I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SOUND QUALITY AND THE EXTRA EASY INSTRUCTIONS. I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE CHEAP PLASTIC BATTERY COVER THAT I NOW HAVE TO TAPE SHUT SINCE WEEK 6 OF BUYING IT. SHAME ON YOU SONY FOR TRYING TO SAVE A BUCK. FOR THAT YOU GET AN AVERAGE RATING, OTHERWISE EXCELLENT.

I may be "challenged" in this regard, but last year I bought an MP3 player and never could get it to work. Wound up selling it on ebay. Thus bruised, I stayed with my CD Walkman until now. Based on my faith in Sony, when I saw this player I decided to give digital another try and it is super!

### long battery life(AAA) it goes more than 50-70 hours. i have ipod and it dies easily b/c of battery it's small; its size is almost same as a lighter! if you know how to drag and drop files or folders, that's it; easy to use.. no other software is ...