Playlist limitation?

In iTunes 7.0.x the nano sync shows a music list with all available playlists. If selected albums are checked, the transfer is quite easy. I today noticed this list is cut under the letters TO... so it seems the number of playlists shown here is limited. Since my library is rather big (more than 25000 files and some >1500 playlists) I am forced at this time to load the nano manually...

Hi mkummer!
As things stand, folks are reporting that playlists are limited to approx. 1100 currently.
We'll see what the future brings....
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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