Activating Tomorrow From Original iPhone

The iPhone 3GS I ordered from the Apple Store is due to be delivered to my work tomorrow. I currently have an original iPhone that I sync on my home computer. My original plan was to play it safe and just wait until I get home from work tomorrow to activate my new phone through iTunes from my home computer after doing one final sync from my original iPhone. But now I'm wondering if I can just do a final backup of my original iPhone on my laptop, and then activate the new phone from the same laptop when my phone is delivered tomorrow at work.
Does the backup actually have all the data needed to transfer information from my current phone to the new one(except for music and video files), or should I really wait to activate my new phone from the computer I've been syncing from? I'm mainly concerned with my contacts, calendar info, and notes.

JAKK2809 wrote:
I also have a 1st Gen iPhone and I am upgrading. I called AT&T and they said that I have to call them when I get my 3GS.
That surprises me, if you ordered from Apple.
Anyway, I've seldom found anyone at AT&T who had a clue about the iPhone
When going from 2G to 3G last summer this is what Apple posted in the knowledge base:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109
Only mention of a call to carrier (e.g., AT&T) is if you are changing carriers.
Phil

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