yeah if you want your app data you're definitely going to have to do root and restore from TiBu.

If you just want the apps. You could use something like App Brain.

 

I also think by allowing Google to backup your phone (under privacy - backup and restore) will also speed up the process. I bought my wife a Xoom for Christmas and almost all of the apps she had on her phone transferred over to the Xoom after she signed in with her Google account (even the paid ones). I thought that was pretty cool. I think the only ones that didn't transfer were the ones that don't work on the Tablet.