"No Content" constantly in iPod on iPhone 3G

My iPhone 3G shows "No Content" when I go to the iPod app, even though it's loaded with music, videos and podcasts.
This has been happening to me for the last 6 months or so, and now it's
happening all the time. So much so, that I can't use my iPhone to listen to music or podcasts because it always says "No Content". I'm starting to think this is a plot to force me to upgrade to an iPhone 4...
If I restore I get the media back, for about 3 days. Then it goes back to No Content. And when I restore, it doesn't restore all of the apps I have installed, even though I backup right before I restore... So every time I restore I have to go through the hassle of re-installing all the apps it didn't restore.
So far the only thing that fixes it without restoring it is if I sync calendar and contacts on my work computer (WinXP Pro, iTunes 10.0.1), then I get the media back in iPod. Problem is, I sync podcasts at home, so I can listen to them on the drive to work. But as soon as I sync at home, I lose the media again, until I get to work. Not a workable solution in the least.
Here are some data points:
- iPhone 3G (not 3GS) on AT&T
- Running the latest firmware (4.1)
- Latest version of iTunes on Windows 7 Pro
- NOT jailbroken currently
- 67 Applications
- 14.5GB capacity, 9.2GB free
I have tried a few tricks suggested in various places, like creating a new playlist and syncing it to the iPhone, and deleting certain config files on the host computer and allowing iTunes to recreate those. None of those work for me.
Other than this issue, the iPhone works fine and I'm not going to replace it. If anyone can help me with this, PLEASE let me know! It would be great if Apple would admit this is an issue and actually try to fix it, but I don't expect much...
Thanks for your help!

Good question. The wierd thing is, I only get the "No Content" message when I sync with my home computer, which is where the content is. When I sync with my work computer, it then shows the content which was synced from the home computer...
The other clue that tells me this isn't related to the work computer thing is that, after I restore I don't sync with my work computer at all. Then, after a few days it goes back to the "No Content" message. Then I sync with my work computer just so I can consume my media. So the dual-sync thing doesn't come into play until after I start getting that message...
If I just couldn't sync with my work computer it wouldn't be the end of the world, even though I've been doing that on iPods and my iPhone for years... But I am just not convinced that it would make any difference, and the phone should support the ability (at least it always has until the last 6 months)...

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