mp3 woes

So a coupla days ago my beloved mp3 player went caput. Although in all honesty, I have to be thankful cuz it died a week before the one year warranty ended. Still...the search for a replacement has been painful. First, Future Shop no longer carries the Muvo TX FM 512MB . Then, I can ship it back to Creative but it will cost me shipping AND a $25 diagnostic fee. $25 for them to stick it in a computer and say, "yup, defective"...purlease!....and Future Shop only carries ONE with the same features as my Muvo:

• recording mic
• mp3 player
• fm radio
• usb key

The Camnex 512MB MP3 Player (CM300). It happens to be from a company in business roughly four months.....so I could go with a Sony which is reliable but lacks the recording mic or an RCA which has a recording mic but no usb key (ABSOLUTELY NOT) .....or go with this unknown...sigh.....opinions welcome!

On the plus side, Q's opinion on the matter matched mine. And since he's a master of this stuff, I felt ok about ordering the Camnex...which I did....but that's really not the final word. I just hope that if it arrives and its awful that I can still exchange for the Sony instead... And I got to talk to Q today, which is always great.