I couldn't agree more. The above are the major issues.
I can also add a few comments that disturb me most:
- No id3 v2.4 support (My friend's sonyericsson walkman phone doesn't have any problems with this format), most of the default software on my desktop seems to work better with id3v2.4 tags.
- The riff tags in wav files are not recognised (flac support would be perfect)
- The song title gets truncated, why not make a pop-up when you hold your finger on it like it is done in every other menu! (constant scrolling can be annoying as well)
- No feature to mark songs as favourites and no play-list creation feature
- Cannot delete songs.
I mainly listen to music on the player and decisions whether I like a song are made on the go, so the only option in organising the music is write down names of songs on a piece of paper and then find a computer with the right software on it. It would take several days to listen to all songs before downloading onto the player and I simply can't afford doing it. And how can I pre compile play lists for every occasion?
=> Instead when I listen to a song (I usually resort to shuffle mode and constant skipping) I think "I wish I could add this one to a play list!" and then have a big sigh or make note of it.
- Covers are loaded very slowly! (is there no cache space for them?)
- This screen would make a good ebook reader - why is there no option to load at least html or plain text from the memory offline?
- wifi range is very short: I'm in the room above the router and in some parts of the room it fails to connect - still it drains the battery like hell (while laptop is perfectly happy with the signal level)
- No internet radio (e.g. shoutcast) and no streaming support such as http, rtsp, ...
- no flash video playback or BBC iPlayer
- No zooming in the photo viewer!
it is not a completely list though...
It was a difficult choice between this player and ipod touch but I think this player gets the most out of mp3s with very good sound quality (apart from the hissing on low volume!) and it has the nicest display I've ever seen.
This is player is very close to what I need and I really hope for a firmware upgrade! But I never heard that sony ever released one .
