It can even generate an offline playlist on the device -- something similar in spirit to a feature I've long wanted on the iPod and other players, which is to be able to "switch gears" while listening in shuffle mode to play more tracks from just that artist, the rest of the album, or other songs like the one I've heard.

ENGADGET: Switched On: Music in the air (Part 2)

That is to say, if you set shuffle in your main menu, and then disable it in your player menu, the next time you load a new set of tracks it will be set back to shuffle.

ENGADGET: Zune review

Furthermore, there's no shuffle function, so unless you do manually change the names of your tracks you're always going to be stuck listening in the same old order.

ENGADGET: iRiver H10: Hands-on review

Scrolling through tracks one by one using the tiny buttons can be tedious, but if this were a Shuffle, choosing the next song wouldn't even be an option.

ENGADGET: IRL: Nexus One, Sansa Clip Zip, DeLorme PN-60 and the HP TouchPad