I don't think there is anything really hidden about it.

Take a look at http://www.futuredial.com

I ended up buying their cable for my phone (Sanyo 5300) and SnapSync to sync the phone address book with Outlook.

The software is clunky but it works.

The data connection is clunky (like it just stops working, especially if there isn't traffic for a while) but it is good enough to download my mail.