60Linking Contact InformationMost people now maintain multiple email accounts, socialnetworking logins, and other similar account information. Forexample, a Facebook account login name might differ from acorporate email account login because they are maintainedseparately and for different groups of people.This device can synchronize with multiple accounts (such asFacebook, Twitter, MySpace, Corporate email, Google, orT-Mobile). When you synchronize your phone with thoseaccounts, each account creates a separate contact entry in theContacts list.If one of your contacts (Amy Smith) has a regular email accountthat you maintain in Gmail, but also has a Facebook accountunder her maiden and married name, as well as a Yahoo! chataccount, when you merge those accounts into your Contacts listyou can link all of her entries and view the information in onerecord.Linking contact information makes sending messages easy. Youcan select any account email address or information all from onescreen, versus searching multiple, individual screens to locatethe desired account information.Next time you synchronize your phone with your accounts, anyupdates contacts make to email account names, emailaddresses, etc. automatically update in your contacts list.For more information about synchronizing accounts, see “GetFriends” on page 62.1. From the Home screen, touch .2. Touch a contact name (the name you want to link toanother entry). Note: typically this is the same contact witha different name or account information.3. Press ➔ Link contact.4. Touch the second contact entry (the entry in which to link).The second contact is now linked with the first and theaccount information is merged into one screen.Note: The information is still maintained in both entries, but displays in onerecord for easier viewing when you link the contacts.5. Touch the linked contacts to view the contact informationyou linked. The contacts and information displays with anicon next to the contact name to indicate what type ofaccount information is contained in the entry.
