Upgrading iPhone 3G to 3GS

I'm about to upgrade my current iPhone 3G to a 3GS model - anybody have any hints/tips or things to avoid?
Thanks

If you restore your new phone from the backup of your old phone & re-sync the same itunes content, as described in the support article, your new phone will be identical to your old phone relative to content. This is the route most people want to go. You can set it up as a "new" phone, the choice is yours. If you restore from a backup, all you'll have to enter on the new phone is email passwords & wifi passwords. They aren't copied to the new phone for security reasons.
This support article details what's included in the backup you'll use to restore your new phone:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
This article will tell you how to set the old 3g up as a "new" phone or as a touch:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3828

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