Those are pretty snazzy-looking machines, fellas.

I work outdoors most of the day, so a flashy screen telling me what's playing, is just one more thing to get broken when dropped, scratched, or otherwise abused. So, for my purposes, the tiny, no-screen iPod "Shuffle", with 1GB (about 240 songs), serves me quite well. And I've found I only have to re-charge it via USB once every 3 days (= about 25 hours of operation).

So, although I envy your pretty Ferrari mp3 players for their looks, for now I'll stick with my itsy-bitsy John Deere green shuffle.

Besides, the little woman won it in a contest, so it's my favorite price ($0).

p.s. I've written a letter to Mr. Jobs at Apple, explaining that some of us can't afford to keep both ears tied up (for safety reasons) when outdoors - and could he think about somehow pumping both channels of sound thru a single earpiece. That was about a month ago - no response yet. :)