Iphone 3g 16gb not showing up in itunes... any ideas?

A friend gave me his old iphone and I moved put my sim card in. When I connected it to my computer the screen illustrates that I need to connect to itunes... but there is no "devices" showing up in the left column of itunes... I tried restarting, updating, erasing all contents of the phone, etc. Any ideas?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591

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