I believe the reason you're having the problem is that the contacts you previously entered are not a part of your Google Account. To see what I mean go into the Contacts app. Choose the "Preferences and Accounts" at the top. Scroll down until you see "Accounts".

You should see entries for "Palm Profile", "Gmail" and whatever other accounts you are syncing with. Each of those accounts has discrete information/contacts associated with it and the Pre syncs accordingly. It does not mix them. So most likely your previous records were added to your "Palm Profile" account. They will only be synced with that account.

When you added the Gmail account it became the "default account" and that's why new contacts are syncing. Notice that when you add a new contact in the Pre you can specify what account you want it to be assigned to in the top right corner.

Probably your best option would be to export the existing contacts and them import them into Gmail. (If that's even possible).

Sorry I don't have the answer but at least you know why they're not showing up in Gmail.

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