Smartr contacts also adds a photo to every person. It also integrates with popular social networks Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, so you can see what your contacts are up to. You can also run searches in the app to find people based on their name, company or phone number. This makes it easy to find a specific person.

I think the coolest feature of this app is the way it ranks contacts by importance. It puts the people you talk to more at the top, making them quicker to find and access. It also lets you know which people in your life you really talk to the most. Another cool feature is that it keeps your contacts in the cloud, so if you lose your phone you are protected.

Features

• Automatically populate contact lists.
• Keeps track of contacts you communicate with the most.
• Integrates with social networks.
• Stores contacts in the cloud for security.
• One click access to SMS, email and calling.
• Similar tools:  TouchPal Dialer and PrankDial.

Find Smartr Contacts on the iTunes App Store

You can create as many groups as you want, and then export these groups to Facebook, your email client, or even your smartphone including iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. You can also export contacts as an Excel or vCard file. Neiio can be very useful if you want to synchronize the contacts between various web services or simply clean your address books.

Features:

• Import and organize contacts from major web services.
• Arrange contacts into groups
• Export contacts to your email client, social network or smart phone.

Visit Neiio @ www.neiioapp.com [Via AddictiveTips]

To make use of Noteleaf, you need to authorize the app to use your Google and LinkedIn accounts. Then all you need to do is add an event in your Google Calendar to set the meeting. Noteleaf will then provide the LinkedIn information of the person you are meeting straight from the calendar, or send you a text message with a link to the mobile profile.

The profile includes a picture of your contact, as well as e-mail, position, education, and meeting location. This tool is especially useful if you are preparing for sales meetings and you want to know who exactly you are to meet. That way you can call them by name without them having to introduce themselves.

Features:

• Available for the desktop, Android, Blackberry, and iOS.
• Schedule meeting in Google Calendar.
• Be reminded on people you are meeting with.
• Connects to your Google and LinkedIn profiles.
• Similar tools: MeetMe, Congregar, MeetWithMe, Doodle, PermaTime, NeedtoMeet, MeetWithAgenda and TimeBridge.

Check out Noteleaf @ www.noteleaf.com

Syncfriend is a free web service that helps you back up the contacts of your smartphone. Through a simple series of steps outlined on the site, Syncfriend helps you set up automatic synchronization from your phone to your Syncfriend account.

The phones and OS’s supported by the service include iPhone, Android, Nokia, HTC, Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, Palm, Motorola, Samsung, and LG. The synchronization works both ways; you can add contacts to your Syncfriend account manually as well and later have them synchronized to your phone.

In addition to contacts synchronization, the site also supports syncing your calendars across Outlook and your phones.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Back up cell phone contacts and sync online.
• Works with Outlook and almost all smartphones.
• Can be used to back up contacts from one phone and copy to another.
• Similar tools:  Contails, GoogleSync, ZYB, GoogleSync, Mobyko, and Anywr.
• Also read related articles:
  How To Sync Contacts, Calendars & Events Between Mac & PC
  How To Move Your Contacts From Windows Mobile To Android.

Check out Syncfriend @ www.syncfriend.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

You can install SafeBox for free by downloading it using your mobile phone browser. The application is protected by a PIN code that you choose so that only you can access it. The use of the application is free but you do however need to buy credits in order to send private messages (it is preloaded with 10 credits when you first install it).  You can also send encrypted messages to your contacts that also have this same application.

All in all, SafeBox is a nice addition to your mobile phone that can greatly enhance your privacy and security, especially in these times when identity theft is always a possibility.

Features:

• PIN protected privacy tool for your mobile phone.
• Send private, even encrypted SMS.
• Create a secret contacts list.
• Store confidential notes.
• Anonymous, no registration is required.
• Language support for English, Russian, French, Portuguese, Ukrainian, and Italian.
• Installation is preloaded with 10 credits for private messaging.
• Works with Java phones and Symbian phones supporting Java.
• Similar Tools: WhisperBot.

