Updating Iphone 3gs to IOS 4.0 via itunes. Now phone wont power on!

When i checked on my phone, Itunes said there was an error and the phone couldn't be updated. Now I can't power on my iPhone. I restarted my computer, and have tried holding down the buttons on the phone. I can't get it on, or get itunes to connect to it.

If it's in recovery mode, the data is already gone. Why did you never back up your important data?

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