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Old 09-14-2007, 08:45 PM
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Default Sync your Facebook Contacts with Windows Mobile & Outlook

http://www.melsam.com/outsync/

"Mel Sampat has created an application called OutSync. OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to select which contacts are updated. So you can update all contacts at once or just a few at a time. The main benefit of OutSync is for Windows Mobile users. Updated contacts are automatically synced with Windows Mobile devices by Exchange server or ActiveSync. Thus new and fun photos appear during calls and other places where contacts are used."



If you're a Facebook user and also an Outlook user, this is a really neat application. I'm on Facebook, but I don't tend to have much crossover between work and personal - most of the people on my Facebook account aren't in Outlook. If anything they're in Windows Mail, which I tend to use most often for doing person email. It's great to see a Windows Mobile solution for the problem of Facebook photos and Outlook photos (which I think are a majorly under-developed part of Windows Mobile and Outlook).
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Old 09-14-2007, 10:11 PM
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Awesome! I had this idea awhile back, and am glad someone's already created the application.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to download it yet. I click the link to livefilestore.com, but just get a blank page. I've tried it in both Firefox and IE. Has anyone been able to successfully downloaded it?
 
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Old 09-15-2007, 02:38 AM
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I get "None of your Facebook friends could be matched with Outlook contacts." Fonebook works fine for me but this looks to have more features.
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Old 09-15-2007, 03:21 AM
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Hmm, perhaps this is enough to make me download .NET Framework v3...

But my contact pictures are usually a heck of a lot more embarassing for my close friends than the ones they choose...
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Old 09-15-2007, 06:23 AM
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Has anyone been able to successfully downloaded it?
I was able to download it.

http://qpktzq.bay.livefilestore.com/...c.msi?download
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Old 09-15-2007, 10:22 PM
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The above link still didnt work for me. try this one:
http://cid-9691929e119dc195.skydrive...nc/OutSync.msi
 
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Old 09-15-2007, 10:30 PM
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Or, you can try the official download link, which is linked from the official OutSync page.

I just tested it and it works for me.
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Old 09-16-2007, 06:13 PM
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Working great here.
 
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Old 09-17-2007, 02:06 AM
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I get "None of your Facebook friends could be matched with Outlook contacts." Fonebook works fine for me but this looks to have more features.
i'm encountering the same issue.. it comes up instantly after i put in my username and password, as if its not even trying...
 
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Old 09-17-2007, 02:12 AM
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Once I got it downloaded, it worked great. It only matches exact first name + last name matches, so if the name on Facebook is different than the full name in Outlook, there won't be a match. Several people including myself have asked on the for this to be fixed in future releases.

Very useful app though!
 
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