Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes). It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Floola supports all most common used features including podcasts! Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.

Take a a look at what Floola has to offer:

• Cross plattform
• Completely Portable
• Copy songs to and from iPod
• Manage, import and export playlists
• Support for Last.fm
• Support for podcasts
• Available in different languages
• Lyric support even on older iPods (3G and above)
• Search for duplicates
• Search lost files
• Add artwork to your songs easily
• Videos can be added to iPod
• Export iPod contents to HTML lists
• Manage notes
• Play iPod's music

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Put control of the iPod back in your hands with the ultimate iPod companion. iPodRip supports recovering your songs and playlists, playback of audio files and much more.

Features:

• Supports any file the iPod does
• Recover Songs - recovers all songs, meta data and associated playlists to iTunes
• Reconstructs your playlists in iTunes based on the songs already in iTunes
• Stand alone jukebox with menubar controls and song information
• iTunes integration when importing songs and playlists
• Supports iTunes song information, including ratings, play count, last played and others
• SmartSync - rules based importing of songs
• View & copy playlists
• Drag & drop support
• iTunes style browser
• Undo support
• Print, HTML and XML support
• iTunes like floating window
• Complete documentation

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Unlike other iPod software to copy songs off the iPod, iPod.iTunes checks which tracks and playlists on the iPod are not in the iTunes music library and only adds those seamlessly to the iTunes library, avoiding duplicates, saving your time. Beside playlists, iPod.iTunes can also transfer song dependend data like "My Rating", "Last Played", "Play Count", album artwork, etc...

• Simple one click synchronization (Screenshot)
• Option to choose tracks manually if you don't want to synchronize them all. You can listen to tracks before you choose to transfer them.
• Tracks and playlist entries can be synchronized together or separately. If the tracks on the iPod are already in the iTunes library and you only want the iPod playlists, you can use the playlist synchronization alone.
• With every track synchronization iPod.iTunes creates a date&time stamped playlist in iTunes containing the tracks which were transferred. This gives the option to easily add those tracks to existing playlists or to create new playlists from the transferred tracks.
• Support for the iPod's "On The Go" playlist.
• Copies by default seamlessly to the iTunes music folder and creates a folder structure based on artist/album, as in iTunes (with options).
• File naming based on track number and track name, as in iTunes.
• File formats: MP3, AAC/MP4, Protected AAC (iTunes Music Store), Audible audio books, Podcasts, Apple Lossless.
• Support for Windows-formatted iPods.
• iPod.iTunes can run directly from the iPod, so it's always there when you need it.
• Registration is independent of the computer. You can just connect your iPod to any Mac without registering every machine.

iPod.iTunes can be used to:

• Keep music and playlists on different Macs up to date
• Do a full restore of tracks and playlists - i.e. after a hard disk failure or if you buy a new Mac
• Revert accident deletion of tracks and/or playlists in iTunes, if these are still on your iPod
• Clone an iPod
• Transfer an entire music library from one Mac to another via the iPod

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iGadget allows you to realize the full potential of your iPod. With iGadget, you'll be able to transform your iPod into much more than a simple music player. Here are the features you'll get with the purchase of iGadget:

Songs and Playlists

Transfer songs and playlists from your iPod to your computer and/or into iTunes while preserving play counts, user ratings and last played dates

Driving Directions

Never get lost again! Put driving directions right onto your iPod

Outlook

Get rid of your PDA and put all your Microsoft Outlook data onto it including email, appointments, contacts, tasks and notes

Weather Forecasts

Never get caught without your raincoat by keeping your local weather forecasts on your iPod

Movie Showtimes

Get the movie showtimes for your local theaters stored onto your iPod

RSS News Feeds

Get the latest news headlines on your iPod for reading at your leisure

Backup

Backup any set of files and/or folders from your computer onto your iPod for safe keeping

Daily Horoscope

Get your daily horoscope readings on your iPod

Music Listings

Create listings of the music on your iPod in various formats (HTML, CSV, plain text). This could then be used to post on a website or to print out a listing of all your songs

Library

Keep a library of text files on your iPod for reading on-the-go - these could be e-books, recipes, bible verses, anything

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Have you ever wanted to keep a video you find on the web and play it on your iPod?

