Question on downloading phonebook on an N400

I am trading in my Samsung N400 tomorrow because the phone is locking up and
dropping calls. I have a service contract with Best Buy to replace the phone
and was there earlier tonight to ask if these were valid reasons to replace
it. They said it was. When I got home I called SprintPCS to ask a CSR if
they knew how I could download my phone book to a file so I could back it up
and install it on the Sanyo 8100 I'm getting tomorrow. I wanted the 5300 but
Best Buy doesn't have it anymore saying it was an older phone model. The CSR
told me that they would have no way to do it but I could go to a Sprint
Store and ask them if they could do it since they need the phone. This is
not a problem because there is a SS in the same building as the Best Buy I'm
going to. My questions are these:

1) Will they be able to backup my phonebook on the N400 or will I just be
wasting my time waiting on the line?

2) If they could do it would they be able to hold that information until I
get back there after trading in the phone for the new one so they could put
the information into the new phone?

3) If they can't put the information into the new phone due to file format
differences where would I get the cable to do it myself and would they be
able to either email me the file or pop it on a floppy disk? I've seen
someone post the URL to a company that sells cables for phone to PDAs, I
went there and saw they had phone to PC cables too but lost the URL. Could
someone please report that URL?

Thanks

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"Peterbilt" <amazon-*****@REMOVETHISeudoramail.com> wrote in message
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> I am trading in my Samsung N400 tomorrow because the phone is locking up
and
> dropping calls. I have a service contract with Best Buy to replace the
phone
> and was there earlier tonight to ask if these were valid reasons to
replace
> it. They said it was. When I got home I called SprintPCS to ask a CSR if
> they knew how I could download my phone book to a file so I could back it
up
> and install it on the Sanyo 8100 I'm getting tomorrow. I wanted the 5300
but
> Best Buy doesn't have it anymore saying it was an older phone model. The
CSR
> told me that they would have no way to do it but I could go to a Sprint
> Store and ask them if they could do it since they need the phone. This is
> not a problem because there is a SS in the same building as the Best Buy
I'm
> going to. My questions are these:
>
> 1) Will they be able to backup my phonebook on the N400 or will I just be
> wasting my time waiting on the line?

No, they probably won't be able to do it. The phone books are probably in
different formats.
>
> 2) If they could do it would they be able to hold that information until I
> get back there after trading in the phone for the new one so they could
put
> the information into the new phone?
>
> 3) If they can't put the information into the new phone due to file format
> differences where would I get the cable to do it myself and would they be
> able to either email me the file or pop it on a floppy disk? I've seen
> someone post the URL to a company that sells cables for phone to PDAs, I
> went there and saw they had phone to PC cables too but lost the URL. Could
> someone please report that URL?

You would need two cables, one for each phone model, and a copy of
SnapSync - http://futuredial.com/products/P_SS.htm , which would run you a
bunch of money. FutureDial has both cables. Radio Shack might have the
cables for a lower price.

Best thing I can recommend is that you just buy the cable for your new
phone, and get SnapSync, and sync your contacts from Outlook, and plug in
those manually into the phone that you don't have in Outlook.

Bob

Thanks but I have had problems with Future Dial and my N400 so I won't be
using it again. I know I saw another site here that sold cables. Anyone know
what it was?

"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Peterbilt" <amazon-*****@REMOVETHISeudoramail.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I am trading in my Samsung N400 tomorrow because the phone is locking up
> and
> > dropping calls. I have a service contract with Best Buy to replace the
> phone
> > and was there earlier tonight to ask if these were valid reasons to
> replace
> > it. They said it was. When I got home I called SprintPCS to ask a CSR if
> > they knew how I could download my phone book to a file so I could back
it
> up
> > and install it on the Sanyo 8100 I'm getting tomorrow. I wanted the 5300
> but
> > Best Buy doesn't have it anymore saying it was an older phone model. The
> CSR
> > told me that they would have no way to do it but I could go to a Sprint
> > Store and ask them if they could do it since they need the phone. This
is
> > not a problem because there is a SS in the same building as the Best Buy
> I'm
> > going to. My questions are these:
> >
> > 1) Will they be able to backup my phonebook on the N400 or will I just
be
> > wasting my time waiting on the line?
>
> No, they probably won't be able to do it. The phone books are probably in
> different formats.
> >
> > 2) If they could do it would they be able to hold that information until
I
> > get back there after trading in the phone for the new one so they could
> put
> > the information into the new phone?
> >
> > 3) If they can't put the information into the new phone due to file
format
> > differences where would I get the cable to do it myself and would they
be
> > able to either email me the file or pop it on a floppy disk? I've seen
> > someone post the URL to a company that sells cables for phone to PDAs, I

> > went there and saw they had phone to PC cables too but lost the URL.
Could
> > someone please report that URL?
>
> You would need two cables, one for each phone model, and a copy of
> SnapSync - http://futuredial.com/products/P_SS.htm , which would run you a
> bunch of money. FutureDial has both cables. Radio Shack might have the
> cables for a lower price.
>
> Best thing I can recommend is that you just buy the cable for your new
> phone, and get SnapSync, and sync your contacts from Outlook, and plug in
> those manually into the phone that you don't have in Outlook.
>
> Bob
>
>

"Peterbilt" <amazon-*****@REMOVETHISeudoramail.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks but I have had problems with Future Dial and my N400 so I won't be
> using it again. I know I saw another site here that sold cables. Anyone
know
> what it was?

Well, my last suggestion said nothing about your N400. It dealt with your
new phone, which ever model you decide on ...

Bob