Genius - better on iTunes than iPod Touch?

I have a 4th Gen iPod Touch, both it and iTunes + Genius are up-to-date. A couple months ago I put my 40GB worth of music onto my iPod, since then i have connected it to iTunes (iPod is not synced) maybe 3 or 4x (once within past week). I've noticed that songs I can make Genius playlists for on iTunes, aren't doing the same on my iPod...infact iTunes rarely finds a song I can't make a Genius list for, whereas for my iPod it seems like the complete opposite even though they have the same library.
Does anyone know how I can correct this on my iPod? Via a simple sync or otherwise?

Yes, that's correct - the iPad is much larger and has a larger battery. makes sense.

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