I use my BB as a MP3 player when I'm taking my walks. I always have my ear buds with me so if I have a wait at any point, on comes my music!
I just might have to think about the extended battery.
I plan to use my Pearl as an MP3 player sometimes, but as a different thread pointed out it cannot play DRM protected tunes, so i guess i'll be keeping my regular player as well.
I learned about Doubletwist from another member here. This is a free download that will convert your iTunes music and allow you to download it straight from there to your BB.
I works great!! It adds the songs, the artist, the album, and the artwork just like iTunes.
I'll be the lone wolf. I only use it as a backup for if my iPod Touch or iPod Classic battery goes dead. I don't like the player interface, I don't like the sound as much as my iPods, and even with muitunes it's still no iPod. It annoys the h*ll out of me when I do have to resort to it.
Going from song to song is a pain in the buttock region.
I'm with you. I still find myself using my 30gig iPod video most of the time. If I forget it at home, I still have 8gig of music on my CB but for some reason I still prefer to listen to the iPod. The player GUI annoys me how you have to hit Menu->Close a bunch of times just to close all of the screens of the Media player. Hopefully 4.5 cleans it up a bit.