Address book pictures don't sync with iPhone?

I have contact photos in my Address book on my laptop that I would like to transfer to my iPhone. I've tried several things like changing the photos and contact details to try and enable my iPhone to see the contact change and transfer the info but to no avail. I've tried to force sync in iTunes. Not sure why the pics don't transfer. Any suggestions?

Figured it out... You have to double click the image in Address book (on computer) to edit the photo. Then force sync with iPhone. Then they will show on iPhone. And then... if you want the images on the iPhone to show up large when someone calls. You have to go in and edit the image on your iPhone contacts- set the photo. And finally after all that... you get sync pics with Address book.

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