If so, you'll enjoy Cosmopod. This effective little plugin lets you download and convert web videos in seconds. The addon supports all sorts of web formats, including FLV and Divx and can convert them into high quality iPod-ready videos thanks to H.264 and MPEG4 encoding. You can even drag and drop videos from your Mac and convert them with Cosmopod.

The plugin features an embedded player, so you can preview your encoded video and make sure it's what you want and that the quality is OK. Although it's a shame that Cosmopod only works with Safari, the plugin integrates perfectly with the Apple browser, thanks to a cleverly designed interface. You can also activate Growl support to get notified when conversions are finished.

Cosmopod is a little Safari plugin that will allow you to download any encode any web video to an iPod ready format.

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You've got that shiny new iPod and you've got it packed with your favorite music. But you may want to transfer songs back from your iPod to your Mac. Obviously if you just work with iTunes you will not be able to do so. Senuti provides an easy solution for you.

Fitted with a simple interface, Senuti lists all the songs and playlists in your connected iPod. You can search through them and sort your songs. Senuti can automatically add songs to your iTunes library or you can decide which folder they go into. If you are worried about duplicates, you'll be glad to know Senuti display a little blue dot next to every song you already have in your library. Senuti can transfer your playlists and save your metadata.

The application has been in beta for a while now, which unfortunately still means you'll get the odd bug here and there. Apart from this though, the transfer process is seamless.

Senuti offers a great way of transfering songs and playlists from your iPod to your Mac.

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When transferring files to and from your iPod or iPhone, iTunes is generally the application of choice, as it's where all your media is stored and the interface makes it easy to work with your devices.

Xilisoft iPod Rip aims to be the intermediary between iTunes and the mobile devices in a simple interface, which basic users will enjoy. As soon as you start up the program, all you need to do is connect your iPhone or iPod. You can then choose whether to add files to your device, export files or send them directly to iTunes. Everything is carried out via the program's interface and is very easy for anyone to work with.

Obviously the process can take a bit of time if you are trying to transfer large amounts of files. During that time, it's best to avoid using iTunes and go off and do something else until the whole process is finished.

Xilisoft iPod Rip provides is an easy step-b- step way of transferring files to and from your iPod or iPhone. Recommended for basic users.

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You'll probably think: oh no, yet another iTunes desktop player! It's true that the Mac nowhere short of this type of application, with each one more or less resembling the other. So what would make you go for X-Tunes.

For one, the interface is fairly sleek and discreet. It's unobtrusive and easy bring up thanks to a key combination. You can also tweak the opacity and fading delay. I also like the fact that it is only a preference pane item, so you have a proper menu from where you can adjust the setitngs. It's a shame that unlike many other iTunes desktop player, this one doesn't appear in your menu bar.

Although the player is fairly basic and will show only the typical play buttons, the fact that it's GPL means that adventurous programmers out there can play around with it and create something a little more original.

Still, X-Tunes remains an unobtrusive desktop player for iTunes with good keyboard controls.

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Judging from all the third party programs that let you show your iTunes track info on your desktop it seems this is the only feature missing from Apple's media player.

OnDeck, another such program, displays your track info and album art in a dark semi transparent window, which can be resized. If you have Growl installed, OnDeck can notify you via a mini pop up every time a new track is being played.

If you feel like sharing your listening habits online you can publish them to the web, either via FTP or by using Audioscrobbler. This option is much more easy to adjust than the display settings, which we found rather unintuitive. Theoretically you could customize what information shows up in the OnDeck window, however the app doesn't provide you with the elements to select (like album, artist, rating...). If you want to customize the info display you'll have to more or less guess what you want to show.

This and the fact that the app has been discontinued for a while now, do not make it the most attractive iTunes info displayer. We suggest trying out CoverSutra instead.

