iphone address book syncing issue

I have my address book on a exchange server which I deleted from the computer side. I immediately placed my phone on airplane mode so the changes won't take place on my phone. My question is this....

I tried syncing my phone with address book but nothing happened. My address book is empty and I created a few "test" contacts to force the phone and mac to sync. nada...

Is there a free third party software or iphone app that I can transfer my contact from or to?