Voice Memo broken

Hi,
Voice Memo suddenly stopped working on my iPod Touch (running version 3.1.2). First, a long session I recorded yesterday would neither play on the iPod itself (producing just the spinning gear) nor synch to iTunes. And testing it just now, I noticed that new memos I recorded show up (the recording times show) but hitting play does nothing, and they do not show up in iTunes at all. (Recording does work on iTalk, which I'll use in the meantime.) I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Thank you.

The issue seems to have resolved itself. Please disregard my previous post. If I knew how to delete it, I would.
M

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