The features on this MP3 are pretty standard. The SD storage slot is a nice touch. The screen makes it very simple to play songs by title, artist, album, or random shuffle. The battery life on an iPod shuffle may be better, but for the money, I'd buy this. I was able to fit about 18 full albums onto it using the internal and extertal memory (I had a 1 gig card). The first time I put songs on it, it took a few seconds to load, but after that it worked fine. It even remembers your place when you turn it back on.