Moving playlist between Ipods

Hello,
I have a Ipod Photo 30gb... I just purchased a Nano 2gb. Is there a way that I can transfer the playlists that are my Ipod Photo to my Nano?
How would I move the playlists from one Ipod to another?
Thanks in advance.
Frank
Windows XP

You can't move songs or playlists directly from one iPod to another. However you can move them from the first iPod back into iTunes and then update the new iPod from there. If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. This is just a selection, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
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iGadget Windows Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
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iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
TuneJack Windows Only
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