It is not mandatory that you store all your data on the cloud. But that is the very strength of Android. Nonetheless, if you do not wish to store a single piece of your data on the cloud, then you can surely use Titanium Backup Pro to backup the complete phone (contacts, sms, call logs, apps) onto your SD card itself!
And no, the addressbook, unfortunately, does not allow you to categorize contacts in Groups. *Blog:* http://shayonpal.com *Twitter:* @shayonpal <http://twitter.com/shayonpal> *Mob:* +91 99589 46497 2010/12/21 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <r...@linux-delhi.org> > On Monday 20 Dec 2010, Shayon Pal wrote: > > The best part about Android is that every single element that you > > store on your phone, is backed up on the cloud itself, on Google's > > servers. That goes for calendar entries, contacts, and emails. > > Is that mandatory? If Android forces me to store my contact data on > Google's servers, well, include me out -- Meego suddenly looks so much > better! > > -- Raj > -- > Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd