Iphone Calendar Birthdays?

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Iphone Calendar Birthdays?

To start I'm getting really angry and frustrated that I can't manually add a birthday into the iPhone 4. Why is there no option to add birthdays while editing your contacts information? And how can I add birthdays for my pets and and for people for who I don't have contact details for? I'm sick of adding just general reminders for people birthdays, it feels messy and ridiculous considering that the option for birthdays is there!

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Posted on Feb 17, 2011 7:06 AM

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wjosten

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Feb 17, 2011 7:13 AM in response to PixieDork

The iPhone birthday calendar gets its data from a supported contact application on your computer. There is no way to directly edit this calendar on your phone. You can turn the calendar off/on on your phone, but that's it. If you want to add/modify entries, do so on your computer, then sync.

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PixieDork Author

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Feb 17, 2011 7:22 AM in response to wjosten

Ok, so I manually entered the details of some of my contacts. And they have come up as birthdays (Yey). But how can I imput birthdays for example, my hamster is 1 on March 30th, but obviously I don't have or want him as a contact. How can I still get him up as a birthday, without having him showing as a contact on my phones contacts?

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wjosten

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Feb 17, 2011 7:26 AM in response to PixieDork

How can I still get him up as a birthday, without having him showing as a contact on my phones contacts?

You can't using the built in birthday calendar. If you want to do that, search the app store for "Birthday Calendars", find one you like, start using that and turn the built in birthday calendar off.

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PixieDork Author

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Feb 17, 2011 7:32 AM in response to wjosten

That *****. I think Apple should sort this out and make it easier more accessible.

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wjosten

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Feb 17, 2011 7:37 AM in response to PixieDork

Tell Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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