Fight Google. Take your friends back with GContacts for Windows Phone 8.

Even though Google Sync is nearing its finish on Windows Telephone due to the company dropping Microsoft'south Exchange ActiveSync, information technology doesn't necessarily hateful you accept to give up hope with using their services. With no extension of the borderline in sight, Windows Phone users need an culling and now we have one.

Rudy Huyn, one of the top developers on Windows Phone (Fuse, TVShow, Wikipedia, 9Gag and more) has just released a gratuitous, make new app called GContacts that will keep your contact'due south proper name, phone number and e-mail up-to-engagement on your Windows Phone. Users tin manually sync the app to check for any new changes to bring down to their phones, whenever they desire.

Want to sync more? Merely opt for an in-app purchase of the "Premium" version, which goes for a minor one-fourth dimension fee of $1.29. That fee volition give y'all even more syncing options including photograph, postal address, birthday, website, company proper noun and position, notes and tin use a background agent to regularly synchronize your contacts.

That last one is particularly crawly because when combined with your plain Gmail syncing, you'll accept essentially re-created your previous Google cloud experience--all for a $ane.29.

Kind of an ingenious creation by Hyun, especially since the switch hasn't been thrown yet by Google, killing EAS support.

If yous need Google for piece of work or just out of habit, you'll virtually certainly want to attempt out GContacts. The developer is top notch, which means you can expect solid support and dare nosotros say for a syncing app, it's bully looking too.

What almost Google Calendar Sync, you ask? Rudy has told us if GContacts is a success, meaning folks download it and maybe the 'pro' folks pick up the Premium version, he'll practice the same for Google Calendar Sync. Then go download information technology, exit feedback for the developer and spread the discussion as the platform needs great apps similar these!

Pick upward GContacts here in the Store. Windows Telephone viii but.

Oh and we should mention Fuse, the popular newsreader, just got bumped to version 2.1, which brings full Google Reader integration, new lock orientation feature and is still free (advertisement-supported) or you can pay to remove the ads (our recommendation). Become that here.

Besides, 9Gag is at present updated for Windows Phone 8 with numerous new features. You can find that app here in the Store.

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