I broke down and bought a mp3 player today. I have been putting it off because I thought I would never figure out the downloading process.It was really easy. I loaded about 30 songs on it and went for a hour ride on my motorcycle ---I cant believe I have waited so long to do this !!!!. It will even record songs from the built in fm radio.If you dont have one you should really check it out !!!!

Which one did you get?

Apple Ipod is the way to go !!!!!

i got the MPIO 1 gig size of a tic-tac pack and it is USB rechargable with voice recorder

I bought the iriver brand from best buy---it is only 256 mg but it will hold 80 songs.I was going to get a bigger one but I didnt want the same songs on all the time. And I thought it would be easier to switch them around this way. It was only 89.00 plus it had a 15.00 mail in rebate.The only down fall I saw to it is the headphones suck. I bought a good set of koss ear buds for 19.95 and the sound is awesome. It has a built in fm radio/EQ/voice recorder/it will record songs from the radio that is built in---pretty cool !!!! it is a little bigger than a pack of gum so it is no problem to carry around.I told my wife last nite that if I knew I could never get another one--I wouldnt take a 1000.00 for this one.

Will it work as well as my transistor radio and ear piece?

I havent had any reception problems on my bike---I dont know what it will do inside a building.