I think Sony´s hardware and products still hold a high standard. The problem is the software - something that has been lacking for a long time. And with todays competition in the MP3 player market, the software part is very important for the whole product. The hardware part can be very very good - but that that´s not enough if people are just annoyed by the app they have to use. Oh yeah; when is the 4.1 revision supposed to be out?