If you can't wait that long, there's Mediafour 's new software, Xplay, which was created to let Windows users use the iPod by letting them simply drag MP3 song files directly to the iPod from the desktop.
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Launched by BBK spin-off Vivo in Beijing just now, this 5.7-inch Xplay takes one step further from its smaller X1 and X1S cousins by packing one extra audio chip, the OPA2604 op amp from Texas Instruments, in order to add extra oomph to Cirrus Logic's CS4398 DAC and CS8422 stereo asynchronous sample-rate converter -- both of which are featured on the X1 series.