ITunes cannot connect w/ iPhone

I've had my iPhone 3G for 5 months with no issues, now all of a sudden it won't sync with iTunes. When I plug in via USB I get an error message that reads:
iTunes could not connect to the iPhone " " because an error occurred while reading from the device.
I've tried restarting my computer, reinstalling iTunes, and I do have success syncing my other iPod.
Is there something wrong with my iPhone?

Hi Nathan,
This could be caused by a USB connection issue. Make sure the iPhone is directly connected to the Mac using the USB cable it came with. Also, try disconnecting all other USB devices.
If you haven't already try resetting the iPhone by holding the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons until you see an Apple logo as described here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305743
-Jason

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