Multiple contact Sync options

I now currently sync w/ outlook. Thinking of switching to maybe windows. Is this the same as windows live or hotmail contacts? My wife syncs w/ google. It kind of a pain to have to switch the itunes user everytime we sync our phones, but we don't want ever contact the other has so we use different contacts books. Any way to solve this??

Hi All and Pieter,
we have bought for 2 out of 3 people the E71 and we are extremly happy with the phone. Only the issue you raised is bugging us as well. We have our personal contact folders which are automatically synchronised with our phones (meaning user1 is sync'ed with users outlook contact folder, which contains his personal contacts and the same with user2); all the business contacts are in a public folder, which we would like to have synchronised with user1 and user2 E71. Trying to get something out of microsoft, but.... .
Do you guys know a way around it? We would be even happy to have just one set of contacts containing our private and the business contacts.
Regards
Volker

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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1730
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Hi there everybody and season Greetings.
I find it hard to believe that after so many years of contact-syncing among the OSX address book and portable devices, this basic feature still doesn't work as one would expect. I know merging and syncing is a complex issue but I am very disappointed as what isn't working should be a very basic feature.
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In Feb this year I tried to get rid of my Palm V and bought an iPod Touch.
I was a happy man until end of June. Then contact sync **** broke out.
I had to move to a different laptop that runs Outlook 2000 instead of Outlook 2003.
Step #1: Try synching as usual
Result #1: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Suggested solution #1: Read the FAQ of this forum
http://discussions.apple.com/ann.jspa?annID=746 and find the article
Troubleshooting iPhone and iPod touch contact and calendar syncing via USB on Windows http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305845
which gives you some advice what do
Step #2: Try advice from http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2051 (Outlook 2000) not supported - install Office 2007
Result #3: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #3: Try advice number 1: Reset Sync History
Result #3: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #4: Try advice number 2: Disable third-party Outlook add-ins
Result #4: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #5: Try advice number 3: Attempt to sync content in a new Windows user
Result #5: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #6: Try advice number 4: Reinstall the iTunes software
Result #6: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #7: Try reinstalling Office 2007
Result #7: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #8: Write an article in this forum
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2063024&tstart=0
Result #8: no answers still The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #9: Try upgrading Office 2007 to Service Pack 2
Result #9: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #10: Try diagnostics of Office 2007 under help/diagnostics
Result #10: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #11: Check outlook options and ma outlook standard e-mail, calendar and contact program
Result #11: The contact sync won't work. No contacts are trashfered any way.
Step #12: Write another article in this forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2077382&tstart=0
Result #12: Suggestion to file a bug report with Apple
Step #13: File a bug report via http://apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Result #13: No answer from Apple
Step #14 to #99999: lookup more articles in this forum and via google
Result #14: Contact Sync **** is the name for this! See
http://tech.kateva.org/2008/10/mobileme-microsoft-outlook-exchange.html
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I'm dreaming of the time where my Palm V used to do the job - a push of a button and synching is done - it's been like that for more than 10 years with that device. With Apple I was hoping to improve to photo synching - all I can do now is using the dreadful Windows Address book. I could also buy some Apple gear. But I won't yet since I think Apple should get it's software right on any platform - not just the one they built themselves.
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