I have a 2nd generation Nano & 5TH generation video iPod. Both work fine.

Apple is constantly tweaking it's iPod software, so if you have a set-up that works it's probably best to refuse all updates when you are connected to iTunes until someone else has confirmed that it works. The iPhone & I believe the iPod Touch both use an new OSX derived OS. Although the iPhone works fine on bluetooth I seem to recall it does not work for music (this is all based on what I recall from forum posts....so things may have changed!)

I suspect there will often be problems trying to hook the most recent iPod generation to a BMW software system that was probably set up months or perhaps even years before. Not sure how long it takes BMW to tweak their software to match up with Apple's tweaks.

Here is the current list of BMW tested iPods (from the BMW site). It has not been updated since March 07 so its one generation behind.

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