This clearly satisfied her request for something "small, simple to use and has a radio". It works and sounds fine but we need to work out one bug - its charge indicator light does not flash when it becomes fully charged which is supposed to be in under 4 hours from a USB port; after eight hours I gave up on it figuring that it is likely fully charged after that long. One thing I think Creative should have included was a clip to attach the unit to your clothing. Yes it easily fits in any pocket but some people I know wear clothes with no pockets when they go walking.One other thing, my wife's computer is still happily running Windows 98 and does everything she uses it for. However, this unit will not connect to 98. With so many USB flash drives out there that work fine on a 98 machine would it have been all that much trouble for Creative to have included 98 connectivity?Neither was a 'show stopper' though; it's a good purchase.