xszing, thanks for the firmware upgrade thread link, that helped!

Audiobreeder, this is not a phone and yes I purchased it online.

Xszing appreciate your fantastic feedback. I have about 3.5 gb storage space left after loading about 20 songs,admittedly not a whole lot. Interestly i see that the ICS update is not yet available for the 8gb variant,...what a bummer.

i picked this 8 GB Sony Android Walkman player from Best Buy for 120 bucks..at that price I thought it was a steal. It runs an old version of Android but I can live with that. Initial impressions are all good. This is my first personal music player and being a neophyte and all, wanted to know if...

thank you xszing. I missed the 50% black Friday deal on the Sony site by a couple of minutes!

thank you Audiobreeder. I baulk at the 300 dollar pricetag on the F series...guess I'll just have to bite the bullet.  

Greetings. Is anyone aware of a non-Android Sony Walkman model that can stream Youtube videos?