How do you change the name of your iphone? Is that even possible?

In the settings window, and the general tab, then about,  it has a string of random letters and numbers. Is it possible to personalize it a bit?

Thx Allan,   my phone screen doesn't look like that. The name of my device in in the gray area at the top, it's not accessable. I tried for the first time last night to plug the phone into my laptop and in itunes it does not recognize my phone at all. the phone is running 4.2.6, and the laptop is a month old. I installed itunes on it, and authorized it, but on the left margin on the itunes screen, it doesnt show anything about any devices. And when i plug the phone into the laptop, the pop up box asks about pictures and videos, doesnt mention music or itunes at all. Ugggh!

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    thanks. I starred it for you. I wonder why the first phone put my name in there and this one didn't. Everthing I did was the same.
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    Message was edited by: powerbook1701

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    How do you change the name on your device?

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    thanks. I starred it for you. I wonder why the first phone put my name in there and this one didn't. Everthing I did was the same.
    Further:
    I changed it in the itunes left column. Does that name not carry over to iTunes-Preferences-Devices??
    Message was edited by: powerbook1701

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