My address book not in sync with iPhone over mobileme

My address book on my laptop and desktop is not in sync with the one on my iPhone, even when using mobileme. Any recommendations on how to fix this?
Thanks!
John

Similar story here. My iphone's address book has no phone numbers but they're all on my mac. I have tried to synch over mobileme and USB but to no avail.
I have recently upgraded to snow leopard from tiger but can't say for definite that this is part of the problem.

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