Use Address Book contact pictures on other mobile / cell phones

Hi,
Unlike most people I'm going to wait a while before getting an iPhone, so is there a way of getting the pictures of your contacts onto another phone?
I have a Sony Ericsson k800i. I have found the pictures under Library/Apllication Support/Address Book/Pictures. I have copied them to a folder on my desktop. I have added a .jpg extension to all images and even renamed them to something simpler.
I then transfered this folder to my phone expecting to be able to see the images on the phone, but no, the phone recognises them as pictures but they don't show, the only image that appears is the Apple logo that came in the address book.
What's going on? I can see the images in the folder on the desktop but not on the phone, does the phone's images have to be a certain size?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Iestyn

There was another thread on this, and I posted incorrect advice on it, but now I can't find the thread.  Someone pointed out my error, but it was so late at night when I saw it, I didn't respond at the time - so whoever you were - yes, you were right!
Yes, I agree with you, doesn't seem to work as well as on, for example, my old N80.
I haven't found a solution either.
Not that that helps you, of course, but at least you know you are not missing something - or conversely, several of us are missing something!

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