11. A hands-free telephone system in a vehicle for retrieving phonebook entries from a wireless phone over a communication link, the system comprising: a communication module for establishing a wireless communication link with the wireless phone, the communication module being configured to receive a plurality of entries of a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, wherein each of the entries includes text data, a location identifier, and numeric data; a data processing module coupled to the communication module, the data processing module being configured to identify the text data of each entry and to identify the location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is further configured to consolidate entries with like text data and different location identifiers; wherein the data processing module is further configured to generate a phonemic representation of the text data and location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is configured to conduct the consolidation 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; and a memory module configured to store the plurality of entries received from the remote phonebook and the phonemic representation of the text data of each of the plurality of entries.
11. A hands-free telephone system in a vehicle for retrieving phonebook entries from a wireless phone over a communication link, the system comprising: a communication module for establishing a wireless communication link with the wireless phone, the communication module being configured to receive a plurality of entries of a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, wherein each of the entries includes text data, a location identifier, and numeric data; a data processing module coupled to the communication module, the data processing module being configured to identify the text data of each entry and to identify the location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is further configured to consolidate entries with like text data and different location identifiers; wherein the data processing module is further configured to generate a phonemic representation of the text data and location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is configured to conduct the consolidation 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; and a memory module configured to store the plurality of entries received from the remote phonebook and the phonemic representation of the text data of each of the plurality of entries. 20. A system according to claim 11 , wherein the system is configured to identify and remove duplicate entries in the plurality of phonebook entries.