Skipping is bad

Speaking of running to work, I don’t think I should run with my iPod anymore.

Dammit.

It skips. Badly. Like whole albums at a time.

Sure, the damn thing is still under warranty but I don’t want to have to be without it while sending it off for repair, or, more likely, replacement with some refurbished piece o’ crap that someone else broke.

Now I just have to find a RAM-based player that’s as cool as an iPod. Do such exist?