Six Fresh Tips from iPod: the Missing Manual
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Cool Software for Even More iPod Fun

There's something about the iPod that inspires creativity on many levels. Plenty of software developers have risen to the challenge of making programs that make the iPod even more useful. Once of the best resources is the iPod software area of the iLounge site, where you can find all sorts of Podware. Other spots around the Web you may want to check out include:

Talking Panda Software. Want to learn how to speak traveler's French, teach yourself guitar chords, or store a reference library of 1,000 drink recipes—all on your iPod? Check out Talking Panda's stable of inexpensive iPod programs, specifically iLingo, iRocker, and iBar.

iPod Directions. This neighborly Web site uses Yahoo Local to download maps and driving instructions from Point A to Point B. Just add the downloaded files to your preferred Photos folder (Chapter 7 in the book explains how) and let iTunes sync the images to your iPod. You'll never have to ask strangers for directions again.

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes. Mac OS X folks who use AppleScript, Apple's built-in tool for automating certain tasks, will find more than 400 different scripts for managing iTunes and the iPod here.

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There's much, much more information in the book from which these tips came, iPod: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition. You can see the table of contents (PDF) and the entire Playlist chapter right now to get a sense of the colorful layout and ideas inside. It's time to get rolling with your new iPod. Ready?

J.D. Biersdorfer is the author of iPod: The Missing Manual and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book, and is co-author of The Internet: The Missing Manual and the second edition of Google: The Missing Manual. She has been writing the weekly computer Q&A column for the Circuits section of The New York Times since 1998.

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