I bought this phone after reading so many positive reviews, but I must say that I think them based on very low expectations! The Walkman function is supposedly the selling point of this phone, and given Sony's pedigree in this regard one might expect it to excel. However, after having enjoyed the usability of an ipod for so many years, I was rather shocked by the lack of usability here. Perhaps the worst thing about this phone (so bad because it is so basic) is that it will not list MP3s as albums. If like me you have a lot of compilation and mix albums, this is a serious headache. To deal with it I have had to duplicate my MP3 collection on my PC and change the artist tags to album tags. Why after all this time have they not done something so simple? The other great source of frustration is the amazingly slow transfer by cable - it takes HOURS to fill a reasonable-sized memory card!The phone function is okay and the camera is not too bad. Many reviews have referred to the quality of the sound, but this reflects the headphones (try them on another player!) rather than the phone. In fact, the phone has an awful hiss at low volume levels.If you are buying this for the Walkman function, think again. If you are buying it as a phone, don't pay too much.