Deleting Duplicate Contact Group

So... I sync'd my contacts "from my mac" while I was already syncing with MobileMe, and now I have duplicates of all my contacts, and as such I would like to delete the "All from My Mac" group.
In searching for a solution, I found various older posts all of which basically said that you cannot delete an entire contact group on an iPhone. But as the most recent post I found was 6 months old, I am wondering if anybody out there has any new insight they can provide to solve this mildly annoying situation?
Lance.

To get rid of the duplicate contacts caused by syncing with both MobileMe and your computer:
1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe account > Contacts > "OFF"
2. You will be asked what you want to do with previously synced contacts - select "Delete from my iPhone".
3. Connect your phone to iTunes, go to device page, info tab and disable sync contacts.
4. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe acct > Contacts > "ON"
5. You will then get message: "There are existing contacts synced with your Mac. Would you like to merge them with your MobileMe account?" Choose "Do not merge."
6. You will then be asked: "What would you like to do with the existing contacts on your iPhone?" Choose "Delete."
7. In a couple of minutes your phone will sync back your contacts from MobliMe, without the duplicate copy from your computer.
If you also have duplicate Calendar entries, do the same process with calendars - can be done at the same time.

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