Your BlackBerry address book is boring. It just lists your contacts in alphabetical order, like every other address book on the planet. Wouldn’t it make sense to have different organization options? I’d like, for instance, to have my address book by default sort my contacts by the frequency with which I contact them. That would make things a little easier. If you’re among those who don’t think that is a trivial functionality, you can check out SwooshContact. It’s a new application that gives you greater control over your address book.
Every time you contact someone in your address book, SwooshContact takes note. Then, when you go to your address book and choose to sort by activity, your contacts will be listed in order of how frequently you call, email, or text them. You can keep it in this mode, allowing you quick access, or you can choose other sorting options. These include date, name, company, or rank.
On that last item, you can manually add ratings to your contacts. Since it’s based on a star system, I was thinking about doing it like my iTunes library. Five stars are reserved for the untouchables — in this case, the people I’ll be calling when I’m 60. The four stars are the solids, the people I call when I’m in town or otherwise want to invite somewhere. Then the three stars are the average ones. Anyone two starts and below gets cut.
My only gripe with SwooshContacts is the price. You can get it for $4.99. It seems a little steep for an application like these, especially when VersaTool runs at the same price.
Hat tip to BlackBerry OS.
