The People tile is pretty fun: It blends your contacts list with your Facebook account.
The contacts list lets you dial without clicking into a contact's entry.
Already, most of the Germanophiles in my contacts list are talking, tweeting or briefing of a "north-European euro" - a smaller fiscal union.
All WP8 handsets will enjoy People Hub integration, meaning you can jump right into Skype calls from your contacts list, rather than having to independently open the app.
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When an app wants access to data or functions on your phone, such as your contacts list or the ability to send text messages, it can signal potential security or malware risks.
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When the shoe's on the other foot and you're seeking to reach out to your nearest and dearest, swiping right on their name in the Contacts list will initiate a call, while swiping left will start the composition of a text.
Fully integrated into BlackBerry Contacts, when the customer launches the app for the first time, WhatsApp can automatically scan existing phone numbers in the contact directory and extract the ones using WhatsApp, to help customers build out their contacts list and get started right away.
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For people with a wide list of contacts, the gig might make a good side job.
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And it does have a number of them, including a scrolling list of contacts, which smoothly expands contacts as you move through it.
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With Circles, users can more quickly send certain messages to a particular crew, such as siblings or frat buddies, that they wouldn't want to share with their entire list of contacts.
Imagine walking the streets of an unfamiliar city on a business trip, calling up an address from a list of contacts and then getting a map showing your location and the location of where you're going.
In the middle is a long list of contacts (sucked in from BBM, Facebook, Twitter and Google Contacts, among others) that is searchable and, in the right tab is a simple dial pad in case you're one of the lucky few who can actually remember a phone number.
Last week when Facebook updated its Facebook Messenger app for the iPhone it included free voice calling in the U.S. A users can place a call to contacts from the conversation list if that person has Messenger for iOS meaning both parties need to be using the Messenger app.
Trying to beef up your list of industry contacts on LinkedIn?
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The "all" pivot screen, once just a list of all your contacts, now throws a group section on the top.
To fix that, he has hired a batch of experienced relationship managers, including Merrill Lynch's Kevin Dunleavy, who has an enviable list of hedge-fund contacts.
By the time the buyer contacts a sales person, they have a specific list of questions and a price they are willing to pay.
The result: many dozens of people left the list of whom they follow and their likely Gmail contacts public.
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Krista Canfield, a spokeswoman for LinkedIn, suggests using the "Current" section of your profile, where you'd normally list your job, as a spot to tell contacts you're looking for work.
Select from this list the ones you want to network with and then choose who else in your contacts you would like to invite - though bear in mind they will get an e-mail from Twitter asking them to join up, so choose carefully the people you think will not mind this.
Mr Hambali's contact list might be extensive, but Indonesian authorities have arrested some 50 other members of his network, with contacts of their own.
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