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Sometimes, the most popular apps are not always the best choice. For instance iTunes, which may be too big a download for someone who just wants to manage the songs stored in their iPod. If this is your case, take a look at this little app.

Its name is Yamipod, an acronym that summarizes this program’s main function perfectly well: Yet Another Manager for iPod. That’s it. Without even needing to install it on your system, Yamipod will take care of your iPod content management, providing you with a clean interface and simple, easy-to-use tools.

Once you copy the program to your PC, you can run it straight away, although it won’t really work until you plug in your iPod. Yamipod will then scan its contents and list all your MP3 folders and files on its interface. Also, the program does not launch automatically when you connect the iPod to your PC, which may be a nuisance for some but certainly a relief for others. I prefer to take control over when and why my software starts up.

Yamipod’s simple interface displays a list with all the songs stored in the iPod and allows you to perform different managing tasks. For instance, you can browse through your music by artist or album, check the playlists you’ve created or view extended information about each song. You can even listen to music with the built-in player. However, we should note that we had some problems testing this as the player didn’t seem to work properly.

Perhaps the most interesting function is the possibility to copy both MP3 and AAC files to and from the iPod, which makes it very easy to update your music library. If you want to copy music to your PC from the iPod, select the songs and click on the “Copy song to...” option in the context menu. To copy them back to the iPod, just drag and drop the files from the Windows Explorer onto the program’s interface.

Finally, another very interesting tool is the “Remove duplicates” utility. No matter how careful you are, you’ll end up having duplicate songs in your iPod, especially if it’s a large one. Yamipod will find them by comparing ID tag data and file sizes, showing a list of possible candidates before actually deleting them.

Yamipod is certainly no serious competition for iTunes but still, it’s a very interesting option for those of us who own an iPod and need a simple, neat and easy-to-use file manager.

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Have a DVD that you'd like to enjoy on your iPod? Don't worry you can easily extract the video and have it encoded to an iPod-friendly format in no time.

Xilisoft DVD to iPod Converter is an easy to use program, with a very simple interface which will allow you to rip your DVD and convert the video to the best format for your type of iPod.

The application offers two modes, general and advance. In general, thanks to three drop down menus you can quickly choose what iPod model to prepare your video for, the video and audio rate. As you will see, the majority of these are in MP4. We were a little bit disappointed with the advance mode, which lets you enter your own setting, however lacks any sort of choice. Similarly, it's nice to have a preview, but the one in the application is simply to small to really serve any purpose.

Xilisoft DVD to iPod Converter takes a little bit of time to install and you will have to choose between PPC and Intel versions, as the application is not universal.

Despite some limitations, Xilisoft DVD to iPod Converter is a good program to quickly rip a DVD and convert the video to the best format for your type of iPod.

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One of the functions I tend to overlook when using iTunes is star rating songs. I think I really should though, because it really helps when creating smart playlists or looking for songs.

Funes is a little menu bar item, which lets you add star rating in seconds. When a song is playing in iTunes just click on the Funes icon in the menu bar, then select the number of stars you want to give it. Easy as that.

Funes is still in development and you could encounter some issues with it, although we personally didn't when testing it. It takes up little space and is a nice application to have if your menu bar is not too crowded and if like me, you tend to forget to rate songs in iTunes.

Although it's basic limited to one task, giving a star rating to iTunes tracks, Funes is a handy little menu bar item. Give it a try and finally get all your iTunes songs rated.

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Misu is what you need if you're tired of having to open up iTunes to exchange music between two iPods.

The nifty little program allows two iPods to connect to each other and merges their music collections. Any song that you don't have from the other iPod will be added to yours. The program is also very easy to use. Connect both iPods via the USB entries in your Mac, launch Misu, press 'Transfer', and let it take care of the rest. The process can take a little while if your exchanging a large number of tracks.

Obviously it would have been nice to be able to browse through the other iPod's library and select only the songs you wish to transfer, but it's still not a bad thing being able to exchange music in one go. The application is also fairly stable and requires little knowledge to run.

Misu is the perfect program to exchange music between two iPods. It will merge both iPod libraries in one go.

