AppleTV / AirPlay mirroring

Hey! I have a new AppleTV out of the box and am trying to mirror my many iDevices through it. Mirroring works fine with an iPad 3 and an iPad 2. However, the AirPlay Mirroring "on/off" toggle switch is not available on an iPhone 4, a first gen iPad or an iPod Touch. AppleTV has been updated/restarted and all that. Everything is logged into the same wireless network. Both iPhones are running the latest iOS. Still no toggle switch.
Is there a compatibility issue here? Or is there a setting that I'm missing to make the Mirroring toggle switch appear? I've seen a lot of related posts, but it sounds like updates and restarts have solved almost everyone else's issues, just not mine. Any help is appreciated - I'm hoping it's something simple. Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, this is what I suspected. The AppleTV box says " ... mirror the screen of your iPad or iPhone 4S on your TV ...," so maybe the iPad part should be updated to "iPad 2 or later." False advertising, no? Thanks again!

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