Kies - Most frustrating piece of software ever. For the love of God, please help

I bought the phone last night and already spent 5 unsuccessful hours trying to connect to my PC, have it recognized, and sync contacts/email. All I get are error messages.

1. Anyone want to tell me why there is no software available to download on the phone's product page - http://www.samsung.com/us/support/do...SGH-T959ZKATMB ? I tried Kies Mini (update), that works fine. It would be freaking nice to put the main Kies app there.....unless of course it's not supported?

2. I downloaded Kies 2.0 from somewhere else on Samsung's website. Installed drivers, which initially failed (it pointed to my Netgear Wireless Router for some reason - WTF DOES THE PHONE HAVE TO DO WITH M ROUTER), I had to enable Windows Update, and then it was a success. I connect my phone via USB, the only 3 options I have are Kies (firmware update), Media Player, Mass Storage. There is no option just for the normal Kies. So I select Kies (firmware update), and Kies tells me "Kies 2.0 does not support my device".

I've done a lot of Googling and I'm just frustrated now. I unmounted, and removed the 2GB Samsung SD Card (default) already. What the hell else do I have to do now?

I want to be able to add contacts without having to input 200 of them manually. I currently don't have data. Is Wifi my only option now?

I completely understand the frustration.

Downloaded Kies 2.0

Have a SGH-T959.

I have tried a couple different sets of instructions.

Set 1:

Unhook everything. On the Vibrant, go to Settings, Applications, USB settings, then select Samsung Kies. Open Kies on PC (Windows 7). Plug phone into PC, then hit the Home button. (Phone and computer say Initializing and Connecting... respectively). THEN I get the message saying my device is not supported.

Set 2: Same steps, but instead of selecting Kies, select Mass Storage. When I try that, it just says to select Kies instead.

Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong here.

The goal in all this is to tether my phone to my unlimited wireless. 3G.

Watched a guy do it on YouTube with seemingly no problems at all.