Importing contacts from Windows Mobile to Android 
I've picked up a new Google
Android based
Samsung Moment recently. The UI and functionality is a little different from the Windows Mobile phone we're used to but it's definitely a big improvement though the Mrs is still pissed that her long fingernails don't quite work on the touchscreen ( probably cuz it requires tactile feedback).
As usual the phone company couldn't transfer the contacts from the Windows Mobile phone to the new Android phone. So I started googling around looking for solutions to this problem. Just when I was contemplating writing a custom app using as specified at:
http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/Wikka/PIMsI came across this really neat freeware program which exports the contacts into a csv file:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-thunderbird-contacts-export.htmlThen one can import them directly into gmail:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-thunderbird-contacts-export.htmlWorks like a charm!
I must say that the android phone has really blown me away with it's UI, features and most importantly integration with web based applications to access and update it's data ( gmail, calendar, etc). The icing on the cake is the fact that the SD card mounts just fine as a usb drive under Linux. The integration between the phone and the internet based apps is a dream compared to the nightmare than activesync was for the windows phones.
