Review on Sony NWE394/B 8GB Walkman MP3 Player (Black): Enjoy Music Anywhere! by Rene Putman

I'm pretty happy. I definitely chose the Sony brand because of their reputation and I'm fed up with the shortcomings of other crappy cheap MP3 players I have. You know, the ones that cost like $40 or less. Well folks you get what you pay for. So far this little MP3 player from Sony is worth its weight in gold and I believe it's a solid product that won't break anytime soon and won't have any weird little hiccups. My only complaint is that there is no option to list songs. Look, I've been accustomed to the magic of the classic Apple iPod for 13 years. With the old iPod, you could create endless lists of songs in your iTunes library and then transfer them straight to your iPod. Well, unless I'm missing something, you can't do that with this little Sony player. You either listen to a specific artist you're in the mood for, or put them on randomly. Or you decide on a genre. You can't create your own song lists unless you seem to have unique software that allows you to do so. That's the only reason I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5. I also like the design. I like functionality. I like that there is an equalizer option (this is not the case with my other inexpensive mp3 players from the manufacturer). I love the fact that this button is based on button presses, not screen presses (similar to the classic iPod, hard buttons instead of screen presses - I appreciate that). Simple, effective and wonderful. Sony bites here. Many Thanks.