Leopard doesn't detect ipod touch

okay so i just updated to leopard on my mac mini today. i was satisfied with the upgrade and its very nice still. but than the bad part came. i plugged in my ipod touch to buy the january upgrade for that to. because I have just been updating it since than. Well i plugged in the ipod and it showed that it was charging... but thats it. does not open itunes. does not show up under my devices. does not even say on the ipod that i can disconnect or connect. It just charges. It is fully charged and still nothing... even when i disconnect the ipod, it does not say the little message saying (you hav disconnected the device improperly or something).
i was told that this is probably because i didn't update my ipod to the newest update. Would that be the case? or am i able to do something else to get it to detect on my computer.

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the reply.
OK, the absence of the touch's icon in Finder when the touch is connected to your Mac mini is normal because disk mode is not currently supported on the touch. The behavior you described in your initial posting here is to be expected.
However, the touch should display in iTunes.
Since the touch charges when connected, I think we can rule out the possibility that either the USB cable, touch's Dock connector, or Mac mini's USB port is defective (if any of those parts were defective, then your touch should not display that it is charged or charging).
Your postings indicate that you've got the latest version of iTunes.
Have you tried connecting your touch to another Mac that has the latest version of iTunes installed?
Do you live near an Apple Store where you could bring your touch and show the problem to a staff member at the Genius Bar?

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