IRiver S10 2 GB

Advantages Size, Price, Quality of sound
Disadvantages Quality of earphones

...provided by Iriver is really good. I haven't use a lot of music management software so I can't really compare but you can do the usual things like managing playlists or ripping CDs. It's a shame that the screensaver is only displayed for a few seconds. I paid £99 and I have absolutely no regrets even though it is twice the price of the new 1Gb Shuffle. Be aware that people will keep staring at you as the s10's design is amazing!... Read review

Advantages Functionality and da beats and sound.
Disadvantages Scroll is slow, sometimes press forward/rewind button by mistake.

...I have the 8gb version. This little MP3 player is neat and very functional. I traded up from an Iriver S10 which was subperbly small and much functionality, but limited at 2gb (also expensive). It has video playback, voice recording, fm radio, text reader in addition to the usual things. In addition to the usual Genre, Album, artist, It has a great little "Browser" folder, which lists things the way you order them in Windows, rather than by ID tag, which is a godsend for me when you see 4 of the same song in artist! It looks cool and his this neat little feature called Datacasts, which is essentially for podcasts, although I'm having difficulty getting it to automatically download podcasts, I think I'll crack it eventually. The software if comes bundled with is pretty confusing, but using it with Windows Media playing makes syncing... Read review