Transferring everything from a 3g to a 3gs

I have a 3g. My house was broken into and I lost my laptop, so I dont have the original computer I was using. I just got a brand new 3gs, and am going to use my brothers laptop to transfer music onto the new phone, but I want to take all of the music and contacts that I have and transfer them over, from my old phone to my new one, is it possible?

In regards to iTunes content, an iPhone can be synced or manually managed with an iTunes library on a single computer only, and photos can be transferred from a single computer only. When transferring iTunes content and photos from another computer, all iTunes content and photos transferred from a different computer will be erased from the iPhone first.
You can sync contacts, calendar events, and Safari bookmarks with supported applications on multiple computers.
iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store from an iPod or iPhone, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
First you need to authorize the computer with your iTunes account with iTunes. With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone.
This will be a problem using iTunes on your brothers computer unless you both use the same iTunes account. Since you probably don't use the same iTunes account, you can create a separate computer login account for yourself on your brother's computer using an empty iTunes when logged into your computer account on his computer for the transfer of the iTunes content on your iPhone that was purchased/downloaded with your iTunes account after authorizing the computer with your iTunes account with iTunes when logged in to the computer under your login account. Before syncing contacts with a supported application on the computer when logged in to the computer under your login account, enter one contact in the supported application. Make the contact up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.
If you sync contacts with a supported application under your brother's computer login account and your brother uses the application for his contact info, you will be provided a merge prompt with the first sync which will merge his contacts with your contacts in the supported application on his computer and on your iPhone.

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