Floola iPod Manager

Floola iPod Manager

Rohan Naravane, Apr 27, 2008 1103 hrs IST

Love your iPod but hate iTunes? Enter Floola!

Portable (runs off the iPod), copies media to and from an iPod, converts videos to iPod-friendly format, Mac and Linux versions also available

Unstable at times, Slower data transfer rates

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Most of us love the iPod; it is a good marriage of style, good sound, and simple interface. And while we love those aspects of this marriage, we hate the pesky mother-in-law that's shoved along: iTunes! This media management software doesn't copy music from an iPod to a PC. It also limits you from transferring music between your iPod and different sets of computers.And it's a bit heavy on system resources.

In order to get rid of this problem, there have been a couple of third-party applications that we've covered in the past. However, there wasn't an app that encompassed it all such that one could lay iTunes forever to rest (OK, maybe not forever, since I'll still need the darn thing to update the firmware).

Today I'm reviewing a nifty little app called Floola. Is it the perfect iTunes alternative?

Installation and Interface

The installation itself is the best part about Floola. There's none! The thing being a portable application, you just need to download the executable file (5.4 MB) and copy-paste it to the iPod root folder (via My Computer). You can now take the app anywhere along with your iPod, so transferring data from multiple computers becomes simple.

The first time you start Floola, it will ask you to select the kind of iPod you have. Do note that this application, like every other third-party one out there, does not support the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Supported iPods are all generations of the iPod Shuffle, Mini, nano, and Classic.


After that, you are presented with the main screen. It categorizes the media in a manner similar to that of the iPod's user interface.


It's pretty straightforward, and you can play songs from your iPod directly as well



The search box below lets you instantly search your iPod for media


Overall, the interface isn't "dead simple." I had to find my way around it for some time -- but it can be easily mastered.

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hallo, am usin mto yuva W270 with the OS mac am not able to connect it to the usb port imean its not detecting plz help me out

by nishitha, hyderabad, on Oct 08, 2008 09:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

it maybe true that Floola is good..but i personally feel that itunes aint that bad, at first it feels a bit difficult to use but once you get used to it its just awesome..the features are also good like cover flow and all and smart playlists...i wud give itunes a big thumbs up....

by d_avenger, Mumbai, on May 10, 2008 07:17 PM, Report abuse   Reply

i like ipod

by raajaraman, chennai, on Apr 28, 2008 01:42 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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