I am an ex blackberry user (never BB again after droid)..anyways, us blackberry users used skydeck to backup all of our contacts.
On the droid, backing up or even saving my contacts using the gmail has been nothing but a mess. Skydeck is the way to go guys. Especially if you have multiple gmail accounts and gmail accounts that you share with other droids, (I do because of work), skydeck will save your ass.
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My droid would have been worthless if I didn't have you guys on this forum. Thanks for all the great info.