Getting my address book into .csv is ok, my problem is importing the .csv into GPE Contacts.
From the menu 'Contacts - Main, i get 'Tools/ImportVcard'. That is all, no import from file, no export to file, etc. So the only opiton available to me seems to be to put each individual contact into a separate vcard and import them one by one. Not a realistic proposition for a few hundred names and addresses.

So when you said GPE Contacts will import .csv files no problems, I have to assume that it is no problems on the N770 version. From what I can see so far it is a problem on the N800. It is possible that I am missing something somewhere of course.

When I saw Tahitibob's work on GPE Calendar my hopes were raised but he says he has no interest in GPE Contacts so I guess I am stuck for a while.