Itunes wont read my iphone but will read my ipod nano?

Neither me or my wife can get our iphones to show up on Itunes, but my ipod nano shows up just fine.  I went through all of the troubleshooting process and still nothing.  Can someone help, i have a 3gs and my wife a 3g.

I'm having the same problem. My iPod Classic syncs up with iTunes and charges fine, but when I plug in my wife's iPhone 3G (may be 3GS) it doesn't do anything; it doesn't charge, it doesn't mount, it doesn't show up anywhere. There's no response to either my iMac or her iPhone, as if it isn't plugged in at all.
I've tried different cords, different ports, restarted the computer, restarted the phone... ugh...
I'm using iTunes 10.4.1, Mac OS 10.6.8... I've gone through the Troubleshooting Assistant at http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/
The iPhone is charged... never had a problem before; synced it previously with no issues.

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