Smart Playlists on Ipod Touch 4g

Hi everyone,
I have been reading several posts about the ordeal that users are living with SP on the ipod touch.
I have recently bought a new Ipod touch 64GB 4G, and the playlist that I use to listen to musing normally is completely broken and would not update as it does on the Ipod classic that I own.
I have seen that a SP that refers to another SP, or even limiting the number of songs seems to nullify the Auto Update feature.
I was wondering if someone managed to find a solution, or if the latest Itunes (10.1) managed to solve problems.
Thanks a lot for the help, this issue is seriously worsening my Ipod experience...

noone can help on this issue? Sorry to bump the message, but it's really annoying what is happening to the newer Ipods (the Classic auto updates when the playlist is finished at least), the 4g touch keeps the same songs...

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