Normally, MPE doesn't handle contact pictures. However, this is not entirely true. I was pleased to find that it can send new contact to mobile phone together with the associated picture. How to do it:
Create a vCard (.vcf file) for a contact in some application that supports contact images. The picture is stored in binary field PHOTO using base64 encoding, something like
PHOTO;BASE64: in vCard v2.1 or
PHOTO;ENCODING=B: in vCard v3.0.
This is described in RFC 2426 in section 3.1.4.
Import this vcf into MPE. MPE doesn't show the picture but it doesn't delete this field.
Synchronize contacts with mobile. New contact is added, new picture named PB.jpg is also created in Pictures folder and it will associated to the contact. Exactly as if you did it in mobile manually.
So my request is. Please, do it also the other way if possible. When you receive contact from mobile, get also its associated picture. And then allow to export it in vcf format.
If this is done, then you can also add Photo field in Edit contact window. User would be able to edit and sync contact pictures. This would be great.
Its already implemented, but it worked to unstable so this feature is hidden.
After 20 changes its no more possible to change the phone and then its also possible that the phone restarts if i try to send a photo (and before you ask: yes - the implementation is strict to the RFC)
Take a look at the german FAQ which describes the Tweaks then you'll know how to make this feature visible for testing.