I dunno about debit cards. Do you buy much online music? I barely do; I like to hold CD booklets in my hands. Also, I get a *lot* of my music from blogs and whatnot, and all you have to do there is save the song to your desktop, then move it into iTunes The Program so you can load the iPod. iTunes The Store also does have free "single of the week" offerings, too, in all different genres, but I forget to go get them. I think I used iTunes for a full year before I ever bought anything from the Store. I don't like the store too much. On a PC you can also convert any WMA files you might have in iTunes so you can get them on your iPod. For CDs, you just pop them in your computer and import them into iTunes. Easy-peasy. However, I still think Microsoft ought to give you a new Zune, since it was their fault your old one died. This is their chance to build customer retention and goodwill in the Zune vs iPod war; they need to not blow it.
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Also, I get a *lot* of my music from blogs and whatnot, and all you have to do there is save the song to your desktop, then move it into iTunes The Program so you can load the iPod. iTunes The Store also does have free "single of the week" offerings, too, in all different genres, but I forget to go get them. I think I used iTunes for a full year before I ever bought anything from the Store. I don't like the store too much.
On a PC you can also convert any WMA files you might have in iTunes so you can get them on your iPod.
For CDs, you just pop them in your computer and import them into iTunes. Easy-peasy.
However, I still think Microsoft ought to give you a new Zune, since it was their fault your old one died. This is their chance to build customer retention and goodwill in the Zune vs iPod war; they need to not blow it.