Sync iPhone Contacts INTO MobileMe

How do I sync iPhone to MobileMe without deleting iPhone contacts?
I just got an iPhone and imported my contacts from my old sim card. I want the contacts in MobileMe but the process described in the sync instructions makes it seem like my iPhone contacts will be deleted. (I tested this by syncing the Calendar and the iPhone calendar items were in fact deleted when I did it)
Thanks
Jeanne

First sync the contacts (and all other data) the classic way to your machine using USB connection. Then sync the data from your host to MobileMe. Check (using MobileMe webapps) that MobileMe has all the data.
Once your host machine and MobileMe are up to date, enable MobileMe syncing over the air. This will in deed first delete all contacts and calendar entries from your iPhone. It then retrieves all the data from MobileMe over the air, making all data reappear after a couple of minutes.

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