Last night I tried to Sync my Iphone 3GS because I had a lot of new music only to lose all my contacts and my new music. Also lost a lot of pictures. Was able to get some back but not the new stuff and no contacts. What should I do next?

Last night I tried to sync my Iphone 3GS to my laptap because I had a lot of new music.  What happened was, at first I lost all my music, photos, and all my contacts (all phone numbers).  I was able to retrieve some music, not the new ones, some photos but not all, and none of my contacts.  What did I do wrong and how do I get my songs/contacts/photos back.

Correct. When you update via iTunes all synced media that is not in your iTunes library will be lost.
As IO said before:
You can redownload most iTunes pruchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
I do not think it included audio books.

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