 How To Manage Apple Devices Without iTunes ..

You must admit there is no device that meet standards of apple devices. There's no better alternative for ipod shuffle or nano till date.Only con of apple devices is that you couldn't use it without iTunes. However some people find iTunes clumsy. But with the help of some applications now you can manage your devices. Although there are plenty of them available on the web, these are some among them:
1. Media Monkey
2. IShuffle
3. Iphone explorer
MediaMonkey:Sync music and playlists to your iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android device, or most any other MP3 player, and let MediaMonkey convert unsupported formats and normalize volume levels on the fly.
iShuffle: With this application you could use your apple ipod almost like a USB memory stick
iPhone Explorer:iPhone Explorer lets you use an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad as if it were in disk mode or a flash drive. iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Mac & PC that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone as if it were a normal USB flash drive or pen drive. You can use the easy drag-and-drop methods to add or remove files and folders from the iPhone. Compatible with all iPhones and iPod Touches including the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4 firmware.
Though you could manage your apple devices with these you better use itunes to upgrade firmware and other operations like that.Have fun..