Retrieving contacts from software without a Blackberry

Hi
My Blackberry contacts are backed up on the BB desktop software. My BB phone is currently in for repair and I have a replacement Nokia phone.
Is there a way to access my backed-up contacts without a BB phone?
Thanks
James

If you have a backup of the device, you can use the PC software Magic Berry from MenaStep to extract the contacts from the backup file.
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