Device address book suddenly empty

I'm seeking assistance to solve a mystery that just occurred without any sort of warning. I attempted to place a call on my (don't laugh BB 8700) and was amazed to see nothing in my address book? I downloaded updated Desktop Manager and went through the drill of backing up and did so several times, but nothing shows up in my address book on the device. I know that there are addresses on the SimCard, because after all of the backing attempts, some of the addresses I had entered in my phone now appear in my Outlook address book. All of the other functions seem work fine---e-mail, phone, text, etc. So absent any sort of knowledge on matters such as this I can only assume that the address book function/app on the device had been compromised somehow.
If there is anyone out there with knowledge on the above I would be totally appreciated.
Thanks,
Mick

i just had the exact same experience last night. however, when i synced with .mac it emptied my .mac book as well (i have it set to sync both - not overwrite .mac)
I have a total backup that I have been keeping for months using backup - so I guess I will have to resort to that - I looked around in the application library for a history file or something ond only found 2 data files both of which were quite small. (20kb)
The only addresses that show up in my empty book are the apple company and my card.
The only thing I can point to is mail and address book hung a few days back and I had to force quit.
i would really like to know - I almost had my wife giving up her paper address book this year after the big christmas card season - now without trust - that is going to take a long while to get her back to it

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