook, a Last Name Flipbook to make finding any contact quick and easy.

You can make backups, and there is an automatic weekly backup to help you save your data. Address Book can export your contacts in VCF 3.0 format so you can load them into Outlook, Yahoo, Google and other VCF 3.0 compatible tools.

Address Book is your complete Address Book solution on the Kindle.

Product Details

• Version: 1.0
• Release Date: September 21, 2011
• File Size: 492 kB
• Language: English
• Publisher: 7 Dragons
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• ASIN: B005OKXP0S
• Publisher License: Read
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,482 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and useful September 24, 2011

By Desert dweller

Amazon Verified Purchase

I like things that serve more than one purpose. 7 Dragons is making some very good content that justifies carrying the Kindle everywhere. Notepad is fabulous.

I have a lot of my contacts on my gmail, a lot more written down in various address books and I have been meaning to consolidate them but I don't carry a computer or smart phone so that means paper. Hard to update. This application works for me as I often have the Kindle when I go out and I always know where it is.
I spent a bit of time cleaning up my Gmail Contacts first and putting in some info from the paper address books, then I exported to VCard format (actually used the wrong format first. Didn't work). The help instructions were clear as to where to put the file and what would happen when I opened Address Book if I did it correctly. Worked like a charm.

I like that I can easily look up by first or last name, as well as search. It's easy to update, too. I expect to use this quite a bit and I will also take advantage of the back-up features in case something happens to the Kindle.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Address Book September 24, 2011

By DMR48

Amazon Verified Purchase

One comment...There IS a security on your Kindle.

You Can Make Your OWN PERSONAL PASSWORD for your Kindle, just look it up in the Table of Contents for your Kindle..(or call Amazon for help. They are very helpful on any Kindle question).

This address book is VERY FLEXIBLE in adding information . Just have to play around with it a bit. You can add more than one phone number/ email address for each person. Easy to look up a persons information, by first or last name, friend , family or co-worker. Just what I was looking for. Even can add birthdays ! Great to have when you are away from your home, and you can have someones email addresses, phone numbers and addresses right at your finger tips. (A wish I have had for along time when I am away from my home or out of state)

Just make sure you do make your own personal password, and no one can get your personal information.

Great job again !!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars One Major Glitch! November 29, 2011

By Fawn

Amazon Verified Purchase

I had a major glitch in which one contact kept taking over all the other contacts. No matter who I clicked on I kept getting the same person. The others sort of disappeared. Contacted developer, said they were going to check it out. Was refunded in full. Disappointed because I really liked the handiness of this app.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best address book. November 11, 2011

By Lynda Boyd

Amazon Verified Purchase

I use my address book to keep track of my authors and the books I have read. This address book has a note section in it that allows you to list my books so I don't repurchase books that I have already read. I read alot and over the years have collected a long list. This address book lets you group your contacts so you can view all one type at a time. Very easy to use and easy to download from your computer.

I hope that it will be updated so that I will be able to use it on the new Kindle Paperwhite.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars good product but could be better October 6, 2011

By Pm Rodgers

Amazon Verified Purchase

I have used address cards previously on another device long ago (Newton MessagePad). Therefore I'm a bit spoiled. I have tried both Address Book by 7 Dragons and Contacts by A Gamz. I really like the group feature with Address Book. While I find the program useful, I do have some areas where I wish for more.

Here's what annoys me or what I'd like to see added:

Address field - It has a name field. I'm used to the contact name being used for the name.
Groups - in Manage Groups, you can create and edit group names. I'd like to use some kind of promote/demote feature to rearrange my group order.

Contact types - All contacts are of the same type. Could there be support for business cards? These would have company names instead of first/last names.

Search - could a search be created that allows me to search for all members of an organization?

Fields - could a field for Spouse be added?

Flipbook - When scrolling among the letters, could the items associated with the letter automatically list when either landing or pausing on a letter? Right now I use the scroll button but have to actually click to get the list. Minor, I know.

Importing - when I imported cards, frequently the city appeared in the 'Street Address 2' field. This also threw off the City/State/Zip fields.

Could a link to another card be made? Thus if I have a card for a company, I could see a list of all cards of employees that I have linked to the company card. Then I could click on the linked name and go to that card?

Still, Address Book is a good program. It will list your contacts with most of the information you might need. It just made me want more.
Mike

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL LITTLE APP September 27, 2011

By S. Johnston

Amazon Verified Purchase

Wonderful little app for Kindle. Simple, works as advertised and it has quickly become my favorite Kindle reference book. I am never without my Kindle, now I am never without my Address Book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Reads Outlook 2010 Contacts November 12, 2011

By J.W. Hart

Amazon Verified Purchase

First let me thank 7 Dragons for keeping the application price low.

I purchased the Address Book app and installed via wireless on my Kindle 3. Installation went without a glitch.

My primary contact list is in Outlook 2010.

I initially misread the import instructions from 7 Dragons and attempted to import the contacts as a .csv file. (I really need to learn to read...)

I sent 7 Dragons a request for assistance via email and Abhi of 7 Dragons was kind enough to respond with a recommendation, and an instructional website link.

Converting the .csv file to VCard proved difficult (apparently there is some glitch in the way I have the .csv file saved, or with the data therein that causes problems with converter apps).

However within Outlook 2010 itself one may select a contact record, go to "file", "save as" and export the record as a VCard file. Those with extensive contact lists may prefer to export as a .csv file and then convert to a VCard format, but in my case it was faster to just select single records. Even on a Windows XP netbook the process takes only seconds. Once I had all of the individual records converted I plugged the Kindle 3 into the USB port on my netbook and copied the files to the Kindle. After disconnecting the Kindle I started Contacts and the program automatically loaded all of the VCards.

EDIT: I should have noted in the original review that the fields were somewhat skewed - the second address field was filled with the city, city with zip, etc. I believe (but did not test) that having the second address field in Outlook would cause the data to fall into the correct fields.... Placing a period or other place marker character in the second address field would be advisable for those importing from outlook). This does not, in my opinion, lower the value of the application, but is something to be wary of if importing from Outlook 2010.

I rate the program as a five star application due to the low cost, the excellent (and accurate) response from 7 Dragons help, and the ability to import data without requiring the user to manually input records. (I also have 7 Dragons application "Notepad", and rate it highly as well).

Others mileage may vary, of course, and have other requirements (such as password security, etc.); however for my needs this app fulfills a need. It does not convert the Kindle into a PDA or smart phone, but does allow me to access contact information when all I have with me is the Kindle.

HTH

Jim Read more ›