I don't understand why the display is such an issue. Color is useless on a DAP and eats up battery life -- I always thought the black&white ipod displays looked cooler than their color ones. I don't look at album art while I listen to music on my stereo or computer at home and I wouldn't while on the go with a DAP. If you could actually see front & back of album art and all pages of inserts/lyrics/etc. that might be cool, but it's superfluous as far as I'm concerned when players have basic issues to fix. The NW-A series has a really neat style and tons of benefits over the ipod, but 20GB is pathetic. Also, there's something to be said for all the ipod hacks & user-developed software that I haven't seen for Sony players. I know I don't have to use itunes if I get an ipod, but I don't think there's an alternative to Connect/SonicStage proprietary bullshit. Portable HDD functionality (like the iAudio) would be amazing but I know that's out of the question with big-name DAPs. I'm just really bummed that companies are missing their opportunities to make an ipod killer when we are in dire need of one.