I-pod touch

[cigar no baka]

You need them in itunes before you can sync your ipod, however itunes plays more than jus AAC. It plays MP3, WAV, etc. No WMA/WMV since that's a microsoft format.

If you have all of that music on your computer, you can just point itunes to where it is located and it will all show up in your itunes library. Basically just File -> "Add folder to library"

Then itunes will take care of the rest, and everything will stay in MP3 format.

Personally I like itunes for organizing my music and whatnot. I was using it before I got my ipod a few years ago.

spiffy

Ok so itunes will still play songs in other formats even when add them to your itunes library? That's good to know, thanks.

[rollurown]

Agree with the others. Though the features of the iPod Touch seem to have some "wow", not sure they're worth the steep price the end. The whole proprietary format thing is also pretty unappealing. Interested to hear your experiences, and hope you like it.

[JFellows]

I bought my 30 gig Zune from woot.com brand new for $130 and I've never regretted it. I think Woot now has them for as little as $100.

[str8edg]

I don't have a Touch but I have played with a couple. My students have them and wanted me to import some music into them, the coolest was ripping movies for them. A whole movie was about 450ish MB I could not believe it.

As for importing songs I have used MediaMonkey in the past, it is not compatible with these newest generations of iPods but for the older ones it is great, no conversting at AAC, just drag MP3's.

The fact that Apple forces you to use itunes with the Touch is the reason that I have not bought one yet. I have seen generic MP3 players that look and feel the same as the Touch, they do look great.

[vinnieg24]

i got the ipod touch for xmas...i like it.. i had nano..i like this one a lot more

[cigar no baka]

Yep, only had mine for about one month now and I am loving it. My stepson and my nieces saw me using it on Christmas and they snatched it away; I had to gently remind them to return it as I was leaving my sisters house....

[bigtoys]

I love it, especially when you can find a free wi-fi network to get onto the 'net.

My only regret was that they came out with the 32GB one about a month after I got the 16.

I'm gonna get a Macbookair soon; hopefully I can wait until they come out with a 100 or 120GB model. Now they're 80. The mouse pad does a lot like the i touch.