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The clickwheel (as it's called) on the iPod is sheer genius. However, a good interface is only useful if you're a "picky" music player. In other words, if you're the sort of music listener that has to listen to that one particular song, right now, then you need a good interface for finding that song and playing it. If all you do is play some shuffled playlists, then the interface will be less important to you...
If you want a music player that can simply play a bunch of random songs then the iPod shuffle is a pretty good choice considering it's really small...
I must sound like an apple fanboy but there's a reason they dominate the portable music player market. While iPods are now fashionable, they didn't start that way. They only became fashionable because they were simply excellent music players.
Personally, the iPod's a little too bulky for my taste and the battery life has always been poor but I was finally sold on one with the introduction of the Nano. It's small, has excellent storage, is solid state (something I really appreciate), and has up to mediocre battery life but at least it charges quickly...
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