I caved in, plunked down the plastic and now own a 10Gig iPod.
It's cute... The interface is... acceptable considering the constraints. I'll have to completely re-jig how I deal with my huge MP3 collection, as well as my contacts and calendars (or at least fully explore all the options available to me).
Taxman will be told it is a portable storage device for work so hey I get the taxes back (shhhh =)
Fun! Now I can switch between Pergolesi and 2ManyDJs anytime I want !