Won't show up in iTunes 10

Have an iPhone 3GS that's worked great for a year or so. Today I got a new MacBook Pro--ran migration assistant to move stuff over from an older MBP...now it won't see my Iphone when i launch iTunes. Tried reinstalling iTunes. When I do that, it does show up. But if I reboot...it doesn't. Reinstall...shows up. Reboot....doesn't.
Driving me nuts but really ready to hear any suggestions on what to try next.

Wally,
When you removing iTunes, are you just dragging itunes to the trash and then reinstalling it with a new application?
If you are, there are few more steps to through than just that process.
See this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1224
I would suggest that one of the background services is suspect.
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