I-Pod vs. MP3?

I am under the impression that a iPod has to have a subscription to itunes to download songs. Songs cannot be downloaded straight from your computer. A regular MP3 will take any song download straight from computers. Am I right?.... Why bother with a iPod then?... Why not simply get MP3 recorder?

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You don't need a subscription, but you do need to install the free iTunes software.You can then import regular MP3s and audio CDs into iTunes.

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ipod definatly i have a nano and i love it and yah you do have to have itunes but if you use a different site you can get all the free music you want its awsome
You are wrong. You can get any song onto an iPod, but you DO have to have iTunes. There is no subscription, you just create a library for your iPod, and import the songs you want into iTunes, then onto your iPod. It's easier to do it with other MP3 players than it is with an iPod, why iPod though? Advertising and marketing, they did an amazing job. I've heard stories of kids getting MP3 players that were better then iPods, but refused to use them out in public or at school because it wasn't an iPod. It's sad, but true.
Actually an I-POD uses MP3s. You need you use the program itune in order to put songs on the IPOD but it uses mp3 files from your computer. If you have MP3s downloaded they will work ony our IPOD. IPODS are a league apove all other mp3 players.
iPods will rule the world! no really, iPods are much better
You don't even need ITunes to transfer songs if you know what you're doing. Because IPODS are so popular, there's tons of hacks out there for them.