[porsche911girl]

First of all, I'd just like to say Merry Christmas everyone!

Tonight, while taking my iPhone 3GS into my room to charge it, it slipped out of my hand and bounced off the corner of my desk chair. I grimaced as I heard the front glass crack. So now I'm trying to figure out my options.

I got the phone (on AT&T in mid-Dec 2009), so I have fulfilled my 2-year contract with them. Here's my dilemma: I've read online that the Apple stores will replace the screen on iphones, however, it costs $199, which is ridiculous since I could just get a 4S for that price...but here lies my dilemma:

My iPhone is linked to my old Windows laptop; I currently use a Macbook Pro. I can't seem to update the iTunes (from 8 or 9-something) on my old laptop to allow me to update the OS on my iphone, which is still at its original 3.1.2 b/c I was hoping to unlock it for global use (I travel frequently to England as my boyfriend lives there)....and I can't seem to back the iPhone up on my old laptop either (it's near its memory capacity and is just sluggish and slow running WinVista)...

So can anyone help me out here? What would you all do? I don't mind getting a 4S, I'd just like to be able to save/back up my photos, texts, apps, etc from my 3GS before I commit to a new phone...

Thanks so much in advance guys and I hope what I've written isn't too confusing!!