Drag n Drop Songs to an Ipod

I am figuring if I wan to get an iPod and I need to confirm this once and for all with people who own iPods.

When you wan to transfer songs to your iPod to listen to, can you just plug the iPod to your PC, and drag-drop mp3s into it?

Or do u HAVE to use iTunes to tranfer the music?

In theory at least, you can manage your iPod tags reasonably without iTunes.  I use a nice little program called ID3TagIt to keep my shit in order--genres, etc.  Then I can use WinAmp or whatever to transfer them.

Whatever, it's not that bad.  Despite the fact that 9/10 mp3 players nowadays trump the iPod's feature set, Apple will be sure to add these features slowly one by one in newer, more expensive iterations which many people will surely purchase--despite the fact that they already own 2 or 3 older iPods.  Wheee.  Hey, at least we look hyper cool and trendy with our shiny white bricks hanging off our belts.