so primary profile is mainly for the pictures. 

Vishal Sheth
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+91 (93) 2213 3880

On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Craig Froehle wrote:

> Let me clarify something about Contacts in webOS and Synergy:
> Profiles from the same person that come from different sources are
> (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) are "linked" in Contacts to form one
> single contact record, but they are never fused together to alter the
> data on the originating sites . In fact, the only profiles you can
> actually edit are those in Google Contacts, Exchange, and your Palm
> Profile (i.e., if you're not using a cloud service). You set a
> "default" source (I use Google) and all changes to the record go into
> that default profile.
> 
> Now, for each person, you can set the primary profile; this is the one
> webOS uses for the picture (if there are different pictures on various
> profiles) and the formatting of the name, but all other data (e.g.,
> telephone numbers) are just combined on the device and shown in a
> list.
> 
> So, to sum up, Synergy "virtually" combines disparate profiles on your
> device, but doesn't change any of them through the linking process.
> If you change any data about that person, it changes it in the default
> record only.
> 
> I suggest you play a bit with it if you don't fully get all the "what
> if" scenarios; dummy records are easy to create, edit, and delete once
> you understand the ramifications of doing different things.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Jim Griffin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If someone is linked with two or more accounts, a small number will show up 
> > on the top right near their picture. Tap on that and it shows the linked 
> > profiles. Tap on the one that you want as the primary, and there will be 
> > choices, one of which is "set as primary profile".
> >
> >
> > Jim
> > (Via Palm Pre)
> > Vishal Sheth wrote:
> >
> > On pre in contacts I have google, yahoo, facebook. How can I set priority 
> > to an account? When a new contact is added, in which account  would this 
> > contact add?
> 



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