Why are my contacts not syncing

When I enter a new contact on my phone, I am finding that when I sync the contact are not showing up in Outlook.  I have checked the settings, and they are showing that contact should be syncing.  I suspect that it is something to do with iCloud which seems to be very selective with the calendars as well
Can any one help, I am very confused!

Do you have any email addresses set up on your phone? MobileMe? Google? Exchange?

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