IPhone iTunes synching suddenly stopped working

My iPhone (original) and iTunes (Macbook Air, 10.6.2) no longer syncs. When I connect the iPhone it shows up in iTunes, synching will start, but then the iPhone will just disappear from iTunes after a short time (less than a minute). The iPhone continues to say 'sync in progress' but iTunes shows nothing. Here is what I tried
Install new version of iTunes. Restart computer. Shut down iPhone. Reset iPhone. Different cable.
Nothing has helped. So, Help! please.

I went to the Apple store, and they confirmed my suspicion that it was the connector. Tried to clean it, but to no avail. So, I bought an iPhone 3GS. To repair my phone would have cost the same as the iPhone 3gs. It seems wrong to reward a company when their product breaks, but once you have an iPhone you are so locked into apple's universe that is hard to change to android or palm. Anyway I have been thinking of upgrading for some time.

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