Copying contacts name and number onto SIM card

Hi. Firstly I know there are topics* on this, albeit outdated and offer no real solutions.
This issue need serious attention.
Scenario
BB Curve scroller is broke, can't scroll up/down.
Backed up my contact list to restore later when I get my fixed phone back.
Meanwhile, to use a replacement phone, I will need some contact names + numbers on my SIM.
I cannot count on the replacement being a BB, don't count on sync.
Solutions
Copying a few contacts one-by-one is _not_ an option, without a scroller this is impossible.
Example: Home screen > press "c" for contacts -> filter to contact > menu > press "v" to select view > can't scroll to the number to actualize the 'copy to SIM' menu action.
So, how can I copy my contacts to the SIM card?
Notes
Reading the older threads, there is very unhelpful biased rude remarks about how this requested "feature" is not 'important' enough or a real requirement for modern phones.
I say this house is built on wobbly foundations. This is the base of HID (human interaction devices), cross communication and transfer of data.
I'm disappointed in RIM for locking down the device in such a way - so many folks ask for this feature, because it is a standard around since the first of cellular phones.
SIM card may only have 32K of storage, but I still expect them to keep a name and a number if I need.
* http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copy-Mulitple-Contacts-to-Sim-Card/m-p/42057...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/HOW-DO-I-COPY-CONTACTS-TO-SIM/m-p/182142/hig...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copying-all-contacts-from-BB-strom-handset-t...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Moving-contacts-to-the-Sim-Card/m-p/86036/hi...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/copy-contact-list-to-sim-card-not-one-by-one...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/How-do-you-copy-all-your-contacts-to-the-SIM...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copying-contact-to-sim-card/m-p/162675/highl...

Unfortunately, I don't either. If you delete the MobileMe account from the iPhone, I believe you'll erase all of the contact info on the iPhone. If it's not in MobileMe either...well, that's not good!
One possibility for the contacts data (but not the calendar data). Contacts are backed up when you sync the iPhone (not to your Address Book via sync with MobileMe active, but in the iPhone backup made by iTunes before a sync). There's 3rd party app, MobileSyncBroswer, which can export the contact info from the iPhone's backup file on your hard drive. You'd need to buy a license to actually export the contact data, the free version lets you see part of the contact info so you can make sure it's there.

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