first of all, iPods are nice, but do you really wanna be like everyone else and get an ipod, and pay more than you should? i like the rest of the ppl who think iPods are over priced, i recommend the creatives
A retail 2 gig stick (made by sony) is over $459 but you can get imitation brands (like wildcatz for console controllers) for $120
if u want something like a shuffle try out the iriver ifp i think that it, it also close to shuffle more capacity, and has a underwater case option so just in case i have the Iaudio X5L plays, videos, music, pictures, usb host, fm radio, txt viewer,, the same size as ipod 4th generation but 30 gbs, and 35 hours of battery life all for same price :lol:
my ipod is more than just my way to play music, i use it as a second hardrive to store files on!! wooooo hooray for 20 extra GB of space!