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I've just got an Android handset and the import of the SIM contacts from my old phone has left them in a mess; lack of capitalisation, funny character substitutions, odd delimiters etc. I have exported the contacts list as a vcf and while I could manually edit this file, I was really after a desktop app that could do formatting, search & replace etc.

There are Android apps that do this but, as much as I like the phone's UI, the prospect of sorting hundreds of contacts via it doesn't exactly fill me with joy.

A quick Google just threw up lots of questionable download sites, hoping someone can suggest a lightweight alternative

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What I did when I first got an Android handset was go to Google Contacts and logged in with my account details I also used on my phone. Here you can manually edit contact data. I don't know how to do it automated though...

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Not so much automated, just a bit more structured so I don't break anything! – Lunatik May 20 '10 at 15:53
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If you don't mind doing it manually, through the Google Contacts Interface is the way to go... It's quite intuitive and easy to use and it automatically syncs with your Android handset, just like Google Calender does. You wouldn't have to do anything with the vcard stuff and you could just correct the contact details from your desktop PC. – BloodPhilia May 20 '10 at 16:00
I had kinda forgotten about Google Contacts to be honest, never really used my GMail contacts for anything but email. Having played around with it for a bit last night I reckon it'll do me, it can't do any global actions but the interface, flexibility and just ease of use with Android make up for it. Cheers! – Lunatik May 21 '10 at 6:07
You're very welcome! – BloodPhilia May 21 '10 at 9:17
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