On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com>wrote:

Thus I pose the question: What is a valid contact manager for a
> console-mode user with sync, fast searching and update?
>

Curious - have you given BBDB a shot? There is a lot of action of late on
BBDB V3. There is also a bi-directional sync utility for BBDB <-> Outlook /
Google Contacts (Disclaimer: I the author of the said utility -
http://karra-asynk.appspot.com/)

It appears like much can be gained by upping the level of integration
between Org mode and BBDB. Thoughts?

-Karra