6. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising sorting the plurality of entries in the mobile phonebook.
1. A method for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a wireless phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the wireless phone, the method comprising: receiving a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data, a location identifier, and numeric data; identifying the text data and the location identifier in each entry; consolidating entries with like text data and different location identifiers; generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry and the location identifier for each entry, wherein the acoustic baseform is configured to facilitate speech recognition of a spoken phrase comprising the text data and the location identifier, wherein the consolidation occurs prior to the generating step such that the generation of an acoustic baseform of the text data is not repeated for a single phonebook contact associated with multiple locations; storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list; and storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list.