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Need advice on new shuffle music player for under a hundred.

Nov 10, 2008 5:08AM PST

Like everybody else its coming on Xmas season and i'm starting gift shopping. My problem is that my Sansa e240/e250 of 1 yr service died on me (refurb to begin with). So i need a replacement NOW. I'm on a budget and need to stick to around a hundred even, maybe a little more if it will last longer.
Need:
min 4GB prefer 8 or better
Some sort of random shuffle that works. I usually load the thing with music and just like to listen and skip something if i am not in the mood for it. Anybody remember WMP "One CD's worth of random music playlist feature"? That would be ideal.
Small the medium size range, it lives in my pocket but it doesn't have to be a midget.
Battery is not too much an issue, couple of hours im good on, i know i'll never find something equal to the e200 class which had 10-14 hours on my budget.
I like Sansa's as i've had half a dozen over the years, but i can look at anything that works reliably.
Video not an issue, i know just about everything has them but i don't a video centric player or have that decide everything else.
Lastly not an ipod, i like Macs, but i can not stand iTunes and what it stands for, the only one i liked was the original shuffle, but those were never made in the capacity i need.

Any and all help greatly appreciated,
Matt

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