About 3 years ago I purchased a 512MB 'generic' MP3 player with all of these features except for the rechargeable battery. The prices on flash have come down & sizes have gone up, so I'd expect the same price to hold now for 2GB size. The Sony may be a better quality unit than my el-cheapo, but the price I paid was less than half. And it had all of these features including an eq, and some features that I'll never use, like a phone directory. It featured USB 2.0, and the only limitation was the FAT file system it used--If I had too many songs in one directory, I'd have to split them into two or more folders. It had a pleasing EL backlight and decent sound quality. Lacking a flash drive at the time, I frequently used it for this purpose too. It's still in a drawer somewhere and I'm sure it works fine despite the punishment I gave it. For the price of this, you can get a device with a much bigger screen and more features. So while I'm sure this is a neat little player, I think Sony can do better, at least price-wise.
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About 3 years ago I purchased a 512MB 'generic' MP3 player with all of these features except for the rechargeable battery. The prices on flash have come down & sizes have gone up, so I'd expect the same price to hold now for 2GB size. The Sony may be a better quality unit than my el-cheapo, but the price I paid was less than half. And it had all of these features including an eq, and some features that I'll never use, like a phone directory. It featured USB 2.0, and the only limitation was the FAT file system it used--If I had too many songs in one directory, I'd have to split them into two or more folders. It had a pleasing EL backlight and decent sound quality. Lacking a flash drive at the time, I frequently used it for this purpose too. It's still in a drawer somewhere and I'm sure it works fine despite the punishment I gave it. For the price of this, you can get a device with a much bigger screen and more features. So while I'm sure this is a neat little player, I think Sony can do better, at least price-wise.