R.i.p. A3

[Earendil]

This is a post to commemorate the long and fruitful life of my A3, it served me well for almost four years and it was really painful to see it go away. The broken joystick; I had always had the feeling that it would be its loss. I shall never know how it happened, what my careless "friend" did to it, but it doesn't really matter.
I had become very attached to it, and had come to depend on it despite some old faults. I'm lost now. There doesn't seem to be aything out there that can do what it did. The X7 seems the closest, but from what I've read you can't queue files after the one you are playing, which makes it nearly useless for me.
I doubt anything than can match the A3 will come out any time soon.
Well, I just wanted to share my dismay with anyone who could understand, and tell everyone who still enjoys this wonderful device just how lucky they are.
Thank you!