Backup every Sync!!!!

everytime I sync my iphone 3g it does a backup first which takes close to an hour and then syncs(which takes 30 seconds)...
How do I stop this?
I can cancel the back up and it proceeds to sync, but this can't be a good method...
also under itunes prefs/syncing there is a box that says the following iphones blah blah blah backed up on this comp...and under that is a backup that is listed as:
Unknown 12/31/00 7:00 PM
(Yes my computer's and iphones time are set correctly)
Message was edited by: Shaun Rosenberg

I stood on line 3 and a half hours to get the phone, but that was fine. I could not actually use the phone for about 5 hours after purchasing it.Fine again.When the phone did work, I had the backing up forever each time I synched. So after what seemed like an hour, it worked. While using one of the applications I bought from the apps store in iTunes the phone crashed. But now my phone doesn't reboot at all. It's just showing the apple screen. I did the hard reboot- no luck. Then I tried to restore it in iTunes but ITunes responded that my phone was "corrupted" and would not recognize it. It did not show up in iTunes under devices. After waiting an hour on hold before finally speaking with a att rep I was told to repeat the process(hard reboot, restore in iTunes) which was again, unsuccessful. So after being assured that a) there is stock and b) I won't have to stand on line again I am off to the apple store to get my phone replaced. I am obviously a fan of the product but this is becoming a mess! Let me know if anyone interested in how this turns out.

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