Help with Contact "Groups" in iOS 6

I could easily create favorites and groups before, but since updating to iOS 6, I still have the groups tab, which are empty, and I can find no way to create Groups. I've searched and searched, and the only things I find are from 2011, and they all tell me to use Outlook on my PC, and plug the phone into the PC, and create groups using Outlook.
Well, I love not having to always connect my phone to sync, etc., and I DON'T use Outlook, nor should I be forced to use a MS program with my iPhone 4... Can someone tell me how to create groups in my iPhone 4, using the phone and Contacts to do so??
And I'm going to scream if the only answer is that I have to install MS Office, just to get Outlook, and then plug my phone in to my laptop and use a MS tool to do something on my APPLE device!
That's insane if that is STILL how you must do it. Should be as easy as clicking "Group", then when the empty Group page opens, click an "add Group".. Why wouldn't they do that (I'm hoping that someone will post that it is that easy, and I don't have to install Outlook)..
Thanks in advance!

http://www.apple.com/business/theater/#managegroupsofcontacts
Download the "Groups" app from the app store.  It is free. 

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