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 REVIEW XPlay 2
XPLAY 2, Mediafour
Apple's excellent iTunes capably syncs iPods with Windows 2000 and XP computers, but XPlay -- once one of the only ways to use an iPod in Windows -- can fill in some blanks in Apple's software. For starters, it lets users of Windows 98 Second Edition or Millennium Edition (still unsupported by iTunes) share in the iPod's MP3 goodness. XPlay also allows people who own Mac-formatted iPods to use them in Windows as well. With XPlay, those iPods show up on a Windows desktop as a removable hard drive, allowing easy transfers of contacts, calendar items and notes (all of which can be browsed on the iPod) and any files you're moving between Mac and Windows computers. If you don't care for iTunes -- or use Win 98 or ME and can't install it -- XPlay adds its own music management controls to the Windows desktop. Beyond the usual music file controls, XPlay adds two features absent in iTunes: It lets you copy music from an iPod to your hard drive and share a connected iPod's songs over your home network. A free, 15-day trial download lets you test these features.
-- Daniel Greenberg
Win 98 SE or newer, $30 at www.media4.com
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