How do I manually transfer all iphone contacts to my mac

I'm about to order a 4g and I want to transfer all the phone numbers and info to my MBP before I sell my 3GS. How do I transfer my contacts to my mac? I have never used address-book and I do not have a Mobil me account.
I have my iTunes sync to manual as I do not like the auto sync. I do not see my contacts in iTunes so I would like to import them, edit them, and then manually transfer them to my new iphone 4G next week...

You need to sync your iPhone contacts with the Address Book on your Mac, which is as designed and intended.
Before the first sync for this data, enter one contact in the Address Book on your Mac. Make this contact up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.
Syncing contacts with the Address Book is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
The same applies before syncing calendar events with iCal if you aren't using iCal on your Mac for calendar events.

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