what you want is a creative zen

they have small pocket models with a screen that shows whats playing, i use one for work and it with stands so much abuse i wouldnt hesitate to buy a replacement if i needed to unlike the Bose headphones which broke 6 months after i got them yet the MP3 playing which has oil, glue, been dropped and god knows what else keeps on kicking.

it takes a AAA battery and last about a week using it 3-4 hours a day which is great cause i would never remember to charge the damn thing, i had a ipod shuffle and cause my shop has so much oil and crap around it didnt make it past 3 months yet the Zen has been with my now almost 2 yrs still works like out the box and this is a cheap 512MB model.