"The iPhone could not be updated" help help help pleeease

Hi.
I have just tried to install IOS4.1 on my iPhone 4 and it got to the point where it says "preparing iPhone 4 installation and then came up with an error saying "the iphone could not be updated. an unexpected error occurred" or words to that effect.
Now Itunes won't recognise the phone and it has the picture on the screen with the usb cable going towards the cd.
Please could someone help me, I feel lost without my iPhone, it's too good to not use.
Thanks

dear friends
im experiencing the same problem rite now. i just bought a 4s for my wife yesterday. when i tried updating the ios to 1.0.5 directly from the phone, it showed - 'Unable to Check for Update. An error occured while checking for a software update. and when i tried updating it via itunes, i got this msg - The iPhone "xxx iphone" could not be updated because the firmware file is not compatible.
my internet connection is perfectly ok here. can anybody help me on this?
Thank you

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