The Nomad II is the 2nd most popular portable MP3 Player and our current favorite. The price is a bit high, but it comes with more accessories, more features, and does a better job in our opinion. What it does The Nomad II comes with 64mb of memory, which is good for a couple of hours of voice files. Audio quality is good for voice or music.
Navigation using the front and side mounted buttons is intuitive with a little playing.
Besides the standard mp3 playback, Nomad II includes an FM Tuner and Voice Recording. The built-in FM Tuner allows you to set 32 preset stations, and it can scan to set them for your local area automatically. This is a neat feature to have, especially if you have already listened to your stored voice files and want to tune in NPR or some music until you can reload. An AM Tuner sure would be nice, but no one appears to have that. The quality on these aren't great through the built-in microphone, but it is good enough.