Chapter 10. Integrating Google Contacts with Other Software and Services

Using Google Contacts is pretty easy, so easy that I’m not going to spend any time going over that subject. Instead, I want to focus in this chapter on ways to integrate Google Contacts with other address book software. It’s silly to have one set of addresses at Google and another set in a different address book, as that results in confusion and unneeded complexity.

Let’s unify those address books and make your life easier.

A Quick Look at Several Contact Synchronization Programs

In Chapter 4, “Migrating Contacts to Google Apps,” I looked at several programs you can use to sync your local address books with Google Contacts, including the following:

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