Sync'ing Always Backs Up Phone

Everytime I do a sync, the phone backs itself up with iTunes V7.7 taking and extremely long time.
Has anyone experienced this and is it a known bug.
//Jeff

+Possible Solution per Gizmodo+
+1. - Quit iTunes.+
+2. - Open Terminal.app+
+3. - Copy and paste this in, then hit return:+
+defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true+
+4. - Open iTunes+
+5. - Plug in your iPhone (2.0 or 3G) and sync.+
+It will take a few seconds, assuming you don't have a ton of music or podcasts.+
+Changing the 'true' in step 3 to 'false' will re-enable the backup feature.+
Great suggestion, worked for me. Thanks!!

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