Mp3 Players Flash Based

So why would anyone want to buy a "flash" based MP3 player?

it will not skip
it will not break as easy as hard drive
smaller size
relatively long battery life
Hard drive based mp3 player means there are disks. These disks need to spin to read the infomation on it. This process of spinning and reading requires more battery power than flash. These disks are usually fragile. For example, Ipod mini can be dropped and say bye bye to the hard drive disks.
Using flash drive allows high capacity of the storage to be gepacted into a very small size. A size of zippo lighter can hold 2Gb.
How many songs do you want to hold? 1Gb usually holds 250 songs in mp3 format. If an user has a program that could adjust the quality of a song, then you can have more with lower quality.
How to load songs? There are some mp3 from Samsung that an user can load with click and drag. I heard that newer models only can load through Windows Media player only. Sony's Mp3 players usually give some trouble because they have to use their offered program to load songs. If anyone might have USB 1.0 this is a pain.
Make sure to get USB 2.0 supporting player. Unless you are in love with a player without one, don't even look at one without it. Loading songs of 258mb can be time consuming with USB 1.0.
Additional Features? Voice recorder feature is always useful. These recording feature usually records wide range of frequencies, thus almost CD quality sound. Previous voice recorders like Olympus did not cover whole lot of range in frequency. It was literally only made for voice.
Radio feature is good to have also. Line-in recording is useful if an user wants to copy illegal songs....or copy virtually any sound from any source as long as it has an ear phone jack. My mp3 player is being used to record Sunday sermons, my band, occasional quick music copying, and more. Other features can be picture viewing, document viewing, or movie. For some it is good idea to have it all in a Mp3 player, but for some a MP3 player needs to be a good mp3 player and nothing more.
Battery life? How long will it last on you before you need to charge it again? Sony are known to have over 20 hrs with single AAA batteries. Rechargeable are good power source if you don't mind charging it like a cell phone. Also be aware that rechargeable batteries life span quickly dies after about 2 years of usage. Apple charges $99 to replace the batteries their products. If the player might be far from power outlet think about battery operated that you can buy enough AA or AAA batteries. Convenience or Price.
Be sure to check out how you are going to get music files. Convert your favorite CD collection? Get it from friends? Illegal downloads?
If you love music, please let's pay the price for musicians' hard work.