Entering contact information onto a fresh device can be really daunting. I have so many contacts between my Outlook email contacts, my IM contacts (MSN, GTalk, Y!), and of course, my regular phone contacts. So many email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and home addresses to remember!

Windows Mobile devices tries to make organizing all of these contacts as simple as possible and makes it very easy to manage your contacts including your Outlook and Windows Live contacts in a personalized way to suits you best. Contacts are stored on the internal device memory or on a SIM card. The address book lets you enter many items of information for Outlook or Windows Live contacts stored on the device, including name, work phone number, e-mail address, company address, and birthday. For contacts kept on the SIM card, you can save only the contact’s name and phone number. If you move the SIM card to another device, the SIM contact is moved too, saving you from having to enter in all those names and numbers every time you switch to a new device.

How-to: Manage your mobile phone contacts