> I wanted this so badly but if itunes REPLACES the original ability to
> play mp3's without restrictions I may no longer be interested :-(
> In dont like itunes. too proprietary.
Well, iTunes as a piece of commercial software is no more or less proprietary than any other piece of commercial software (such as Windows Media Player).
The only 'proprietary to Apple' elements of iTunes and the iTunes Music Store are the FairPlay DRM system and the Apple Lossless audio codec. Everything else, such as AAC, MP3, Audible, AIFF, WAV, H.264 etc. is either open licensed by Apple, or 3rd party proprietary and licensed by Apple.
In answer to your question, the iTunes Mobile software does support MP3.
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> I wanted this so badly but if itunes REPLACES the original ability to
> play mp3's without restrictions I may no longer be interested :-(
> In dont like itunes. too proprietary.
Well, iTunes as a piece of commercial software is no more or less proprietary than any other piece of commercial software (such as Windows Media Player).
The only 'proprietary to Apple' elements of iTunes and the iTunes Music Store are the FairPlay DRM system and the Apple Lossless audio codec. Everything else, such as AAC, MP3, Audible, AIFF, WAV, H.264 etc. is either open licensed by Apple, or 3rd party proprietary and licensed by Apple.
In answer to your question, the iTunes Mobile software does support MP3.