Now, using SIM Manager 2, it's possible to export the contacts as vCard files, improving the mobility of your address book in between your SIM card and various e-mail clients and other software as well.

To save any contact to vCard, simply select the entry, go to Edit / Save as vCard.

Save to any directory of your choice and you're done.

Further more, you will notice an appealing cosmetic improvement of the software's interface.

Also, one major bug-fix has been done.
It has been reported that certain user's had no feedback after clicking the "Buy" button from within the software. Rendering the user unable to purchase the SIM Reader with a discount.

+ added support for synchronizing contacts with Yahoo! Contacts
+ CSV files can be imported to Nextel phonebooks as an option
+ user-friendly notifications for cases in which
* the SIM card contains no data
* no readers are found in the system
+ sorting was possible only by name or by phone, now sorting by all columns is supported

Synchronizing with Yahoo! Contacts

This new feature, as in the case of the Google Contacts, will allow you to download and upload contacts from your Yahoo! account to your SIM card.

In order to get this done, click the newly added button in the File menu.

Next, you will be asked to log in to your Yahoo! account, and agree on letting SIM Manager extract the contacts information

Copy the code that you are provided by Yahoo! in the Yahoo! verifier window of SIM Manager 2.

And you are done, now you have all the contact information from your Yahoo account, which you can easily store on your SIM Card.

The inverse operation is performed as easy as the previous mentioned one. In the phonebook, select the contacts you would like to upload to your Yahoo! account, right-click and choose "Send to Yahoo!".

The rest of the steps are analogue to the ones mentioned before.

CSV imported to Nextel

As you may know, the Nextel card have a different construction than the usual SIM or USIM cards, so importing CSV files to Nextel was a bit tricky.
Now the developers at Dekart have added a new feature that eases up the process and renders the import successful. All you need is to check the box next to "Import CSV to Nextel phonebook" in Options / Settings...

Notification boxes

In SIM Manager 2.9 has been added a new feature, that notifies that there is no SIM card reader connected to the PC.

This box will appear in case of a non-PC/SC compliant reader being connected also, as you remember, that SIM Manager works only with PC/SC compliant SIM card readers.
Also, a notification box for the cases where there is no information to be read from the SIM card.

Dekart and Aiko Solutions will work together to achieve the interoperability between Aiko's SecuBox for Windows phones and Windows CE handhelds and Dekart's award-winning Private Disk desktop solution. Both Private Disk and SecuBox are best-in-class applications that score highest for their unique features, functionality, direct competitor comparison, customer support and cost vs. value.

Private Disk is hard disk encryption software with a unique feature set, combining strong, AES 256-bit encryption with the best tools needed to build a protected infrastructure, where information can be processed in a secure way. This disk encryption program allows you to create multiple encrypted disks that contain confidential information. It is the only disk encryption program on the market today that combines the industry's standard NIST-certified encryption with an innovative Disk Firewall mechanism, 64-bit platform compatibility and USB disk portability into a low-cost and easy-to-deploy solution.

SecuBox is an advanced data encryption solution for Windows phones and Windows CE handhelds. It provides transparent on-the-fly encryption of data stored in the phone memory and its media cards. It protects confidential information by storing it in one or more secure areas. Data written to this secure card is automatically encrypted. Sensitive data is absolutely safe even if the device is lost or stolen. SecuBox ensures no data leaks occur on the go, as it will automatically lock data when the user becomes inactive or when the phone goes into "sleep" mode.

Pricing and scheduled releases
The new versions providing interoperability between Private Disk's and SecuBox's image files are both scheduled to make their first appearances in the Q3 of 2010. Registered users of either application will be entitled to a discount on purchase of the solution for another platform.

About Aiko Solutions
Aiko Solutions enables businesses and individuals to secure sensitive mobile data. The company relies on proven industry standard algorithms and develops software that can be easily integrated into today's modern business processes. For more information about Aiko Solutions or its products, please visit www.aikosolutions.com or call +44 208 133 0513.

