Contacts from Mac to iPhone 3g?

I've an iPhone 3g (4.2.1).
I'm not able to sync contact from may Mac to the iPhone anymore.
I did always using iTunes but after I did start to use iCloud it's not working anymore. I undestand that I can't to it otomaticlly with iClode but why is not possible to do it mannually using iTunes?
At moment I don't have anymore my contatc list on the iPhone but lucky is on the Mac and iClode...but if I can't transfer anymore to my iPhone it's not nice!!!
thanks for any tips!
Ciao!

Hi there
This is a very easy thing to get confused about. iCloud works in various ways. The whole syncing of contacts/photostream/calendar events across iCloud-enabled devices (Macs with Lion OSX, and mobile devices with iOS5) is a totally separate thing from backing up to iCloud.
On your iPhone, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage and backup. There you can switch iCloud back up off. Your phone will sync with your computer instead of the cloud, but you contacts/calendars reminders/bookmarks/photostream will still sync across devices.
Note that to sync your email and notes, you need a @me.com email address.

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