Multiple computers with iPhone 3GS

Everyone,
perhaps someone can answer this question for me. I have two main computers I use with my new iPhone: one at work and one at home - each computer (Windows XP) with its own library. I used to manually manage an iPod mini between these two computers with no problems. I could add/delete songs to the iPod from each of the libraries. With the new iPhone I noticed a different behavior, although I am manually managing the music. Everything is fine with the work computer. But with the home computer, all my songs on the iPhone are grayed out and cannot be modified. iTunes is asking me to sync with the new library, which I don't want to do since it will erase the content of my iPhone. Is this normal behavior, even for a manually managed iPhone? If it is, is there a workaround to be able to use the iPhone on both computers without having to delete contents while doing so?
Thanks for any advice,
Toni

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