I bought a RIO back in AUGUST 2005 and LOVE IT !it works fine and have never had any problems...I recharge it often so as not to let the battery wear out (20 hr)I have over 200 MP3 songs and not even half full(will hold aprox 625 MP3 or 1250 WMA).I thionk it's A great lttle player....has stopwatch, date, time, scrollable playlists