Lost all contacts today, iphone, mobileme and computer.

Today, Friday, 1pm I watched contacts disappear from Iphone, also gone on mobile me and from address book. *** All gone.

In regards to contact info, the iPhone is designed to be synced with a supported application on your computer.
Although contact info available in your iPhone's address book is included with your iPhone's backup, which is updated if needed as the first step during the iTunes sync process, it isn't a good idea to depend on your iPhone's backup alone for this data since other data available on your iPhone is also included with your iPhone's backup.
You should do as your iPhone is designed and that is sync contact info with a supported application on your computer, and maintain a backup of that data along with all the other important data stored on your computer that is included with your computer's backup.
With Windows XP and Vista, this can be with Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Or with the address book used by Outlook Express with XP or the address book used by Windows Mail with Vista - the name change for Outlook Express with Vista.
Use the iPhone as designed and intended in this regard and you won't have this problem - with your iPhone's backup as a last resort only in regards to this data, which should be available in a supported application on your computer.

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