HTC Droid Eris 2.1 Update Frazzling Some Contacts, Is the Cloud the Only Refuge?

The firmware update to Android 2.1 for HTC's Droid Eris is finally out ... but the code seems to be frazzling the existing setups users have on their phones. People's contacts seem to be evaporating. Is it a bug or Google forcing your data into the cloud?

Various reports are popping up on the Web that suggest updating your precious Droid Eris with the newest edition of its Android OS may not be entirely risk-free. Over on the Droid-Eris forum there're complaints like this one from user...