New 16GB iTouch - cannot manually drag/drop songs

I just purchased a new 16GB iTouch this past wkd from the Apple store. (As background I have previously owned the 1st generation and latest iPod nanos). After reading some of the posts, I decided not to upgrade the software to v3.0.
I connected the iTouch to my computer, and it is recognized by iTunes. I unchecked any related "automatically sync" features and made sure that "manual sync" was turned on. However, I still cannot seem to "drag and drop" songs from my Music Library to my iTouch; I also cannot "drag and drop" any of my playlists. I have not even tried to bother with my photos. Also, please note, my iTunes works just fine with both of my iPods.
Please help!!! Am I having this problem b/c I am not upgrading the iTouch software to the new version?

roaminggnome - thanks for your quick reply. Apologies, I should have been more specific in my post. So that my songs would not be automatically synched, I had previously checked the box under devices/my ipod/summary/manually manage music" - I also had done so for both of my old iPods.
I already downloaded the manual and read thru a bunch of older posts and I could not find any reference to this "drag/drop" issue.

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