Looking for a new music player. Future rockbox?

[Romanian]

Hey all,

My iAudio X5L just died, and I really don't know why. It's nothing to do with the HDD, so I'm thinking it might be the flash memory (any way I can erase this and put back the bootloader?). Naturally, I'm looking for another source of my music, so I'm in the market for a new player. I've narrowed it down to the Zune 80 and the Cowon A3 (I really dislike iPods due to the inaccuracy of the touch-sensitive wheel). Are there any other MP3 players which I should look out for due to RockBox appearing for those models? The reason being, well, RockBox > * firmware. So many formats are supported

That brings me to my sub-question (which is probably answered elsewhere), how much experience is needed to program RockBox for a new player?

[saratoga]

Are there any other MP3 players which I should look out for due to RockBox appearing for those models? The reason being, well, RockBox > * firmware. So many formats are supported

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/TargetStatus

That brings me to my sub-question (which is probably answered elsewhere), how much experience is needed to program RockBox for a new player?

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/NewPort