I'm looking for advice on flash MP3 players. I've been told they're better for jogging with since they don't have moving parts but what else should I look for?

I've looked at the iPod Shuffle but that doesn't have a screen apparently. What else is available? Any comments or suggestion are welcome.

Paul.

try looking on somewhere like amazon.co.uk
some of the better manufacturers are:
creative labs, Rio, iRiver and a few others.

I have a Sony NW-E99 it has 1GB of Flash Memory and is absolutely tiny, so will have no problem taking out whilst jogging. Very simple to operate as well. At £130-£140 on Amazon it is a good option.

According to Computer Buyer, there's a new range of Sonys ready for launch in April - may be worth hanging on for?

The Creative Muvo Micro is imminently going to have £10 knocked of the price to make it £99 and be a clear winner in a fight with the iPod Shuffle. It's available in the same 8 out of the 10 Zen Micro colours and has an FM Tuner.

I heard Sony are releasing ‘iPod killer’ mp3 device, is this what you refer to dingo??

Has anyone heard anything about this release???

Update:
info on HD5 found

http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si..._Entertainment

opinions

my £30 256mb player from ebay does the job really well...

I bought a Sony NWE 99 a few months ago and haven't had any problems.

The software's quite easy to use (despite some reviews giving this a kicking). I've got about 600 songs on the player using the smallest compression and don't really notice a difference in the sound compared to the higher rates. Still got room for about 50 - 6- more songs.

Battery life is quite good and i think you can get them on Amazon now for about £110.

The only slight complaint is that i can't figure out how to get it to play radomly between both memory sticks (the 1gb is split into two sections) but i'm sure i'm not pressing the right buttons - if anyone knows please give me a shout.

can you use any of these sony mp3 players like a normal disk drive on the pc without having to use the software manager provided?