AA>> I read up on the iOS 5. I liked the sound of Wi-Fi sync
 AA> and PC AA> Free.

 AA>> But, apparently the new OS will only support the 3rd Gen
 AA> Touch AA> and later.  Mine is a 2nd Gen.

 AA> This process led me to "discover" Home Share from iTunes for
 AA> iPods.  I thought..  that would be nice to do on my iPod.  But
 AA> there again, I learned that it is only supported on 3rd Gen
 AA> iPods and up.  :(


I bit another bullet.

I decided to "upgrade" to a 3rd gen, 32gb.

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