"The ipod "ipod" cannot be updated because ......

I am unable to update my ipod nano and get the message "The ipod "ipod" cannot be updated because there is not enough free space to hold all of the songs in the selected playlists." Huh? I have the 4GB nano and currently have 3.55GB used and 181MB free. There are 982 songs (3.8GB) in my "ipod selection." I have no idea why the nano will not update - I recently downloaded the latest update for ipod/itunes on 3/1/06. Can anyone help with this? I have no other playlists checked to update in preferences and cannot figure this out. Very frustrating.
Jeff
Washington state, USA

Hey Apple: why
does it say 4GB if it's only 3.7 ?
Answered in this section in the link I posted: One more thing about iPod disk size.
All computers are sized this way.
Regards,
Colin R.

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