Restoring from backup to new iPhone 4G

Here's an interesting scenario.
I had my iPhone 3G stolen a month ago. I have a fairly recent backup on my PC in iTunes. I am waiting patiently for the new iPhone 4G and when I do get it, can I restore my data from backup onto the new phone? Are there any gotcha's or different steps and what are the steps to restore?
Thanks in advance!

Nope should work fine. You can even carry out a restore of an iPhone backup to an iPad =0)

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