Cellstick

Our cell phone's near-death experience got us thinking about what to do in case of future emergencies. That led us to the Cellstick, a device that connects to your phone and allows you to download your address book, and then upload it to your PC (sorry, no Macs for this one)--with the option of being able to edit your address book on your computer.

That last option makes this product worth its price of $27.99 (or $39.99, depending on the Cellstick model required, which is based on your specific phone brand and model) to anyone who doesn't like to enter phone numbers in their address book right on the phone.

If there isn't a Cellstick for your phone, as there is not for our Samsung A950, be sure to search Amazon because there's likely to be other--though likely less spiffy--options.

P.S. Make sure that when you're searching on Amazon for the Cellstick that would work for your phone that the zip code is correct. The example pages we linked to were for our zip code here in Minneapolis.

Comments (4)

Too bad this isn't compatible with Blackberry. I'd love to upload my work contacts onto Outlook on my personal laptop.

posted by Enrique on May 4th 2007 at 7:15am
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Enrique: You should be able to do that with a plain USB cable and Blackberry Desktop.

(Which is what I came in here to wonder about: what does this give you that a $10 USB cable and your phone manufacturer's software doesn't?)

posted by Rich Lafferty on May 4th 2007 at 7:44am
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Thanks for the tip, Rich. (I'm a tech-dolt.)

posted by Enrique on May 4th 2007 at 8:35am
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Rich - In my experience, many cell phones don't even have that option, and for some, this is an easier way to deal with technology (perhaps a good gift for a less-tech-savvy friend or relative).

posted by kate on May 5th 2007 at 10:29am
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