What is the apple mobile device?

I just got my computer back today from being fixed and I was going to get the Ios5 update but when I plug in my phone, a screen appears saying, this Apple device can't be used because the apple mobile device is not started. What is the apple mobile device???

See Here,
AMDS for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

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Type "Apple mobile device service" into the search abr at the top of this page by "Support" and read the resulting help articles.

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Found a possible solution for me.
While the phone was plugged into my computer and iTunes is CLOSED.
1. I went to Services in Windows.
2. I selected Apple Mobile Device and right clicked and selected "Stop".
3. Then I right-clicked again and selected "Start".
4. Then I went to Device Manager and right clicked my iPhone with the yellow alert icon and selected "Uninstall". You will get a warning about uninstalling the device. Click OK.
5. At the top of Device Manager I clicked the Action menu and selected "Scan for Hardware Changes".
This re-installed the iPhone and everything started working again.

What do i do when i plug in my i phone and it says "this iphone cannot be used because the Apple Mobile Device service is not started"

i just bought a new iphone 4S and i had an ipod touch and when i went to sync my iphone to my itunes by plugging it in that message pops up how this phone cannot be used because the apple iphone device is not yet activated.
what do i do to activate it? do i have to add the device or what?
thanks

I'd start with the following document with that one:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
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