Techweenie,
My 2nd gen iPod's battery failed before the warranty was up. I am not alone in this camp, when I worked at Adobe there were several other people, in my division alone that had the same problem. This is nothing new or unusual. Do some searches and see how many people have had this same problem. Under heavy use they will often fail before the warranty.
WMA ... so what your saying is that audio quality and capacity don't concern you? Why don't you just buy an old cassette based walkman, they can be had for around $20 in your local Walmart checkout line.
FM ... hey, it's your call, but I don't really see a valid argument for it to not be there. I have found that an FM tuner is a valuable addition to a portable music / media player. For instance, there was a fire on the BART here in NorCal last week, and my fiance' who commutes to work on the train was able to switch her player (Creative Zen Micro) to FM and see what was going on. She then knew before all the people who were without FM, that she needed to get off ASAP if she didn't want to be stuck w/ everyone who rode the train all the way to the last stop before the station that had the fire.
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You arguments sound a lot like the occasional guy on Pelican who claims a Chevy V8 works better in a 911. It's like a religion to guys like that. Go ahead, embrace your religion of 'almost as good and costs less.'
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Hardly, it's more like your arguments sound like the Ferrari guys trying to justify the cost of their cars and the cost of maintinence by spouting intangibles. I have made clear reasons why the iPod is not the "Whole balanced, package" you think it is, while you haven't really made any points that have a leg to stand on. "Almost as good, but cheaper" .. no more like "Just Better". If anyone is being religious about their player of choice it's you; I'm the one taking an objective approach to reviewing the iPod line.