4 It seems the evolution contact API used is specific to the desktop. evolution.ebook combined with abook is what is needed for Maemo.
5 http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node8.html#SECTION00870000000000000000
6 https://garage.maemo.org/svn/pymaemo/packages/python-abook/trunk/tests/ especially contact_get_iter amd filter_model
7 http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/documentation/api/abook/index.html
9 Other possible addressbooks
10 GMail http://libgmail.sourceforge.net/
14 Look into being a bit more advanced, beyond just enabling/disabling the GUI
17 While not logged in or device is offline, disable the GUI
18 Don't attempt to login if not online
22 General Python/Maemo stuff
23 http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/documentation.html
25 http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-python/doc/tutorial.html