Former Zuner…

I suppose I should have titled this “Wannabe current Zuner” because I really kinda miss my old Zune.  I bought it back in February last year, and it had been going strong, until the battery started going on me.  I took it back to Best Buy where I  bought it from, and they were able to give me back store credit for the return (because I bought an extended warrenty).  Since then, I have been using an old 3rd Generation ipod, which I had refurbished.  I must say, that the more I use this device, the more I miss my old Zune.  It is slow (perhaps because it is an older version - I haven’t used the current ipod), the clickwheel is annoying, with no tactile feedback.  I also miss being able to just hold the down button to scroll through large lists.  Hard as it is for some to believe, I miss the brown color and the large screen.  I thought about buying one of the new Zunes, but they come only in black and besides, the touchpad is kinda annoying.  It doesn’t work anything like you would expect.  I can’t simply hold it down and have it scroll, I have to do a “flick” motion to go through the lists.  I suppose it wouldn’t be annoying if you could turn the touchpad off and simply use the “D-pad” that they provide but I have yet to hear if you can do that.  I had considered selling the ipod and getting an ipod touch, but there are two problems with that: I don’t like itunes and I don’t really like touchpads either.  Never have.  I suppose since I still have my store credit to Best Buy I ought to think of something to get, since it’s not like I can cash out the store credit.  I suppose till then, I will continue my search for a decent mp3 player (or other alternative Best Buy purchase).