"Contact type" drop down menu only lists "Phone"

[rustybg]

Got a HTC Droid Eris the other day and absolutely love it!

However, when adding a new contact on the phone, the drop bown menu box only lists "Phone" and does NOT give a "Google" or "Exchange" option as is indicated on p. 72 of the pdf "User Guide for Droid HTC Eris" by Verizon.

I have examined 3 others Droid Eris phones of friends/family, and on each of their phones when adding a new contact the drop down menu box does list the "Google" option in addition to the "Phone" option.

The problem with not being able to select "Google" as the contact type is that the contact information does not "sync" with the Gmail "Contacts List" online.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[mae.ling]

go to contacts
push menu
click view and you can see both google and phone contacts
or you can syc exchange contacts the same way

[Lala]

What is the difference in Google and Phone?

[RupaLoop]

Is there anyway to change a contact from Phone to Google? I was super excited when I got my phone and didn't really pay attention to what I was doing, now I can only back up the contacts that are saved to google....HELP