An iopd can hold hold up to 15,000 songs. In the 1950's such a thing was unheard of. All the people had back then, were turn tables that they played records on. Technology has advanced. You can now store music on a smaller than ever portable device that recharges. It doesn't mean batteries and it has other cool features. It may sound like I'm trying to sell this to you but I'm not. I'm simply telling you how good of a product it is.