Why does my iMac not recognize my iPod nano?

I recently purchased an iPod nano, with the touch screen, for my wife. Obviously she wanted to immediately connect it to our iMac 27" and transfer her music files. But the iMac does not recognize the iPod, whatever we try. It does not turn up in iTunes, the Finder or System report, and it does not charge. The really strange thing is that the computer has no problems with my HTC Wildfire, running Android. It also has no problems with flashdrives, our portable hard drive or printer. Only the iPod. So much for the "Im a mac and I always work.. diddely."
I have tried the following:
Reset the iPod nano by holding the power button until the grey apple appeares
Restore the iPod nano from a PC running Windows XP (Which had no problems recognizing the device by the way)
Tried to connect with two different cables (Wich again both worked well with on the PC)
Updated iTunes to the newest version
Ugraded from Snow to Lion
Reset PRAM, NVRAM and SMC
Shouting
None of those has made any difference. What should I do next?
My Mac is a iMac 27", produced in 2009, 3,06 GHz Intel core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Ram S/N: W80031TH5PE. Running MacOS X 10.7.2
The iPod is a nano, latest generation with the touch screen, Model no: A1366 EMC No: 2385. S/N: DCYFX08WDDW2

Reformatting will wipe out everything you synced to it. Check out the iPod nano (6th generation) - User Guide for reformatting instructions and other troubleshooting suggestions if you have not already done so.
Suggest that you do a search through Knowledge Base
Read the postings listed in the "More Like This" column over here: ---------------->
If you are still having problems after doing the above and in view of Apple Stores not replacing and/or charging you for repairs, strongly suggest that you call Apple Customer Relations @ 1-800-767-2775. Explain to them exactly what you stated in your postings.
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