Why is the iphone icon not appearing on my itunes when I plug it into my computer?

Why is the iphone icon not appearing on my itunes when I plug it into my computer? I am online, my itunes is up and running, my new phone is plugged in, and for whatever reason the iphone icon that is supposed to appear is not showing up after I plug my phone in.

Place the Device into Recovery mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Note on Recovery Mode.
You may need to try this More than Once...
Be sure to Follow ALL the Steps...
Once you have Recovered your Device...
Re-Sync your Content or Restore from the most Recent Backup...
Restore from Backup  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

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