iPhone address book sync

[mr_zorg]

Originally Posted by Aces

As for the Nuvi 360 goes, I don't think it loads into the GPS memory at all. The GPS looks at the Phone's addressbook on the phone. When the phone is paired with the Nuvi, you can look at your contacts on the Nuvi. But if the phone is off, you don't even get that option on the Nuvi's menu.

That would be fine by me if the Prius did that. If my phone's not in the car, I'm not going to be making any phone calls anyway.

[Syclone]

Originally Posted by Aces

As for the Nuvi 360 goes, I don't think it loads into the GPS memory at all. The GPS looks at the Phone's addressbook on the phone. When the phone is paired with the Nuvi, you can look at your contacts on the Nuvi. But if the phone is off, you don't even get that option on the Nuvi's menu.

You may be right about that. But the point is that, whether it has to "push" or "pull" the Garmin Nuvi is able to extract the info. The car companies, including Toyota, don't seem to be as adept, or just don't care to go the extra mile.

[deval]

I have an 08 prius and an iPhone. The only darn way I got the contacts to sync was to use my old Windows based mobile phone to push all the contacts to my car once and for all. This is not a great solution if you modify your phonebook everyday...

So, in brief, I synced all my iPhone contact with outlook. Then synced my outlook with an old Audiovox SMT 5600. Used a program called: "JETware Hands-free Extension for Windows Mobile phones" to push all the contacts to the car.

Now when people call me or I call them, their name shows up!!!