Cant sync iPhone with outlook express

Just got a new iPhone 4 running on iOS4.2.
Went to set it up and sync with my outlook express contacts and it didnt work! It went through the syncing process as though nothing was wrong but when I went to my contacts they weren't there... No error messages came up! Please help?

You need to be using Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook 2007 or Windows Address Book, not Outlook Express.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296

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