Deciding on whether to buy Zen Micro or Sl

I'm not sure which to buy. I tried the both at a store the other day (only the Zen Mirco was charged) and definitely the Zen Micro is easier to hold and seems easier to use (reach the buttons easily without having to move my entire hand and such) Here are some likes/dislikes of mine about them. **The Zen Micro was not color, they did have that there but for the same price I could buy the Zen Sleek.
Zen Sleek
What I like about it...
20GB storage</LI>
Rechargeable battery</LI>
FM tuner with recording</LI>
Voice recorder</LI>
What I dislike about it...
Recharceable battery isn't manually replaceable like Micro so what happens when the battery doesn't seem to be getting maximum output? Do I send it in for another or do I have to go buy another Sleek?</LI>
I heard the touch pad is tough to use</LI>
Zen Micro
What I like about it...
Small and easy to use</LI>
FM tuner with recording</LI>
Voice recording</LI>
Rechargeable battery is easily replaceable</LI>
What I dislike about it...
Only 6GB of storage (that's still a lot of songs though... I don't have that many CD's/songs of mine...but I get most of them from my friends)</LI>
So, what do you guys have for players and which one would you recommend?

The other reason I'm not a big fan of the Zen Micro Photo is that color screen is harder to see, even in the store I had some trouble reading some of the words. I also don't have any photos to put onto it.
Oh, another thing that I kinda didn't like about the Zen Micro (and the same would probably apply to the Sleek as well if it was charged) was when I tried scrolling up and then down quickly, the player interpreted it as me tapping the touch pad to select a menu or option. Although I'm sure it's because it was my first time using the touch pad so I wasn't exactly sure how sensiti've it was. After some practice I should get used to it.

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