i bought the ipod shuffle, the one w/o the screen, bought the arm band and cover for it...i strap it to my arm and can use the big buttons while im riding for the sake of pause/play and skip...other than that, i dont fool w/ it while im riding...it holds 300+ songs...i use my bigger MP3 player for normal everyday use

 

I will say that a "button" mp3 player is way better than a "touch sensitve" mp3 player. I cant the number of times I moved my finger wrong and it would skip the song, or switch screens so I couldnt adjust the volume.

I'd least like to have volume buttons. I like to have it up on the highway and down in the city.