ATT family plan & two iPhones

Hello
I have family plan with AT&T. I've bought iPhone right after world premiere. My girlfriend has different phone and her own number (obviously). Right now I would like to get new 3G iPhone (June-July). It's going to be connected with my girlfriends phone number. Later I would like to give my old iPhone to my girlfriend and transfer her number to my old iPhone, and I'll use new iPhone with my own phone number. Is it possible to "transfer" phone numbers between iPhones (without signing new contract with AT&T?

No one but Apple knows when the 3G iPhone will be released. It's not necessarily connected with the June firmware/app store release. All Apple has said is that it will be sometime in 2008 - that could be December for all we know.
As far as the number switching...I don't see why that wouldn't be possible. I would call AT&T. In any event, I don't see how switching numbers between phones would cause a contract renewal.
And why does your girlfriend get your old phone and YOU get the new one?
-SB

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