I have had this product for about five months. I am using it constantly (unlike my ipod). It is very compact - you can take it anywhere. It withstood some moderate abuse. Mostly, I listen to the radio and books on CD that I download from the public library. I was not able to do this with my ipod because of digital rights management. If you need to use this product to transfer data between computers, simply re-name the file as mp3 (or similar). Not sure about the actual battery life, but there are no issues. Both 1.5 V Alcaline and 1.2 V NiMh work fine. Unbelievable functionality to price ratio. It does not look or act cheap even though it is inexpensive.

I purchased this for my 13 year old son for Christmas this year. He can be very hard on things and I was looking for a "starter" player for him. He thought it was fine when he received it... but he lost it in early April when he was snow shoveling. Last week, he found it a few blocks away in a yard. It had been outside all that time(through rain storms and cold)and the thing STILL WORKS! All it needed was a new battery. Amazing!

I love this little guy! Its easy to use, has great sound, & i've had since christmas & use it every single day, nothing has broke & i've had no problems at all with it. I bought this as an alternative to spending so much for the I-pod, & i am so glad that i did! I have over 500 songs at any given time & when i tire of those it's easy to dump those & put on a new playlist, so for this price it's been more than worth it.

This MP3 player was a very good price/performance choice. My platform of choice for loading it is my Ubuntu Linux desktop, but it worked equally well from Windows. At 2Gb, it held all my current podcasts plus a couple of audio books.

Unfortunately, one month past the warranty expiration, the device expired. It will no longer boot, nor does it turn on when plugged in to a USB port.

I liked this MP3 player for its sleek look and it was really easy to load with music and even to add more music to it.