I mourn my Sony Ericsson W800i. It was orange and white, a most unfortunate colour combination but I loved it nevertheless because of its huge MP3-playing capabilities. It came with easy-to-use software to transfer files. The big plus was that I could get into my car, plug in my earphones, listen to a story and take calls in traffic if necessary. However I concede that this is not a plus at gym, people who take calls on their cellphones at gym look pretentious and can be irritating.

The only problem I ever had with the MP3 player function was a tendency to go all funny on me if the phone suddenly lost reception. The player would then reset to wherever I had last started listening.

Concentration in traffic is definitely an issue but I find talking on cellphones is even more distracting. It is also harder to tell a person you can't talk to them right now because you are focusing on traffic, than it is to just shut a story out. Sometimes I find traffic takes all my attention and I have missed some of the story, then I just rewind a little.

The little MP3 player I have now is called Alvin the Chipmunk because of its carrying case, a Macdonalds toy. It is tiny and has great sound quality but I do not know how to use it and that is my final word on the topic. It has 1 gig of memory I believe. If you want to borrow it to try it out, do let me know, you would be most welcome. (I am rather using my current phone, at least I can fit a couple of chapters on it.)

Also, we have Pratchett, Colfer, some recent McCaffrey and the Eragon audio books. And Philip Pullman too I believe.