whats the best ipod device that

[billb]

stores sound files as mp3's rather than anything weird and that will work as a memory card does so you plug it into usb and you can drag and drop music files without the need for itunes or any installation etc?

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[ThePassenger]

One of the Creative's? I think a lot of them do drag n' drop.

Depending how dumb the player is using it as a storeage area might require you setting a folder to hidden or parking it out the way... REALLY dumb players have been seen trying to play xxxxxx.exe

[PJR]

For the record. An iPod will do all that. iTunes by default is set to use AAC files, but MP3's are fine too.
And you don't have to use iTunes with them if you don't want. Especially on a PC I believe.

P,

[rebelstar]

I bought a TrekStor Vibez this week. Teeny 12Gb hard disk, plays MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC plus probably some others. Just plug it in and it appears as an external USB drive. Free from iTunes at last

[sadako]

The creatives need an app installed to let the drag and drop work. For an Apple Ipod, put Yamipod on the thing and you can use that to copy music to and from it without needing itunes. Yamipod runs from an executable you copy over so you don't need to install anything.

Edited by sadako on Friday 25th May 23:08

[ThePassenger]

OT I know, but why does everyone complain about iTunes? I've used successive versions of it from v4 or v5? Never had any issues with it.

[rebelstar]

For a start, it doesn't run too well on my Linux box, where I keep all of my music. Since I've already got everything organised by artist/album I would much rather copy the files straight to the device from whatever O/S I prefer. And of course, copy them off again (using my mp3 player as an emergency hard disk for passing - legitimate - files to colleagues).