I found this really cheap iriver on price grabber. Choose your site because I don't know which one you'd find reputable.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__iRiver_T30_1GB_MP3_Player,__11878928
Iriver is a great company. I have one of the older ifp models and it still works great. The batter lasts for like 15 hours and it's pretty small and light. It's got a voice recorder and FM tuner. You do need the software to use them.
This one is a newer SanDisk that I found on Best Buy .com.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat63100050013&id=1138086672335
They also make pretty good quality mp3 players. From my experience they make more no frills players, but that may have just been an older player I looked at.
I know for a fact that this one
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/d...gn=email,pwbfroogle&wt.mc_id=pwbfroogleneeded and you can take files back off of it, unlike many other players. You can also upgrade the flash memory by buying a bigger card. It is, however, one of those SanDisk no frills players. It is pretty small though. The headphones it comes with are also good, because they fit right into your ears and block out sound from outside. They have these rubber things on them that look kind of wierd, but they are effective.
I would pretty much reccomend the Iriver, only because I have had more experience with them, and I know for a fact that they are a great company. You can, by the way, download the drivers and software needed to use the Iriver off of their web site, or buy another disk from them, should you lose the original. I have this Iriver which I just found now.
http://www.shentech.com/ifp799t.html
Why it's so ex*****ve I do now know, as it's relatively old.
PS. It censored expeansive. Thought I was trying to hide the word *****.