IPhone 4S won't wirelessly sync

I have an iPhone 4S that refuses to sync when disconnected from the computer. I have a Mac Book Pro, with iTunes 10.7 (21) and iOS 6 installed on the phone. I have the two options in iTunes checked, Open iTunes when this phone is connected and Sync with this iPhone over Wifi. I also have the option on wireless sync enabled on the iPhone. When I connect the iPhone to the computer things look as they should. I can choose "Sync Now" on the phone and the sync process works as advertised. As soon as I eject the iphone via iTunes the "Sync Now" option on the iPhone greys out. Following the instructions to wireless sync, I connect the iPhone to a power source and Wifi, but the "Sync Now" option on the iPhone stays greyed out. It tells me it's waiting for my laptop computer to become available. The laptop is available and I've tried with and without iTunes running. What am I missing?

All right, my problem was voice memos. I had been deleting them from my iPhone and on iTunes but not in the Voice Memos playlist which was automatically defined. The sync went on forever as it tried to sync the 70+ voice memos on the list. I tried turning off voice memo sync AND deleting the playlist on iTunes. The playlist yet remained on the iPhone and it kept trying to sync it. Finally, I had to restore. Now it is gone and the sync concludes. I don't think I will try to sync voice memos again.
Interestingly, it still doesn't say "OK to remove". That may have just gone away with the advent of wireless sync.

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