Yeah too ture. I also have had a samsung (one like That with out the colour screen My dad ordered 2, one for me and one for my brother. They both failed in the same week with the same problem. The batteries are designed to fail after about a year of use. I now have a ZEN Micro Photo 8GB and have had it for about. 5 months, nothing has gone wrong with it. I've dropped it a few times and nothing has happed just a few scratches