ipods have updated battery life now for 13+ hours. Also... ipods r not just trendy. I find them absolutely the opitamy of good design... apple actually worked hard on it and they always are top of the line...

ipods also went down in price 50$ so yah :P

if you want an mp3 player for a stupid windows use go with creative or dell but theyll break within years... if you want something cool go with the olympus m:robe... its the only thing i can even thing comparable to .. anything!