Sync Groups In Outlook - can't

My iphone works well with Outlook for calendar and contacts. However, to shorten the ridiculous time to scroll through 1500 contacts, I would like to restrict the sync process to only transfer selected Outlook catagories.
My problem is that the option to "sync selected catagories" cannot be selected or activated.
Any Ideas?
Note: iphone suggestion: allow users to enter a "group" contact that actually contains a list of contact names and numbers. Think of a directory named "Restaurants" containing seperate lines with other the information of other contacts, namely restaurant name and phone number.

Currently this is not an option offered by the iPhone. Others have sorted in different ways by building the names/companies differently so that they group together. As far as ths sort that you are used to...it does not exist...yet. Make a suggestion to apple.
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