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Enjoy typing all your numbers into a new phone? Don't ...

Get a new phone these days, and you'll probably find that the old one has more numbers stored in it than you can save onto the SIM. So how do you transfer them? If you're lucky, of course, your phone shop may do it for you; or if you use a service provider like Orange, it may store them for you - as long as you stay with them! So: enter TDK with PC software to do the job ...

TDK Mobile has introduced software that eliminates the tedium of manually transferring numbers to a new mobile phone and ensures users will never lose another number. The latest version of TDK Mobile enables users to transfer or update all of their handset contact data via a PC or laptop.

It also allows a PC to be used to write, send, view and save text messages using either a Bluetooth, Infrared (IR) or cable connection to the handset. A set up 'wizard' assists users to quickly and easily connect to handsets and copy, transfer or back up data in a couple of minutes.

"TDK Mobile eliminates the dreaded 'new phone syndrome' of having to sit for hours and painstakingly re-key all of the numbers stored on an old handset," said Nick Hunn, managing director of TDK Systems Europe. "It could also save users from being excommunicated if they are unlucky enough to have their phone stolen or lost, because it enables them to back up the contents of their SIM."

For some phone users, such a service is provided by companies like Carphone Warehouse. For others - owners of the Orange SPV, for example - it is possible to store the SIM numbers on the Orange network, over the air. Neither really solves the problem of the numbers in the phone, but not in the SIM card. And of course, if you switch to another supplier, the old one is probably going to make a fuss about helping you ...

TDK Mobile is included with the 'go blue' PC Card and USB Adaptor products, and is licence free for their users. Users of other Bluetooth devices, IR-enabled handsets or PC-to-handset cables can download TDK Mobile from http://www.tdksystems.com.

The software can be used for a 30-day free trial period; after which the licence can be purchased for a single user fee of £12.49 or 20.00 euros.

"TDK Mobile helps users to get greater functionality from their phones," said Hunn. "With the increased sophistication of new generation handsets, this software also provides a simple way to manage and store the information that is channelled through a mobile phone. For business customers, it saves hours every time they upgrade - users often forget that numbers are generally stored in the handset's own memory rather than the SIM."

And of course, the software should sell bluetooth gear to PC owners. TDK Mobile works with any Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone handset, and of course, it requires a Bluetooth adapter for the PC, as well.

"For ease-of-use the application features a simple, Windows-based toolbox. It can be set to automatically back up handset data at regular intervals. TDK Mobile operates with Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows XP and also operates with Microsoft's Bluetooth drivers and hardware," the company concluded.