Yeah, that's perfect. Once your contacts are in Google Contacts you're done. Android is tightly coupled with Google's online services so Google Contacts is where all of your phone's contacts are stored. You'll be able to sync those up with your phone during initial setup.

 

I will be headed to the Sprint Store probably a few days after release to have to them transfer my contacts, if I don't do it myself the long and time consuming way on the 4th.

 

I would make sure the backup to google worked. No matter what i tried my pre would never sync right. If it does not work right, then there is a homebrew app that allows you to save all of your contacts to a vcard, which can be imported to google contacts.

 

my pre as well....have most on my contacts on my gmail with cell numbers...but if you still have your pre and dont have preware download it...theres a app on there to send ur contacts to your email address..i did that as a backup as well.

 

No its a 2 way sync, BUT you cant sync contacts stored in your palm profile to the gmail profile, but it you create it in your gmail profile on your phone originally, it will sync up to gmail.

 

Yeah, I think the point was to pull down your contacts from Gmail and Exchange and Facebook on first setup, then it will keep it in sync. After that, any time I add a contact to my phone, it gives me the option of either an Exchange, Google, or Palm Profile contact. I just use Google if it's a personal contact and Exchange if it is for work. I never use the Palm Profile.

All "the cloud" means is that a service like Google or Exchange keeps your contacts on a server someplace so any device can be synced and updated easily and you will never be without the latest version of contacts, calendar, or mail as long as you have an internet connection. Makes switching phones or flashing new ROMs a lot easier since you don't need to do much besides enter your credentials and wait a few minutes for sync.

 

thanks for the patch. i just did that on my pre and sent it to an email address and fixed up it up. it will be ready to deploy when i get the evo