New i-phone 4 not showing up when I try to sync to i-tunes

I just purchased the new iphone 4 today. When I came home to sync it, it said my desktop was too old of a model and I would need to upgrade. Called the store and they said I had to come back to purchase a Mac Box Set to upgrade. Brought that home and installed successfully. When I plugged my old i-phone in to sync first, it will only come up as a camera. When I open i-tunes, it is not showing up on the left side as a device. It's not recognizing it. They are telling me I have to either call tech support at 8 in the morning, or drag my desktop and phones in to the store at 9. I am going on a trip tomorrow and would love to get this solved tonight!!!! Anyone out there know how to tell me how to get the old phone to show up and sync it?

1st: Try uninstalling iTunes
2nd: Restart your computer (to make sure all iTunes services shut down).
3rd: Install iTunes (using the newest version from the apple website)
Then try again. Good luck

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