well i bought a sandisk digital media player 1 gig. and it worked great for about 8 months then the joystick started getting lose, and pointing in the direction of the screen. then a month ago the headphone jack broke (i think) the audio is like realy quiet, and fuzzy sounding. but if i manipulate the cord on my headphones it gets normal, and sence i have it cranked so i can hear it in its weird state, it blows my ears for a little while, so i remove the conector from the port, thus losing all sound. then i turn it down, and plug back in, and it is quiet again. i am going to persuade my parents to let me get an ipod nano 2 gig black, and a bunch of accesorys for it. wish me luck, and please post about what to do with my "old" mp3.