Who has an iPod Shuffle ?

[Moonpie2]

Can someone please answer the following questions as I hear a lot of good and bad about iPods.
Specifically, I need Shuffle answers as I might get one for the gf's birthday

1) Do they actually play MP3s or is it Apple's own format ?
2) Can you use MP3s that you've ripped off CD using a different program (eg.Audiograbber) ?
3) Do you have to put songs on it using its own program or does it appear as a hard drive and you drag and drop ?
4) Are they actually any good ?

Umm.... that's it I think...

 

[Moonpie2]

Whoops

I've thought of another question too since people are falling over themselves to answer.
Can you choose the MP3s you want to put on it and then it plays them in a random order OR when you plug it in, does it decide what songs you can have ?

 

[Moonpie2]

Hmmm....
Seems like its not too shabby then I guess.

Might invest in one of those bad boys (for her)