Help HTC Hero locked out too many pattern attempts?

[bazvandhamed]

Hi, I have had a Hero for about a month now and yesterday somebody tried to unlock the pattern incorrectly and has now locked the phone out. I only made a gmail solely for the purpose of this phone and have forogtten the username/password. Is there anyway I can fix this without having to lose everything on the phone? The main thing I need to keep are the contacts, everything else is fine, but would like to keep apps as I spent AGES downloading them.

Thanks