Help me find an MP3 player

[Jeffbx]

I'm looking for an MP3 player for my wife for xmas, but I'm having trouble meeting some specific needs:

- Must be small & light - she'll use it almost exclusively while running. Armband plus a beltclip would be good, but I'd take one or the other
- Must have a decent FM tuner - she likes listening to the radio, but a lot of players I've seen have pretty weak tuners
- Must be flash based, not HD. All the running will kill a HD, plus it might get dropped now & then.
- Preferably would have an expansion card slot, but I can live without it if there's at least 256MB on board
- Would LOVE to be able to play standard MP3s without converting them. I don't want to have to install proprietary software to get the thing to work.
- Budget - under $200

I've looked at the Rio Cali sport & the Philips/Nike players, but the Rio seems to have a pretty bad FM tuner, and I've heard some bad reviews about the Philips.

Anyone else have any good suggestions? Is there a web page that reviews players, and maybe has a comparison chart?

Thanks!

[brainsmile]

I have a 1GB sandisk that I love.

[Jeffbx]

Hm - I didn't even know Sandisk made MP# players!

Is it like this one?

http://www.buy.com/prod/SanDisk_Digi.../90141762.html

How's the radio reception? Does it come with a belt clip or armband?

[kimchicowboy]

iRiver makes some pretty little, nifty ones too.

[g222leav]

iRiver makes some pretty little, nifty ones too.

i second that...I had an iriver, it didn't come with an arm band, but a necklace thingy...so i just used it as so when i worked out...

but it does have a really good radio reception...at least in my area (better than my car even)

[Jeffbx]

I'll check them out -

Thanks guys!

[brainsmile]

Hm - I didn't even know Sandisk made MP# players!

Is it like this one?

http://www.buy.com/prod/SanDisk_Digi.../90141762.html

How's the radio reception? Does it come with a belt clip or armband?

it has an armband and the FM is great... I'm listening to it now. It's super small too

[Jeffbx]

I ended up getting the Creative MuVo micro N200.

Looks like it's very similar to the Sandisk (maybe even made by the same company?) but for whatever reasons the Creative got better reviews.

Kinda sucks that they haven't released the different colors yet - my wife probably would have preferred the blue one.

Thanks for the input!