Upgraded to iOS5, now when I try to sync I get "sync session failed to finish"

This happens on both my iPad 2 and iPhone 3GS. It stopped happening (for the moment) by doing a total reset/restore on the iPad, but now it started on the iPhone and I'm not willing to go through that process again. There is clearly something wrong with the sync process.
This happens whether it is a USB or WiFi sync.
Please fix this!

Okay, after screaming a huge "Oh Crap" (other words were spoken, but we'll leave it at this) at Apple and everything about them, I calmed down enough to where I think I have it fixed now. The restore is finally up and running after doing the iOS 5 update. Here's what I did which appears to have fixed my restore problem on my phone.
Configured iTunes to not automatically sync or start when the phone is connected.
Closed iTunes and disconnected the phone. I also checked the Windows Task Manager to ensure that iTunes was fully stopped.
Connected the phone back to the USB and manually started iTunes
From the Devices menu, I selected Restore and then picked the most current backup file and started the restore manually.
All of the data within each of my applications is now back to where it should be and the phone is fully restored.
By the way, the indication I had on my iPhone 4 was that all of the restored data after the update was placed in one huge, 18.6GB file in the Other data area. I had to restore the phone to factory defaults which deleted this file, allowing space for the restore and then I completed the steps above.

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