Music last played/last skipped data rarely syncs

After playing music on my iPhone all day, when I got home, the Last Played data for only 3 of the songs was updated. This stinks because I have a smart playlist that is based on songs I haven't listened to or skipped in 30 days, but thay playlist stays the same because even after I play those songs, they rarely get updated.
Searching the site and the internet, I see this has been an issue dating as far back as 2008. It is 2011 now. Is Apple going to make the iPhone iTunes app work with iTunes libraries such that last played/last skipped data is reliably synced? Is there a workaround in place?

See this thread. You're not alone.
I agree it's very annoying:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2668357?start=30&tstart=0
Join in over there. Lets make some noise to get this thing fixed ASAP.
Phil

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Music last played/last skipped data rarely syncs

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