I did not think I needed or wanted an MP3 player.  However, my husband wanted this for his birthday and when I saw his, I had to have one.  This is a great product overall.  What makes it great for me is the following: 

- it is small and easily portable in my purse, plus easy to wear around your neck with the included loop

- the battery has a long life, so I am not constantly having to recharge it

- it has a lock switch to keep it off, which is handy as it keeps it from turning on when I don't want it to and draining the battery

- it is very easy to load songs onto it from CD or from a music...