Well. dad... I think i know a little more about the features of cell phones and i use the voice record button on my phone sumtimes to ( the only thing i use it for is recording clips of songs). i dont think you have to assign a button to do it. There is a button on the right side that you just press and it starts to record. But any ways, I think its only a matter of time before a good iPod/cell phone comes out that can do everything like download music to the phone over iTunes Music store, and play videos. It's just that cell phone designers aren't good at balancing the iPod part and the cell phone part so that they are equally as good as one another. Well peace! Rep Yo Hood! Maxim