Bodibeat from Yamaha - great idea - terrible result

The Yamaha BODiBEAT automatically matches music to your exercise pace, selecting songs that have a similar tempo to your running or jogging speed. When you change pace, BODiBEAT selects and plays a different song from your playlist to match your new pace. So far for the good news. The bad news is that it is expensive ($180 for a 512Mb player) has a monochrome tiny screen, a bulky appearance, a lousy headset and an even worse heartmonitor ear clip. Can't wait till Nike Plus comes with a heart monitor iPhone plug-in...