Sony NW-S203 (1GB)

Pros: Water resistant, sound quality, good for workouts

Cons: Software software software!!!

Summary: I have been playing with it for about a week and once the songs are on the player it is pretty easy to navigate. The biggest problem is “Sonicstage”, this software is awful. If you can get past the software the player is fun. Another pet peeve is Sony’s proprietary music format ATRAC. I have a ton of music ripped in wma format but the software must convert it to the ATRAC format for it to play on the player, and this takes a good bit of time. To make this player a 9 or above you need new software and an easier way to convert music to the Sony format or make it easier to play other formats.