MP3 Alternatives

Help me choose between these MP3 players.

It's a gift for my brother-in-law so the cheaper it is, the better. :D Seriously, as long as it can do the job, I'm all for it. It doesn't have to be an iPod, he said. But looking at the prices of these mp3 players, I still don't consider them cheap. Cheaper than iPod maybe but even I will think twice and research first before buying. It's just that my brother-in-law has been so good in driving me around the city lately that I want to give him something special for Christmas.