Arne Hess over at the::unwired is advising that if you are using the Windows Live Messenger for smartphone that you start backing up your contacts list regularly. Twice now he has had the entire buddy list wiped from the program. Looks like this problem then affects the Live server which stores your contacts and the PC you sync with. I’ve not used Live Messenger so I can give details, but hit the link below for instructions on how to back up the buddy list and make sure this doesn’t happen to you!

Okay, the fact that I have some/most contacts doubled is already annoying enough but it’s even more annoying that Windows Live Messenger Mobile can wipe all your contacts from your buddy list and this happened the second time this weekend.
For some reasons, my Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Beta) smartphone lost all Outlook data on Saturday. It even forgotten, that it had an established Windows Mobile Device Center connection with my PC. When I figured it out Saturday afternoon I thought – as painful it is – it’s not too bad at all since I have everything synchronized on my PC anyway. However – I made a big mistake:

the::unwired – THOUGHT: Be careful if you are using Windows Mobile’s Windows Live Messenger Mobile