Park City, Utah - December 19, 2005 -- Chronos LC today announced the release of SOHO Contacts, the most powerful contact manager for Mac OS X. SOHO Contacts is designed for both individual and workgroup use and makes sharing contacts over a network easier than ever. It is also a member of the new SOHO Organizer personal and business productivity suite and bears the "SOHO" moniker which identifies Chronos' acclaimed small office/home office series.
INTRODUCING SOHO CONTACTS...
SOHO Contacts is the smartest way to manage and share contacts on Mac OS X. Use it to manage relationships with clients, family, and friends. It supports all the conveniences of a modern contact manager including phone dialing, call logging, auto-completion, map generation, etc. Plus, users can attach unlimited call logs, notes, follow-up appointments, tasks, and documents to their contacts. Best of all, SOHO Contacts works seamlessly with the Mac OS X Address Book and iCal so users' important data is the same everywhere.
SOHO Contacts sports a visually appealing and flexible interface. Users can choose from three different views including a powerful list view that can be sorted, filtered, and edited. The contact card is totally customizable so users can choose a look and format that works the way they do. For example, users can choose the fields they want displayed, the look of the card (comes with seven themes), and the style of the summary area at the top of the card. The contact card also contains what might be the world's first contact zoom control, so users can shrink or enlarge the card content. Other notable features include:
• Written entirely in Cocoa
• Safari-inspired tabs for keeping multiple contacts open simultaneously in a window
• Automatic contact and organization linking with automatic field entry and updating
• Advanced Boolean searches on multiple fields at once
• Dial contacts using Bluetooth phones, a modem, or a computer's speaker
• Automatic logging of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS messages
• Unlimited keyword assignments with instant keyword searching
• Attach external files to contacts by reference or by storing the entire file in the database
• Scheduled database backups
• Automatic phone number formatting
• Address formatting for nearly any country
• vCard import/export
• Unlimited custom fields
• Automatic name parsing to ease data entry
NETWORKABLE
SOHO Contacts can be used by individuals and workgroups alike. It is based on a commercial client-server database for high-performance and reliability. SOHO Contacts makes sharing contacts over a network easy for workgroups. It features advanced administration so various members of the workgroup can be assigned different levels of access to the contacts. Mobile users can even take shared contacts with them when they disconnect from the network so they always have access to the shared information. When they reconnect to the network, all of their changes to the shared contacts will automatically synchronize with the master shared database.
THE NEW STANDARD IN SYNCHRONIZATION
SOHO Contacts sets the gold standard for synchronization among contact managers, so users have access to their information everywhere. More specifically, it supports four different types of synchronization:
1) Multiple computer synchronization. Personal contacts will automatically stay synchronized between multiple computers using a .Mac account (must be purchased separately).
2) Offline synchronization. Mobile users can detach from a shared database with all their data and synchronize their changes when they return to the office network.
3) Handheld device synchronization. SOHO Contacts works with the synchronization technologies built-in to the Mac OS which means contacts can be synchronized to cell phones, Palm handhelds, iPods, etc. using Apple's iSync application.
4) Address Book synchronization. SOHO Contacts synchronizes seamlessly with the Mac OS X Address Book so contacts are available in applications that use data from the Address Book like email clients, accounting software, etc.
TIGHT SOHO ORGANIZER INTEGRATION
SOHO Contacts is also a member of the new SOHO Organizer suite which consists of four applications: SOHO Contacts, SOHO Calendars, SOHO Notes, and SOHO Print Essentials. As a member of this suite, it integrates seamlessly with the other members. This means, for example, that users can use SOHO Print Essentials to print professional-looking labels, envelopes, letterhead, fax covers, invoices, and address books for selected contacts. Or, users can link appointments in SOHO Calendars to their contacts. Likewise, users can create and attach notes to contacts in SOHO Contacts, then manage all their notes from SOHO Notes.
ABOUT THE SOHO SERIES
The SOHO Series is an integrated series of software solutions that are designed and written specifically for small office and home office users. Each product in the series is designed to work on its own and be "best-in-class." However, the true power of the SOHO Series shines through when the products are used together to create solutions that are greater than the sum of their individual parts.
AVAILABILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Chronos believes users should have the opportunity to try the software for free before they purchase. A fully functional 30 day trial version can be downloaded from Chronos' web site at <www.chronosnet.com>. SOHO Contacts has been attractively priced at $49.99. SOHO Contacts is also available in the new SOHO Organizer suite for $99.99. It is available immediately for download as a full installer.
SOHO Contacts requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later; 60MB of available disk space.
COMPANY INFORMATION
Chronos has been developing award-winning Macintosh software since 1993 and is based in Park City, Utah, home of the 2002 Winter Games.
PR CONTACT
marketing@chronosnet.com
