sansa express
By Minion oni saw it while on my way out of best buy. a cheap mp3 player with a gig of space. was a no risk purchase, so i picked it up.
pretty good product. it's small, durable, simple LED text display.
it only has a gig of space, but my playlist is changing so often that i never find myself filling it up. a gig is still alot of music. and it does radio too, so i can't get bored that easily with it. if space does become an issue, it accepts micro SD cards. just expand on space as you go. flash memory is pretty cheap these days. you could label different cards for different genres/playlists.
also has a voice recorder. i've never had a good chance to make use of it, but its small, so maybe record without someone knowing? take notes of things to remember?
charges via USB. only complaint is, i can't use it to store other files. only lets you store files it can play back
