Syncing itunes to different ipods.

I am thinking about getting Iphone so I was wondering if I could sync my itunes music library to more then one ipod/iphone? I wasn't sure If you can do this or not. I had a lot bother moving my music from my mini to my classic the last time and ended with duplicate songs which I had to delete manually. So any help would be much appreciated.

april-x wrote:
I am thinking about getting Iphone so I was wondering if I could sync my itunes music library to more then one ipod/iphone?
Yes. When you connect the new device, iTunes will recognize that it is different. You can set the various sync controls separately for each device separately, and iTunes will honor them when each device is synced.
I sync two different iPods to the same library on a regular basis, and some folks (esp. families) use a lot more than two.

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