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that 1/8" is an out... not an in... also, the sport ipod is the ipod shuffle... -- also, i would venture to think the idea of radio on an mp3 player is kinda overkill... i mean, i use my mp3 player in my car so i don't have to listen to my radio... (but then again i do like some talk radio so it depends really) -- finally (i promise ill stop posting after this one...) the way you can use ITMS songs on a different player is by burning them to CD and ripping them off the cd... redundant? yes. but it works... and the AAC format is probably the best format out there as far a digital rights management goes. (i know mp3 and ogg are great, but the idea of the music stores is to get people to actually buy the music, i know it would be nice if musicians can trust people on a promise and a prayer but they can't, thats why napster took off.) now don't get me wrong, i have just as much downloaded music as the next guy, but i am also (as you might have guessed) a musician, therefore i believe that SOME musicians deserve to be paid for what they do... therefore i totally support the AAC format.

there is only one lacking feature that prevents me from getting an ipod to replace my MD player.... 1/4" input. I want to be able to use this thing as a sampler. Thats all... It would be the best tool ever invented for a musician if it just had some way to get a 1/4" input into it. Think about it, all you would need is a small mixing board and voila, you have a portable studio!! It would be perfect. If recording wasn't your thing, you could just hook a mic up to it and take samples, or record dialogue (if your a student film maker) -- I know belkin makes that little mic, but it would be a joke to use it for anything other than recording lectures or interviews. My ideal would be either balanced TRS 1/4" or XLR jack... Though I would be more than happy with a simple 1/4" jack! Please, if someone knows anyone who works for apple or belkin or something, tell them to make this... The pro audio guys would eat it up! ...that and an adjustable eq. an adjustable eq would be neat too.