Upgraded to iTunes 11...now insists on syncing contacts/calendars 'over-the-air' but can't change settings

Upgraded to iTunes 11, at which time it decided it was better for me to sync my calendar/contacts "over-the-air" from iCloud (when I never had this activated before). Now it says "your contacts are being synced with your iPhone over the air from iCloud" (which is not true...it doesn't work and changes in one place are not made in another - same goes for calendars). Also states "Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on your iPhone" (likewise not true...I've got them deactivated in my iPhone and still doesn't work).
Not sure why Apple thought they should go ahead and change my preferences that were setup to go to iCloud, especially when it doesn't even work. Now no contact or calendar changes I make in Outlook transfer to iPhone or vice-versa (even with a manual sync).
Anyone know what the h*ll is going on with this? To say I'm annoyed would be an understatement. May be time to ditch Apple and the iPhone, first no YouTube & Google Maps now they insist on not allowing me to sync the way I want. Total BS.

I have this same problem too - thanks for the heads up that all my NOTES will get wiped. Going to have to workaround by dumping all my notes from Outlook to ONENOTE on the cloud. Then not really using NOTES on my iPhone and iPad. Apple is slowly becoming more and more successful in getting me to NOT use MS products, like Outlook. Actually, my cloud strategy will be to keep my longer notes on ONENOTE and relegating NOTES on iPhone/iPad to just quick hits that I jot here and there. I guess iPhone/iPad notes will then get synced over iCloud but will not end up in Outlook. What a pain in the arse! I need a seriously freaking flow chart to keep track of all of my cloud activity. It's making my head spin.

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