Well, my best friend actually joined the launch frenzy and waited 6 dam hours at the Sony Metreon (Sony's only entertainment central in the US, located in SF). I think if anybody pays 250$ for an Ipod/Ipod Mini (which I sadly did....and I bought the Shuffle :o)...this thing is worth it. Screen quality is way too nice and the sound quality is respectable. Best thing is it works like a portable harddrive, you can store movies/mp3/porn (...) onto the removable memory sticks (which is like 200$ for a 1GB). It's a waste of money, but what isn't these days? Gas is 2.65 here in SF, and if ppl can spend 3,000 dollars on a turbo kit, then the 250$ for this dandy gadget isn't that bad after all

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