I have purchased this ipod from Amazon, And this ipod is Small and compact, the Nano 3rd Gen 8GB has an amazing amount of room for various types of presentation. My interests are mainly Classical music and Books. I have loaded approximately 300 Classical pieces, including all 7 Sibelius symphonies, Saint-Seans 3rd and tuns of other complete works. You can listen to a musical selection and pause it, listen to a chapter of the book, pause that and the Nano “remembers” each paused location. The menu can be customized, so that categories that I don’t use can be turned off in my menu. Sound quality is quite good on my Brothers SE530PTH ear buds. All-in-all, I am extremely happy with my purchase.