IPhone entry in phone book lost in sync
When I sync up my iPhone with my Windows Vista machine all my contacts transfer successfully but for the people who have IPhones in my phone book, their numbers are lost. That is, I have selected the special "IPhone" entry instead of just mobile next to their name. Their names show up in my Windows Contacts but that mobile number is not present. Is there a way to map that to the mobile entry in Windows contacts? Also, what is the IPhone entry buying me in the IPhone contacts? Is it just a reminder that my friends have IPhones too or what?
I'm not sure about how to map this with the iPhone - not with a supported address book application on a PC. I added the iPhone designation to the contacts in my iPhone's address book who have an iPhone, and it was transferred to the Address Book on my Mac after syncing without having to map anything or do anything special, and there is no default iPhone designation in the Address Book for a phone number entry.
I don't believe the iPhone designation for a phone number buys you anything special.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1664
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