Moving contacts from Blackberry Pearl to Macbook Air

Hi,
I still have a Blackberry Pearl as my phone but have just upgraded to a Macbook Air as my laptop (from using a PC).
Any advice on how I move my contacts from the Pearl to the Air ?
And will I be able to regularly synch the two (as I did with my old PC)?
Cheers, Baz

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