Can't restore verizon iphone 4 from iphone 3gs backup

Hi everyone,
I just received my Verizon iPhone 4 - I've been waiting forever for this - AT&T does not have any 3G coverage in my area.
Anyway - I tried to "restore" the new phone from the backup of my old iPhone 3gs, but itunes won't show the 3gs as an option in the list of backups. The only backup options I have are my iPad, my daughter's iPod touch, and of course, the iPhone4.
However, if I plug the 3gs in, itunes gives me the option of restoring it from all of the backups - the 3gs, the iphone4, the ipad, and the ipod touch.
Any ideas what could be causing this problem? I thought it may have something to do with the fact that I updated the 3gs to ios 4.3, but I updated the ipad as well.
Anyone have any ideas?
- Damion

asperanda wrote:
I have contacts and notes and calendar items that I'm not going to re-enter by hand.
There is no reason to re-enter anything by hand, set up syncing for your device and then sync it just like you do your current iPhone.  If you utilize MobileMe or an exchange account for syncing contacts/email/calendars, set it up on the device.
Good point; my email and contacts will populate once I sync with my yahoo account (no Mobile Me right now). I was using the calendar on the iphone, that syncs with my personal calendar on my macbook pro. Since that's not tied to an email account, I'm not sure how to get the calendar on the mac to sync with the new phone.
The other issue seems to be syncing the notes from the old phone to the new phone. I'm not crazy about the Notes app since it doesn't alphabetize notes, but I've used it anyway when I'm in a hurry and need to jot something quickly. So can I sync the notes from the old phone to the new phone?

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