Ipod being Used by another application message

Dear All,
I sometimes get a message that my ipod will not disconnect because it is being used by another application but I can't figure out which aplication is using it. How do I figure this out? Thanks for the help.

Dear All,
I sometimes get a message that my ipod will not
disconnect because it is being used by another
application but I can't figure out which aplication
is using it. How do I figure this out? Thanks for
the help.
I'm having the same problem. Did you ever figure this out?

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