I'm going MP3 player hunting

[3-LockBox]

As much as it will pain me...I will go out early in the AM and look for a device not unlike the I-Pod for my wife (I'm not married to any brand or device).

Any suggestions? First, a few prerequisites: it gots to be simple to operate; my wife WILL NOT dink with anything requiring multiple steps just to listen to music; it must be a press-play-and-music-comes-out device. Also, it gots to be cheap. Most important, it must be easy to download music to; I'll use most of my own and other's music collections and convert them to MP3 (I'm assuming I can do this easily with the proper burn software); I do not plan to download from the web.

[Dusty Chalk]

I think they're all press-and-play, although you have to press the right button (and that would be the "play" button). I know mine is (Creative Nomad Jukebox 3).

I've heard nothing but good things about the iPod's interface.