Sync address book and MobileMe

I have all my contacts in Address Book and I sync my iPhone 3GS via MobileMe. And apparently what I'd like to do it not possible.
I want to keep all my contacts in AB, but only have certain groups on the iPhone so I do have to wade thru all of them when looking to make a call, send email, etc.
Is this possible or not?

Yes it is possible, I do the same thing with my iPad. Basically you create a new Group in Addressbook that you want on your iPhone. Drag the contacts you want included to that group. In iTunes you sync only that group to the phone.
I'm not at the system I use for iPhone/iPad syncing so I can't give the specific options in iTunes at the moment.
Regards,
Captfred

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