Finally resolved issue with synchronizing gmail Contacts with my Android phone

I finally figured out the link between my Nexus S mobile phone contacts and my gmail contacts. Ever since I synced my cell phone and my gmail contacts, I had been bewildered by disappearing contacts! I would create and save a contact on my cell phone, and it would just disappear. I wouldn't show up on my contacts after I saved it. I was miffed at the way Contacts app on my cell phone was behaving. I had to open my gmail contacts on my computer and the Contacts on my cell phone, and check them side-by-side to finally figure out the link. Whatever contacts I add to my cell phone get saved to "My Contacts" contact list in gmail. So to make cell phone Contacts app work correctly, I have to display "My Contacts" contact list on my cell phone. That setting can be done from Contacts -> Display Options -> Gmail account -> My Contacts menu path.

It was a huge relief to resolve the problem with Contacts function on my Android phone. This was the only issue with my otherwise lovely phone that was bothering me.

The worst mobile phone ever designed

My company has a policy of issuing Moto Razor to its employees. Many people consider Moto Razor as a good sleek phone. If you have ever used it, you'll know that its the worst phone ever designed by any cell phone company. The user interface is especially pathetic. Here are some of the irritating features that the phone has.

Moto Razor Crib#1
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If you remove the SIM card, you do anything with the phone except make emergency calls. At first this seems reasonable. However, consider this.

I removed the SIM card from the phone and put it another hand set, and switched off the Moto Razor. Next morning, promptly at 6:00 a.m., the Razor alarm went off, and I couldn't switch it off because the phone didn't have SIM card!

Today I ran into another problem because of this "feature" ("bug" is the correct word). I have stored all my phone numbers in the phone memory, instead of the SIM card memory. However, since I have removed the SIM card, I can't access the phone memory and read any phone numbers. The numbers are there, in the phone memory, but I can't access those until I insert a SIM card in the phone. This is similar to the Canon copier-printer-scanner that I have, which doesn't scan documents if the printer cartridges are removed!!