Ok, I\'ve narrowed it down. The Archos is just a little gimicky for my taste, I rarely have a moment on the go where I need to watch TV, even in the gym I can just watch tv on one of the 8 TVs on the walls. So here are my candidates;
4th gen Ipod;
Pro\'s- Looks cool, proven brand and recognized brand name, great quality of sound and build, nice interface, pretty small at 5.6 oz
Cons- No fm radio reciever (at the gym I can tune in to the tv\'s broadcast with an FM radio, and I also like to be able to catch some sports radio on the go), no recording capabilities (not that I would ever use it), no remote (I keep mp3 players in my pocket and like to skip songs often)
Iaudio M3;
Pros- Smaller than Ipod, cool design that has LCD remote and no LCD on chasis, sound quality is good, fm radio and remote included
Cons- Non recognized brand name (people will ask "is that an Ipod" and when you say no they assume it\'s crap) remote with no chasis lcd might be a problem when navigating.
Iriver 320
Pros- Color screen, intergrated fm radio, superb sound, view pix (probably never will use)
cons- no on the fly playlist, heavy at 6.4 ounces and an inch thick, non-ipod name, possible crap navigation and ugly.
anyone have a suggestion (possibly owners of one of the 3). I would go with something like Sammy got, but 5gb won\'t do it for me, as I never know what I might want to listen to so I need alot of music with me all the time