iTunes is a fine media player and media manager, though for me, the Windows version feels sluggish and bloated. I wish I didn't have to use it to manage the mp3 collection on my iPod nano [ipodnanoreviews, nano2bass, ipodnanomachrone, nano2greviews]. I've tried XPlay and Anapod Explorer, but found both to be a bit clumsy, and in some cases glitchy. And they both required a full installation on my Windows machine.
Luckily, there is SharePod. SharePod is a tiny and efficient app that handles all of the basic tasks you'd want to handle with your iPod… without needing iTunes.
And best of all, the app is so tiny, you can actually run it from the iPod itself! It's a brilliant solution. You simply enable your iPod for "disk use", which lets Windows see it as a regular portable disk. Then copy the SharePod software to the iPod. From that point on, whenever you plug your iPod in to any computer, you can just open the iPod "disk" and run SharePod.
SharePod is a really elegant solution to media management for iPods. I'll be donating a few bucks to the author so I can get the source code and tweak it a bit. Highly recommended!
