That's because its not mean to be a music player - it DOES music playing, but I don't recall Nokia ever saying it would replace your ipod etc - or for that matter even hinting that it would. I strongly suggest if you bought the device to replace an existing mp3 device then you should have done more research before forking over the cash. And while we are on the subject can we please stop with the "Oh man it sucks" or "Cmon you gotta be kidding me" threads about subjects that have either a) Been discussed to death in other threads b) Are about functionality that if you had bothered to do even a small amount of research you would have realized was not the primary function of the device When your ipod/mp3 player can VPN into my office VPN and allow me to remote admin my servers - come talk to me. Until then comparing the music playing functionality to a single use device like an iPod is both pointless and stupid.