hey dnj, sorry m8, didnt mean to do that...when you transfer the file, and if you want to be able to tranfer it to the ipod, you must use itunes and convert it to the apple format AAC..your songsungblue.mp3 simply becomes songsungblue.aac thats it..i for one have had no problems at all with my ipod..reliable lots and lots of hours on one battery charge (which is the same for all gen2 and above products)itunes songs are so cheap compared to the other alternatives out here...hope that helps
dennis
oh and btw just a tip...if converting your own CD's just change the default 128kbps in itunes to the 192kbps..for some reason 192kbps is the REAL sweetspot for the aac format in conversions...doesn't matter much really for existing mp3's as the conversion does not improve or destroy the quality already in the file...ie converting an 128kbps mp3 to say a 192kbps aac file wont make it sound any better, just makes a bigger file!!!

[This message has been edited by miden (edited 03-26-2007).]