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Here is the thing: you just got a new iPod and you want to watch some videos on it. You can transfer video podcasts or buy videos from the iTunes store. You can also use a tool like iSquint to convert any video you have to play on your iPod.

The small and modest application actually works quite well. You can choose to optimize for TV or iPod and use H.264 encoding for better quality. One of the most handy features is actually being able to add your converted videos to iTunes, making converting and transferring to your iPod a linear process. Most users will probably use the slider to set image quality, however brasher users will dig in the advanced features, which allow you to crop your video, set framerate, bitrate, width and height.

The thing I really hate about iSquint though is the nag screens encouraging you to switch to the developer's other shareware solution VisualHub. You'll be notified every time you launch iSquint and every time you finish a conversion, and naturally there's no way of getting rid of it. The other major drawback is the volatile audio quality when it comes down to conversion. You might need a few tries before you get a video with proper image and audio quality.

Overall though, iSquint is a good free tool to quickly convert videos to the iPod format and save them in your iTunes library.

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iPod Access Photo will allow you to transfer photos from your iPod onto your Mac.

Whatever type of iPod you might be using, whether it be Classic, Video, Nano or Touch, the application will handle it. The latest version even works with the iPhone. iPod Access Photo reads the ithmb thumbnail files stored on your iPod making it much easier to browse through pictures and select the ones you want.

You can browse photos by albums and the application includes a preview window for you to check your snaps. iPod Access Photo lets you transfer photos one by one or you can simply check all the pictures you want and batch import them at once. iPod Access Photo also thankfully allows you to override photo names and set the ones you want.

The only downside is probably the jpeg save quality slide bar found in preferences. This tool feels a bit imprecise to work properly. However, most of the times, you probably will prefer not to touch the quality of your photos.

iPod Access Photo is a very useful tool to browse through photos on your iPod or iPhone and transfer them to your Mac.

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Download the picture of the day from your choice of three sites: National Geographic, Astronomy and Earth Science.

Features:

• Set your desktop picture to one of the downloaded photos
• Schedule downloads to update automatically
• Change the desktop picture periodically
• Download photos of the day for any selected date
• Mini view to free up desktop space
• Picture Browser & Viewer to scan through all downloads
• Themes allow you to select a color scheme or design your own

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Unlike almost all the other iPod applications on the market today iPod Access utilizes the iPods internal database to display song information. By using the database song listings can be displayed instantly, playlist data can be viewed, and songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store can be displayed properly. Most other applications must fetch song data from each song individually, making them extremely slow and incompatible with file formats other than regular MP3s.

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iFill streams mp3 files from thousands of free radio stations directly to your iPod. You can choose several stations at once and select from many different genres. And since iFill goes directly to your iPod, it won't clutter up your hard drive with extra files.

iFill is a great fit for your active lifestyle. With iFill, you can go to bed while charging your iPod, and wake up to an iPod full of new music, ready to go jogging with you, and without having to search through your record collection, browse the iTunes Store, or rip any CDs.

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I've personally been addicted to last.fm since it was launched on the net and like how easy it is to discover new music and similar artists. Usually I let last.fm scrobble my iTunes to let other users know what I'm listening. The scrobble feature in last.fm is pretty straightforward but somewhat limited. For one, it doesn't work with an iPod.

Scrobblepod is the first application I've come across that offers extensive scrobbling features. It scrobbles your iTunes library, last.fm and your iPod if you connect it to your Mac. I like how it's easily accesible from the menu bar. It can automatically disable scrobbling of iTunes if you've been inactive for a few minutes. Scrobblepod also lets you connect to last.fm by entering your username and password. This feature did not work correctly when we tested it and we could not connect. Let's hope that once Scrobblepod is out of beta this will be fixed.

Overall, Scrobblepod is a complete application for any scrobbling last.fm addict.

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PodAide brings the world of web services to your iPod. iPod does more than audio, video and pictures. PodAide leverages the Notes feature in iPod to let you read content offline and take it with you on the go.

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