Just got an iPod Nano - have some questions

[leo77]

HI guys,

just go a nano for my b'day and wondered if you could give me some info.

First of, I love it, eventhough it took me 4 hours to overcome a do not disconnect screen (had to move to it to disk and format it using a the HP USB disk format tool - info found on the apple website) ...

anyway here are my questions:

- want to buy the an iPod for my other half and she will need a sport band - which one do you recommend (I read the reviews on the iLounge website) but wanted you personal views.

- is it possible to shuffle playlists rather than the songs or albums?

- i left the plastic film that comes with the nano to protect it. I also got a rubber / latex case from proporta - any other tips on maintenance / protection?

- I read somewhere that it's best to remove the iPod from the case when you charge the battery - to avoid it getting too warm (for the battery) - is that right?

- when my GF will have her own iPod, we will be using the same PC (yeah sorry Windows guy here ) but we've got different musical taste
- can we run two iPods on the same iTunes?
- how about the 'software updater' that comes with the iPod? it asked for my nano serial and presumably my GF serial will be different - could that be a problem?

- what's the point of putting linux on your iPod - if possible with the nano?

Thanks for your replies.

leo77