Methods and systems for updating a contact list for a cellular phone or wireless device, the contact list comprising a plurality of individual contacts each comprising data relating to an individual cellular phone number. The method includes the steps of identifying an individual cellular phone number for updating into the contact list, sending from the user's cellular phone a request for electronic data associated with the cellular phone number to a device operating under the cellular phone number, receiving the request at the device, sending a reply message having the requested electronic data from the device, receiving the reply message at the user's cellular phone, and updating the contact list by associating the electronic data to the individual cellular phone number.