I Cant Update My 3rd Gen IPod ?

i have recently found my ipod 3rd gen and i wanted to update it to the newest firmware but it wont let me ? Can anyone help me ?

Are you sure it is a 3G iPOd? An 1G can only go to 3.1.3. A 2G to 4.2.1 and 3G to the current 5.1.1
Do you have iTunes 10,.6 on your computer?
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Identifying iPod models

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