Iphone not recognized by itunes/can't upgrade itunes/ don't want to upgrade software

After having my iphone 3g "fixed" in the apple store and connecting it to one of their brand new computers, my itunes no longer recognizes my iphone and says I need to upgrade to new Itunes which I can't do because I only have the Tiger version of software.  Is there anything I can do so my iphone can go back to normal without purchasing updated software?

I am having a similar problem. I am attempting to install the airport extreme card in my ibook g4. The computer is not recognizing the card and now it isn't recognizing the iphone. If I remove the airport card then itunes recognizes the iphone. I have the original phone with the 2.01 update. I'm stumped.

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    Message was edited by: Cassiux
    Message was edited by: Cassiux

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