Software, again, is limiting

I bought this mp3 player on a whim and frankly wish that I hadn't. I was used to mp3 players that actually play mp3's - this one makes you use the Sony software in order to transfer music to your mp3 player. Maybe Sony will get it down next time and use some software that is a little more user friendly. Besides the software issues, this little device ended up being a fashionable and useful little bean. I take it to the gym almost every day, and have never had a flaw with the device itself. The only issues I have ever had were with the headphones - I sweat a lot when I use this thing so I go through ear-buds like toilet paper. But this little device has held up very well with my constant sweating and abuse I lay onto it. I'll sit on it, fall on it, drop it - just about everything you can do to it. But as long as I have the HOLD function on, it keeps playing the music.