How to sync apps on other iPad without erasing the existing app data?

Hi,
I need to sync two different iPad, first gen iPad & iPad 2, on one iTunes.
The iPad 2 has been used for few months, and the apps/games data are said to be wiped out if I sync the iPad 2 with the same iTunes for the first gen iPad.
The iPad 2 has never been synced to iTunes before, and I'm planning to transfer all of the purchases made with it to the iTunes for the first gen iPad.
Is there any way to keep the apps/games data before syncing it with iTunes and restore it back?
Thanks!

Diesel, thanks for your reply.
The iPad 2 was synced to a different iTunes for the activation process, now I'm syncing it to my iTunes in my laptop.
I've solved the problem myself, sort of, when I updated the iPad 2 with iOS 5. The iTunes backed it up first, after the iOS 5 is installed, the iTunes said it has restored the iPad 2. Although when I looked at the iPad 2, all of the apps were gone. I synced the apps in iTunes with iPad 2, and it turns out all of the game's/apps's data was also restored back. Amazing.
Thumbs up to Apple, especially the iOS team.
But I wonder, what if I didn't update it into iOS 5, instead I sync the apps just like that, will the game's/app's data be restored too..

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