I have an ipod and love it, I wouldn't have bought one for myself but got it as a present! (Smart of Paul) I have the larger one, not the Nano, but if you want songa to play randomly, it does do that - and it's really random. I forgot that I have an MP3 of the time I was on the radio that loaded into iTunes, so I was really surprised to hear that one day instead of the "next song!"