I  bought this product for myself after buying my husband and daughter IPODs earlier in the year. I compared features and realized this little machine did more with less. There is no propietary issues either. If you want to download music, you don't HAVE to use ITunes.  — — This baby has 4 gigs of memory which holds a lot of songs. Transferring over music is very simple (even for the non-techie) and the sound quality is terrific. —… read full review »