The contacts view displays a list of contacts for a particular group. The contact name, title, and organization are displayed along with the photo (if available). Depending on the contact details, buttons to phone, text message, email, open their website, and locate their address on a map, are located on the bottom right of the contact view. If more than one item is available (e.g. if there are three phone numbers for a contact), a sheet is displayed to select which item to open.

Scroll to the top of the list to reveal the search bar. Type in a name, organization, department, title, phone number, email address, address, or part of a note to filter contacts. The results are returned and grouped by the field that matches the search text.

Tap a contact to view and edit the contact details or tap the + button to add a new contact. Tap the Edit button to mass select contacts to delete, email or text, or add/remove from a group.

The contacts are sorted and displayed according to the global contact preferences. To change these settings, launch the Settings application and tap the Mail, Contacts, Calendars item. Next, scroll to the Contacts section and update the sort and display order.

By default, all contacts are displayed. Tap the button on the top left to see a list of all groups. Select All, People, or Organizations to list all contacts, only people, or only organizations and companies.

CoverFlow

To view contacts in CoverFlow mode, rotate the device to its side. Each contact will now display as an interactive business card with their name, nickname, title, organization, and photo (if available). Phone, text message, email, surf, and locate address buttons are displayed depending on the information contained in the contact. Tap a button to contact or locate the person or organization/company. A list of groups are displayed on the bottom left corner if the contact is a member of a group. The right side shows a flip arrow icon if the contact contains a note. Tap the button to flip the card and view the note. Swipe to the left or right to scroll through the contacts. An index bar is located below the cards. Tap a letter to jump to that position in the stack of cards. The CoverFlow mode may be disabled under the Settings tab.

Details

The details view shows all contact information available. It also allows you to edit and share the contact. Tap a phone number to phone or text message, email address to email, url to open the website, or address to locate the contact in the Maps application. The bottom of the view shows the last modified and creation date for the contact.

Tap the Edit button to edit the contact details. Add, delete, or replace the photo by tapping the add photo button or the photo itself. Tap Person if the contact is a person or Organization for an organization/company. Tap add phone, add email, add instant message, add URL, add address, add date, add related, or add group to add a new field. Tap the - (minus) button on the left of a field to delete it. Select groups to add or remove the contact to that group. Note that synced accounts (e.g. MS Exchange, Google Contacts, etc.) do not support groups. Phone, email, instant message (SMS), URL, address, date, and related fields all have a label to the left of the value. Tap the label to change it or add a new label by selecting custom... from the list. The instant message fields also contain a service displayed to the right of the value. Tap the service to change it. Tap the Delete Contact button at the bottom to delete the contact.

To share the contact, tap the Share button on the top right of the view. Select Email, iTunes File Sharing, or WiFi to send a vCard file. For iTunes File Sharing, open iTunes and select the device. Next select the Apps tab and then select ContactBook from the apps listed below File Sharing. Drag the vCard file to your desktop or select the report and click Save To... to specify the destination on your computer. Once the file has been copied, delete it from your device by selecting it and then pressing the Delete key. ContactBook does not delete the generated file. For WiFi, both the device and computer must be connected to the same WiFi network. To connect, enter the displayed URL in a browser on your computer and download the vCard file.