When I was looking into a mp3 the most important thang was ease of use. I wanted to be able straing plug n play right out the box to my cpu. with the Samsung t9 I have that. Unlike majority of people I'm not addicted to Ipod's infact I'm so against them it's not even funny. I don't want to have to download software to my cpu to be able to play with my mp3 player. With the Samsung t9 I can just hook up via USB and I'm in the game. I just Windows Media player to transfer my music. Of course there is a software cd that is included with the box but I would only use that for transferring video's to my mp3. It comes in 2 different sizes. 2Gigs and 4Gigs. I really wanted the 4 but went with the 2 since it came in my favorite color, Purple. Overall a great investment. Can't wait to see what's in store from Samsung in their future installments of mp3 players. Oh and don't forget the built in FM tuner.