Can't sync contacts

The first time I plugged in my new iTouch I let it synchronize with all the defaults. I got my contacts, but no calendar events. I tried to sort that out on subsequent syncs, and finally got the calendar events, but my contacts vanished. I haven’t been able to retrieve them since, even after doing an entire restore and starting over.
Typically, I use Entourage and after reading other posts made sure I set the preferences in Entourage correctly. As part of my troubleshooting on my own, I went back and forth with those settings, because I didn’t much care if the contacts imported from Entourage or Mail, since I synchronize those using e2Sync.
I can live without the calendar events, but I’d like the contacts. I’ve read the iTouch manual and tried everything I can think of. Am I missing some point? Or is this a known issue?
I’m on an Intel Mac running 10.4.11, and have the most recent version of iTunes and any applicable firmware updates.

After working fine initially, my iPod Touch no longer is synching contacts with my Address Book (even though it says it is when it's synching). Calendar-iCal synch still works fine. Not really sure why this is happening.

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