ITunes no longer shows iPod's playlists

I bring my iPod to work with me all the time, and just leave the "manage music manually" (or whatever that button says) ticked so that I can browse and control my music.
There is a little arrow beside the iPod icon that I can click and it shows me all the playlists. Now the arrow is gone. I've reconnected, checked for updates, rebooted, run a file system check (which did mention that there was no kernel attached or something like that for the usb ipod driver, but kept going and reported "appears to be ok") and repaired permissions. iTunes has NOT been updated since sometime last week. It was working fine when I left Friday.
I can manage my iPod (which I don't want to do) with the iTunes at work but I can no longer play my music because I can't find a way to view any list of songs. Help, please??? I need my tunes or I'll lose my sanity to the boredom.
Thanks,
Brooke
12" PB 867, G4 Giga D450, Indigo iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Can someone please at least tell me if this is an upgrade 'feature' of iTunes 7.3? If it isn't then this machine has issues. My laptop has not been upgraded and it works with the iPod fine (even though it is not the machine it syncs with). I'm afraid to upgrade because I need my tunes at work, really I do...
12" PB 867, G4 Giga D450, Indigo iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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