Song track "last played" not updating

I just used my new 3G phone as an iPod today in an effort to become my primary Pod. Unfortunately it appears that the "last played" field is not registering at all. And star ratings appear to not be taking as well. Anyone else noticing this as a glitch, or is anyone else able to confirm they are not having a problem. Any feedback would be welcome. I like to keep track of my listening records for smart playlist use. Thanks.

I have done some testing and have found the logic that appears to be used for updating playcounts. All my playcounts now update with the 3G iPhone running 2.0 software (5A347). I did have an issue and in iTunes I did a full restore of my iPhone and that loaded a newer version of the firmware to my iPhone. Not sure if that matters for this.
First the logic of playcount syncing as I have come to understand it. If you have a smart playlist that will cause a track to fall out once it is played and the track was only copied to the iPhone because it is part of that smart playlist, it will not sync the playcount correctly.
Now for the simple fix to this issue. Create or alter the Recently Played playlist so it holds tracks that were played within the last X days. You want to set X to the longest time you plan to go without syncing your iPhone with iTunes but not too much longer, as it will decrease the available space for you to store auido you want on your iPhone. I set mine to 5 days. What this does is make the track relevant to the iPhone once it falls out of the initial smart playlist. If the track is 'relevant' then the playcount is synced correctly. Additionally, to minimize what is picked up in the iPhone Recently Played playlist you may want to set it to audio only if you do not want to track playcounts for video files or podcast only if you only care about updating playcounts on podcasts.
Hope this helps clear things up.

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