iContact is a free software tool for Windows that allows you to access your GMail address book from your desktop. You can find your contacts very quickly without the need to login to your GMail/Google Apps account everytime.
| Your contacts, wherever you want them |
| iContact uses Gmail/Google Apps contacts list as the central repository for your contacts. You can still see and edit your contacts in Google but iContact allows you to have instant access to your contacts whenever you need them without loging into your Google/Gmail account. As well as that you can enjoy iContact's integration with other applications like your email client, Skype and Goolge Maps (and for example send contact's address to your Satnav system). |
| Multiple computers, one set of contacts |
| If you have more than one PC, iContact will allow you too see your contacts on all computers without the need to synchronize them. |
| Local tools integration |
| iContact is connected to different tools on your desktop: You can start your email program by clicking on ther email address, call them with Skype or find their address on Google Maps and send it to your Garmin or TomTom navigator. |
| Why Windows? Why Desktop? |
In the age of software-as-service and Web 2.0, you might ask what is the advantage of having a desktop based address book software? Well, iContact is my solution for lack of a good personal address book in Windows. I don't want to use something as big as Outlook to manage my personal contacts especially when I use Gmail/Thunderbird IMAP for my emails. Secondly, I have a couple of Windows PCs and an Apple Mac book and would like to have my contacts everywhere. Also I don't understand why address books should be integrated with email clients and there is no decent personal stand-alone address book manager out there. Putting all these problems together, I thought the best solution is to combine the power of a central online contact repository (Google in this case) with the convenience of a simple desktop application. Please send me your feedback to icon...@sajadi.co.uk or post it here. |
