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Chapter 5
Using Contacts
In this chapter, we will cover:
◾ Understanding the PhoneGap Contacts Application Programming Interface (API)
◾ Creating Contacts manually
◾ Reading Contacts
◾ Adding Contacts
◾ Adding detailed information of the Contacts
◾ Deleting and updating Contacts
All mobile devices, whether an iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, or Palm webOS,
each has a built-in Contacts database that is used for keeping information of desired people. at is,
the name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and so on, of the desired people can be kept in the
Contacts database. ese contacts are then used for sending e-mails, sending SMS, ...