I got an IPod for Christmas and it's taken a while to figure out what to do with it.  I'm not a techie.  I have to figure out computers and such using trial and error. 
Anyway, I'm not doing tunes.  I'm listening to books that are downloaded from the library.  My sister and I both are addicted to this new activity.
I used to try and read at stoplights but could never do more than a couple of paragraphs.  Then I started listening to CDs.  No constant glancing up at the light to be sure I didn't hold up traffic.  My book played on and on.  Then when I got home, I sometimes had to bring it in to keep listening.  :)
The IPod is great because I don't have to change discs.  It does the work for me. 
Of course my sister has an IPhone and now I'm thinking I should have gotten an IPhone instead of an IPod. 
Technology -- don't you love it?