CoverFlow: black framed album arts

Hi everyone,
I have one problem with my iPod touch 2nd generation. I re-installed iOS (version 4.2.1) and after some time I've noticed that all album artworks in CoverFlow have black frame around. And I'm sure that this didn't happen before. What Am I supposed to do to fix it? When I turn iPod and CoverFlow appears - cover is fine, but after scrolling away - black frames are there... I've tried to re-install it again, but it didn't help.
Does anyone know? (sorry for my english - I'm not native speaker ) Thank you...

Problem solved, Apple fixed this in a new version of iTunes...

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