ITunes sync question for 3GS

I was just wondering, since I setup my 3GS off of a back up of my 3G & everything from that phone is on my new one down to the total talk time. Now that I'm using my 3G as a iPod what happens when I sync the 3G? Does iTunes know the difference because of the serial numbers or will I need to dump everything on one of the two devices?

no...you'll be good, it will sync with multiple devices...
just so long as you are logged into the correct itunes account.
i sync 2 iphones, and 2 ipod touches on my mac book pro, but i have to make sure i'm in the correct account... i sync my touch and iphone to one account, and everything works fine...
once the device shows up in itunes, right click it and click transfer, and it will import everything on both devices, then do a back up, you should be in good shape...

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thanks for the reply
the summary is same one you are talking about
if you are saying go to itunes music library before plugging in phone, i cant just select songs that way. there is no option to do that
when i plug in phone and see the "Summary" there is a list below it to include music. If I click on Music no music shows. The Sync All area is greyed out and you see "Entire MUsic Library" is checked by default. If I check the Sync Music box that is when I get the warning it will wipe all music, vides etc and sync all too phone. I don't get offerd the choice to select only certain songs. Same thing on movies. iPhotos works ok and lets me select certain photos, albums.
I did have this working originally as I got all my music, pics, vids on phone. Maybe I changed something in settings. Am new to this.
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