Smart playlists on iPad?

Is it possible to make "smart playlists" or playlists with rules, for the ipad?
For instance, have a playlist that includes all songs rated 4 stars and higher, so when I rate a song it will be added to the playlist automatically?
I can do it in iTunes, but not on the iPad. Any way to do this, and have it only affect songs on the iPad (meaning if I have 20 songs in itunes rated ** or higher, and only 5 of them on the iPad, it only affects/copies the ones on the iPad, not all 20 in my itunes library)?

FBMike wrote:
Is it possible to make "smart playlists" or playlists with rules, for the ipad?
For instance, have a playlist that includes all songs rated 4 stars and higher, so when I rate a song it will be added to the playlist automatically?
I can do it in iTunes, but not on the iPad. Any way to do this, and have it only affect songs on the iPad (meaning if I have 20 songs in itunes rated ** or higher, and only 5 of them on the iPad, it only affects/copies the ones on the iPad, not all 20 in my itunes library)?
You can only do this in iTunes. I set up smart playlists specifically for the iPad with different genera of music, or "themes" or whatever strikes my fancy.
Then, in iTunes, just select those playlists to sync. You can deselect those that you don't want to sync.
Remember, the app that plays music is iPod, and it has worked one way since inception...play music, but let iTunes arrange it.

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