inputs.text: thinking mans mp3 player - wish [ ] available us easily europe sell well not sure deal smallest 20gb music player available one thing play music extremely well best feature no software required device shows removeable hard drive windows explorer computer similar mac drag drop put files want like flash drive player able play music files wav mp3 wmv fact doesnt even come software want use windows media player apple users itunes provided pluginokay software comes transfer files like sort thing one several unique features ability delete files device even copy files different folders move cutpaste screen bunch new music trip delete unwatned songs move keepers wherever want not modify music files put copy protection evil changes upon big screen size device size ratio almost big ipod screen 23 volume ipod pocketable shape screen not clear bright ipod monochrome aspect helps preserve battery lifeitll usually pocket screen displays actual song info ipod count count total song time file name id3 information artist song title album time progress bar screen packed info noncolor screen may seem like negative plus tiny devices battery life precious xs202s \\s\\ \\slim\\ sports liion battery way long battery life great navigation follows directory structure great sound no difference soundblaster live sound card except xs202s unbelievably virtually no selfnoise unlike soundblaster unlike ipod features usermodifiable eq setting livemodifiable real random play great resume feature easy fastscanfastfowardreverse songs cue review pretty bugfree firmware like players rare lockup especially turning song playing hold \\x\\ offbackleft button 15 seconds force shutdown doesnt whole bunch stupid features like photo viewing calendar crappyquirky video play plus experience getting dedicated device one thing extremely well better adding features usually harms intended funtion actually wish could see nonmusic files text files device edit rename files device though cool onscreen keyboard cons wish joypad buttons instead joystick needs nudged pushing \\in\\ joystick pauses song also functions \\ok\\ \\enter\\ pocket easy pause resume song easy sometimes accidentally paused bags im carrying swinging leg leaning bathroom sink counter flush button would superior remember no perfect music player closest thing firmware updates far upgradeonly no going back poor changelog history ie \\music interface reworked\\ current firmware random play option \\folder\\ \\all\\ choose \\folder\\ play songs root foldernot subfolders biggest complaint choose randomize songs get songs want randomize songs 4album anthology instance album subfolder no individual songs root anthology folder wont able randomize folder play anthology dont know addressed latest firmwarehavent updated yet want make sure ill prefer new interface really like old interface americans tech support amerianbased one guy spoke 3rd shift unhelpful didnt good phone manners didnt know product couldnt answer question didnt offer find answer asked didnt email info said would im sure didnt submit suggestion requested manager dinks like manning phone whats advantage american tech support dont know theyre paying wasnt anything knew couldnt find reading available documentation firmware development done usa sad theres no clear way actual customers feedback company email suggestion got no acknowledgement feedback not ipod reason go ipod put looks substance love big corporation able control modify disable even erase music files love forced use single bloaty proprietary moneymaking marketing software sole way make device function ipods thats rightif sync ipod another computer erase whatevers currently ipod mirror whatevers registered itunes new computer unfortunately archos isnt making 40gb version even though hard drive supplier reportedly makes 40gb version 20gb hard drive used one ive seen people speculating online selfupgrade im not risking not point anyway vast majority people wont 10gb legit cds anyway space left use huge flash drive transport files way ppl would need 20gb huge catalog either downloaded talk radio programs illegal songs also unfortunately currently arent many 60gb competitors ipod ones like apple force use evil proprietarycontrolling software transport songs onto device make playable usually cant copy music device back onto computer hard drive dies archos main exception videomultimedia players big xs202s isnt much bigger many larger flashmemory 2gb 5gb players much better display 35 23 size ipod solid feel much better reputation reliabilitylongevity