FIIO and sony still make some brand new mp3 players which are very sleek and nice and have audiophile features but can get kinda expensive / overpriced. Older models from lesser known brands like cowon iaudio / iriver probably go for next to nothing on ebay and have CRAZY gadget features (check the article linked for some examples) that apple never deigned to, and behave like a regular old flash drive so they're likely to never go obsolete in terms of software. I loved those little things. I should go and find mine at some point.
