basically i have come into this issue, i killed my bb, luckily i had all my contacts saved on my playbook (thank god for native contact list) (and yes my backups all failed me )
is there a way to export the playbook contact list ? to any format, outlook
cause its a pain to keep having to refer to my playbook for numbers .... and i dont really want to copy them manually one by one ....
I would also suggest that you get a copy of BB Protect when you get the phone operating and restored. It can wirelessly backup and restore content to the phone.
And, yes, google sync for contacts might work to get the contacts moved to the web and then to your phone. (I find that it occasionally goes a bit crazy and you wind up with duplicates - but since you don't have any now, that would not be a problem)