The feedback we received after releasing Beta 1 was phenomenal. Now it’s our time to return the favor. Cobook Beta 2 is now available with 73 new features, improvements and bug fixes!

Here are some of the most interesting.

Better synchronization control

After connection social network account you can now select whether to add profiles manually, add profiles automatically for existing contacts only or import all profiles.

Labels

Icons for phone numbers, emails, addresses and IM accounts now indicate label (home, work etc). Simply click on it to change.

Contact sorting

Contacts can now be sorted by either first name or last name. You can change the sorting mode via Preferences.

Better internationalization

Cobook now properly searches non-latin characters.

Regular window mode

Cobook window can now be detached from menu bar. Simply drag it away or uncheck Anchor to Menu Bar option in Cobooks action menu.

Tweak Cobook appearance

You can now hide contact previews and turn off automatic window resizing via Preferences.

Quickly find contacts with missing info

Special tags #no email and #no phone lets you view all contacts with missing info so you can update or remove them.

Select address book account (Lion only)

You can now select address book account which will be used by Cobook (General tab in Preferences dialog).

And more

• Cobook can now search in contact notes
• Deleted contacts are now not reimported during syncing
• Less aggressive profile matching logic to avoid incorrect associations

You can get Beta 2 now from cobookapp.com.