Could not sync...because the iPad cancelled the sync

"itunes could not sync contacts to the ipad "user name" because the iPad cancelled the sync."
OK
Actually it's not okay. I've erased and restored the iPad but that hasn't helped. This seems to have started when I swapped my wifi model for the new 3G version. The first sync seemed to go well and so did the next few and lately this is the message I get. Searches show this to be a problem on iPhones but the only answer seemed to be a full reset and restore which didn't help but took a long time.
Any ideas?
Gregor

Only other things I can think of;
After another reset, try syncing just a small subset or only one category at ta time. Like just music or just books, etc.
If no category will sync, you can try to uninstall then reinstall itunes, but I am not sure this will help. On PC's it does, but not sure with mac's.
After that, contact the experts at: http://www.apple.com/support/expert/

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