Have you looked at the Wolverine products?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=1NW4SVX3B1FTZ
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=1NW4SVX3B1FTZ
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=1NW4SVX3B1FTZ
I haven't gotten one, so for all I know the software is just as bad as on the iPod, but they're a lot less expensive for large capacity and they work as USB drives so no mucking about with dumb iTunes or the equivalent. So that's probably where I'll go when I move on from my H140.