I am a privacy nut too. I hate facebook and Co, I never use my real name unless I have to and so on.
The Galaxy came to stores 2 days ago in Germany and yesterday I opened a Google account under my real name! Guess you have to be trustful to some extent and the whole idea of all your contacts saved online makes sense to me, even if I could live, like you, with the occasional USB-Synch til now.
BTW, still have a Revo in my desk drawer, gotta look if it still works
