At 12 Jan 2008 09:42:40 -0700 XS11E wrote:

> And much more importantly to me, BitPim keeps the phonebook on MY
> computer where I can protect it against loss or corruption of data
> rather than let Verizon (or anyone else) have the ability to totally
> fubar the file(s).


Or, you can have the best of both worlds and let Verizon store a backup as
well in case you have a total disaster onyour end. My WinMo phone's
contacts are backed up on my phone's external memory chip, my PC, and over-
the-air to a hosted Exchange server.