Check out SafeBox @ www.safebox.mobi/web/en/index.php

To start, you can select what you want to decode, enter the input text and get the corresponding QR code on the right hand side as PDF or a GIF image.  These codes can be then shared with anyone you want, the recipient simply needs to scan it with his phone to decode the content.

There is no registration necessary, however if you register you will be able to store, manage and edit your codes online.

Features:

• Create QR codes online.
• You could generate QR codes from website URL, email, phone number, text message, social network profile and images.
• Save the generated code as PDF or GIF image.
• Register to store, manage and edit your codes online.
• Similar tools: QRVCards and QRJumps.

Check out BeQRious @ www.beqrious.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

Contails is a free mobile contacts sync service which lets you sync and share one of the most important set of data in your cellphone – contacts. Just create a free account at their site and follow easy step by step set up process. The process may vary depending on mobile you have. Some phones may require Contails client download.

Additionally it also lets you import contact info from your Outlook, Thunderbird, Gmail, Yahoo and MSN accounts so you can gather all your contacts info in one place.

For more info watch demo video below:

• Sync mobile contacts with your Contails account online.
• Import contacts from  Outlook, Thunderbird, Gmail, Yahoo and MSN.
• Invite friends and connect with them.
• Exchange selected contacts with friends.
• Supports wide variety of phone.
• Easy step by step setting up process.
• Similar sites: ZYB, GoogleSync and Mobyko.

Check out Contails @www.contails.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

Features:

• Free mobile sync service from Google.
• Lets you sync mobile contacts with google.
• Lets you sync phone with google calendar
• Get calendar alerts on phone.
• Customized service depending on the type of phone you have.
• Works for iPhone, Windows Mobile based phones and for phones that support SyncML.
• Note: depending on your mobile plan your carrier might charge you data transfer fees.

Visit GoogleSync for Mobile @ www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

Before you can use Vufone to backup mobile data, you will need to download the vufone mobile client onto your phone and have a data plan to synchronize your phone items (unlimited data plan is recommended). To sync your mobile items with your Vufone account, start the Vufone app on your phone and select ‘Synchronize’. This will synchronize all default items with the Vufone website. Vufone doesn’t support BlackBerry and iPhone as of now, the entire list of supported devices can be found here.

Features:

• Mobile data backup tool.
• Synchronize your phone with Google and Microsoft Outlook.
• Get your Microsoft Outlook meetings or Google Calendar on your phone.
• Grab pictures from any website directly to your Vufone account and your phone using provided Internet plug-ins (IE, Firefox )
• Upload your mobile media files to vufone.
• Create online albums and show them to friends and family on the web.
• Extend your phone to Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Youtube and more.
• Listen to your mobile music online.
• Never lose data when switching phones.
• For more similar apps read 4 Tools to Backup your Mobile Phone.

Note: The application is not free, however it is offering 1 year free subscription campagn until 1 March of 2009, so go ahead and grab yourself a free account.

Checkout Vufone @ www.vufone.com (by Srikanth AD from The Next Web )

Moreover it can also sync everything between your phone and your Mobyko account. You can easily access your data on any computer add entry, edit or delete, all changes will be automatically synced.

Currently Mobyco supports wide range of cell phones including iPhone and you can use it anywhere worldwide. Mobyco also lets you send free text messages from your web account to any phone. You get 10 free text messages with the basic account. The setting up process is really easy and there is no download or installation required, just follow step by step process.

Feature overview:

• Web service to sync and backup mobile online.
• Store your address book, photos, videos and text messages online for free.
• Sync your cell phone with your Mobyko account for free.
• Supports variety of cell phones see full list here.
• Easy over-the-air setup
• Get profile pictures from your facebook friends on your phone.
• The fun application “Mobilator” tells you how much your phone is worth.
• For more similar apps read read 4 Tools to Backup your Mobile Phone.

Check out Mobyko @ www.mobyko.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)