But the point of that thread was people wanting a dedicated music player. Yes, the phone will also do that, but not without interrupting the music playing when a text, or email, or other notification crops up. On a dedicated music player a headphone jack is essential. But, I would only buy an iPod again if they just sell the classic again, but with flash storage of 1TB or 2TB. I would buy that immediately. It would be cool to add bluetooth and wifi (just to support airplay not an app store or anything else).