You rated the Ipod as the best of the 3 and yet you mentioned that the Ipod is prone to scratches. So clearly this is not the issue. As I have mentioned to you on a number of occasions the ID3 "problem" is an issue of firmware which will be part of an upgrade in a few weeks. At that point I expect you will be singing the prasies of the O1000. I read through your post. It looks to me like you secretly like this device but just can't bring yourself to admit it.