2gb ipod nano, songs

I have a 2 GB ipod nano and it says it can only fit 500 songs it. On the bottom of the itunes screen it says that the 2 GB isn't all filled up. Can I get more than 500 songs on it?

One way to work out how much you can get on the nano is to use a Smart Playlist:
I have a 4gb nano and set the playlist to have 'Limit to' 2900 MB selected by 'least often played'.
You can play around with the size 2900 MB until you exceed the capacity then you will get an idea of what will fit.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Colin R.

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