About Dekart

Dekart develops trusted IT security solutions that address today's endpoint security challenges. Founded in 1995, Dekart now serves several thousands of businesses and enterprises around the world. Dekart's solutions help clients comply with electronic data regulations such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II by eliminating data and identity theft and providing
proper user authentication within the enterprise. Read more about Dekart and its products here: www.dekart.com

For more information, please contact:

Dekart:
Ludmila Cruglitchi
l.cruglitchi@dekart.com

Aiko Solutions:
Irina Oltu
I.oltu@aikosolutions.com

If your phone is not listed, there are some rules of thumb that will be helpful:

• if the phone stores the SMS in its own memory, rather than on the SIM, recovering a deleted SMS is not possible;
• check your phone's menu, if there is an option to copy the SMS from the phone's memory to the SIM card, then SMS recovery may be possible (provided that it was deleted from the SIM);
• if the phone stores the SMS in the SIM by default, recovering a deleted SMS is most likely to be possible, but is not guaranteed.

Contributions to this list will be greatly appreciated.

After you have installed Keeper, right-click one or multiple files and choose Encrypt files...

You can type a password or use Keeper's strong password generator; alternatively you can choose one from the Key and press Encrypt.

To decrypt the file, right-click the *.skf archive and choose Decrypt files...

Enter the password or choose one from the key to decrypt the file.

Keeper also offers a Key Management Tool that can be accessed from the Options menu or by pressing F12.

Other features that are just one click away are:

• wipe files - delete files without leaving any trace, so that they cannot be restored, not even with recovery tools;
• encrypt files directly from MS Office applications;
  
  

• encrypt and e-mail - Keeper will automatically encrypt your files and attach them to a newly created message in your default e-mail program.

+ Field mapping chosen when importing a CSV file is memorized
+ Remove duplicates - this feature will automatically remove entries that have fully identical attributes
+ SMS state - a new column in the SMS view shows whether the message is read, unread, sent or a draft

and other additional features, check the full list [here].

The field mapping feature will allow you to import CSV easier and faster than before. After you have selected your preferred mapping, SIM Manager will remember it out next SIM Manager sessions.

SIM Manager 2.8 allows you to keep your Phonebook more organized. the remove duplicates feature, which will automatically determine and delete any entries that are identical. You can find in "Edit / Remove duplicates".

The new version will also display additional information about each SMS, indicating whether it was sent, received or if it is a draft.

To do so, use the "Get contacts from Google" feature.

Once you enter your username and password, the contacts will be retrieved.

SIM Manager will copy the following address book details from Google:

• Name
• Second name
• Phone
• Additional Phone
• Category
• E-mail
• Group

You can write Google contacts to a SIM card, multiple cards or save them to a file for later use.

To upload contacts from a SIM card to Google, select the address book entries, right-click and choose "Send contacts to Google".

Here you can see the SIM card address book in Google contacts:

Naturally, you can do this with a SIM and a USIM, since SIM Manager supports both 2G and 3G SIM cards.

Future versions of SIM Manager will add the possibility to synchronize SIM card address books with Yahoo Contacts, Nokia Ovi and other similar services.

The program has many other interesting features, such as the SMS recovery or clear SIM contacts.

SIM Manager requires a PC/SC compliant SIM card reader, you can choose one from this list.

This version's most important features are:
+ User friendly approach in cases when the smart card service is not running
+ Better handling of unused records on a SIM card

Also, some small bug fixes were also performed.

So what's so great about this specific version?

The thing that has to be pointed out is the actions that will be taken in case the smart card service is not running. What do I mean? Let me show you.

In certain circumstances it happens so, that the service that manages access to smart cards read by the computer happens to be stopped, or at times even be disabled. In such circumstances, SIM Manager acts as if no readers are installed in the system, thus causing confusion (after all, a reader is connected, why won't the program see it?)

Earlier, if this happened, one was supposed to check if the service is started, and in case not - select the service, and start it manually.

Now, there is no need for that, as SIM Manager automates this process, thus improving usability. The service will be started automatically if you have administrative privileges; and if you don't, an elevation prompt will request them (if you're running Vista or Seven).

But at times, it might happen that the smart card service is disabled, if so, a notification will state what the exact error is:

Another useful feature that was added to SIM Manager is the better handling of unused records. Some mobile phones interpret empty records as used ones, after SIM Manager wrote some data to the SIM. This happens with phones that do not fully comply with the GSM 11.11 specifications. In this version we've found a compromise, such that any phone will be able to correctly handle the free space on the SIM card.

Stay tuned for the next release.