I think I have narrowed down my choices to the following:
Either - 5GB - Creative Micro or Rio Carbon
20GB - Sony NW-HD3
I have to decide whether I want to be able to use the thing as a back up hard drive for my computer (photos etc ).
Joe - a question re the Creative - I know the play button got stuck but a review from T3 mentioned that the scroll function was extremely annoying as it constantly thought you were tapping instead of scrolling through the playlists? Did you find this?
AS regards the i-pods - I have decided not to go for them as think the Sony offers a better battery life and that the 5GB players offers better value than the mini.