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There is no doubt that the iPod has a strangle-hold on the digital music player industry. In fact, iPods have become so popular that some people call all music players iPods. Yet, there are many other brands and other types of players. So we set out to...
With great sound, a crisp and clear screen, and great video playback, and a good price, the Zen is a serious iPod competitor. Although the interface is not quite as sleek as the iPod, it is user-friendly and quite full-featured. ProsGood designBrillian...
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Realising it came from those boys at Creative, curiosity got the better of us and we had to call it in. We’re a tad unaccustomed to reviewing real consumer tech, but thought it would make a nice change, putting something other than the the usual fare...
Capacity, screen...
GUI lay out, SD card content not fully integrated...
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Creative's superslim Zen has an attractive 2.5in colour display, an FM tuner, a built-in microphone, robust video- and photo-viewing capabilities and the ability to import contact management information. And the Creative Zen 8GB even plays music.The C...
The Creative Zen 8GB lacks the Wi-Fi capabilities of the iPod touch, but has plenty else going for it and is a great choice for gadgeteers and audiophiles alike. A worthy award-winner...
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Its easy to beat your brains out trying to choose a present for your girlfriends birthday, St. Valentines, you name it. Its even harder to choose a present that she will actually like—you will have to study her preferences. The modern market offer...
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Gadget lover’s player may lack Wi-Fi, but it has lots of other features, supports a wide array of formats, and accepts SD Cards.
Featureheavy, SD card slot for instant memory upgrades...
Onehanded operation a little tricky, Skimps on bundled accessories...
Gadget lover’s player may lack Wi-Fi, but it has lots of other features, supports a wide array of formats, and accepts SD Cards.
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You can choose to either install Creative's Zen Media Explorer software or use Media Player to copy music back and forth and arrange playlists and the like. The Zen uses a standard USB cable for connection.Rather than taking the traditional screen-ab...
Nice screen...
Slow start up...
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blogcritics.org Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:40
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Faced with stiffer competition from Apple as well as Microsoft, Creative has updated its venerable Zen series. The new Zen (just Zen) uses flash memory and is available in sizes ranging from 2 GB to 32 GB. Its an excellent iPod alternative, although t...
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Creative did a lot of things right with the ZEN. It kept the screen size of its predecessor but dramatically increased the number of supported colors, updated the patented user interface without messing with what made it successful in the first place...
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Ever since the iPod mini and the successive Nano player arrived in the market, many manufacturers were determined to defeat this digital audio device - either by emulating its abilities, or by bringing innovativeness to their own products, or both. Tou...
A well-sized, good quality screen, A fast and visually appealing User Interface, Speedy data transfers, Extras like Voice Recorder, FM Radio and an SD Card slot, Good battery life, Good media management software.
Bundled ear-phones could have been better.
Battery Life I was pretty impressed with the battery life of this player as well. In my testing period, I watched almost 2 hours worth videos on it and listened to music for almost 4 hours, still the battery wasnt ready to give up! The Creative Zen is...
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smartcomputing.com Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:41
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My son and I have taken long road trips around the country a few times, and we loved heading to the library before leaving to get books on CD. The miles melted away as we listened to mysteries, fantasies, and classics. Last summer, we hadn’t quite f...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:41
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What with the iPods domination of video and music players it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are other brands, but the Zen 4GB from Creative is well worth considering. Such a player can hold some 1,000 songs. We didnt fill it up, but after a...
Excellent picture and sound quality Clear screen Standard USB connection...
Navigation buttons are fiddly No track search capability...
The Zen 4GB is small and light with excellent sound and video quality, although its navigation buttons are not as good as the iPod scroll wheel.
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Like MP3 players, PMPs (that is, Portable Media Players) are getting smaller and smaller. Take the Creative Zen for instance. Yes, it’s simply called the Creative Zen and looks like a compressed and flattened version of the Vision:W. Considering...
Good video and sound, Lightweight and slim, Plenty of features...
Bundled earphones are bad, Most video files need to be converted, Conversion process is too slow...
Like MP3 players, PMPs (that is, Portable Media Players) are getting smaller and smaller. Take the Creative Zen for instance. Yes, it’s simply called the Creative Zen and looks like a compressed and flattened version of the Vision:W. Considering...
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Overall, the Creative Zen is a good machine. It allows you to have up to 48 GB of memory in your pocket, and is very simple to use. These two elements combine to make this MP3 player a really strong competitor in its field. Of course it’s not perfect...
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First off, we would like to thank the folks over at Creative for providing us the new ZEN for review. We have been messing around with it for a week and we’ve got to say there’s a lot to get excited about, especially the price. The Creative ZE...
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Sharp interface; radio (with 32 presets and autoscan); voice recorder; large display; excellent audio and video quality. Whats Naughty: Susceptible to fingerprints and blotches; short USB cord. Whats the Deal: It seems that everyone is engaged in a...
Sharp interface; radio (with 32 presets and autoscan); voice recorder; large display; excellent audio and video quality.
Susceptible to fingerprints and blotches; short USB cord.
It seems that everyone is engaged in a secret love affair with the iPod, while MP3 players from companies like Creative, SanDisk, and Microsoft are "just friends" with our music-listening populace. Creative has been in the MP3 biz since the early days...
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Once, Apple Inc.s iPod had no serious competitors. Now, the iPod Nano faces serious competition from a handful of devices, most notably Creative Technology Ltd.s new Zen media player. This little flash-based device is the width of a standard credit...
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Why does it seem like these days there is a constant stream of personal media players (PMPs)? Since Jacqui Cheng isnt reviewing this, we know its not an Apple product, and since thats the case, we know its going to have an uphill battle against th...
$130 is a great price for what you get SD Slot makes the storage expandable Support for many, many file formats Great sound and video quality Easy to use software...
Slow start-up time, unresponsive menus Interface can be confusing, hard to learn No backlit buttons The screen doesn’t handle deep blacks well in video Have to reencode all of your video in 320x240 to watch it on the device...
There is a lot to like here. The large selection of accepted file formats, the impressive sound on the audio, the features you may or may not need, and the SD card slot so you can expand the memory makes for a very good $130 deal. That is, until I pass...
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At one time Creative's Vision M digital media player was the envy of all, and the rest of its range of music players was impressive enough to rival even the most prolific of competitors. In recent times, however, things have gone quiet. Only the low-end Z...
Creative has come up trumps with its new, flash-based, mini media player. Pitched as a direct competitor to the iPod nano it beats it on most fronts with the one exception being that its physical controls aren't quite as nice to use. It comes in a greater...
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Its been a long time since we saw a new portable offering from the forefathers of MP3. Since the Zen Vision:M and Zen V Plus, everything has been rather quiet, except for the Shuffle-aping Stone range. Now its back and its serious: so serious that i...
Great screen. Excellent build. Storage capacity. Audio quality...
Bulkier and less sexy than rivals. Shoddy headphones...
Slick and talented, the Zen is the movie-playing flash player to beat...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:42
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The Creative Zen may not offer the cachet of the Apple iPod Touch, the gee-whiz design of the Iriver Clix Gen2, or as much storage capacity as its predecessor, the Creative Zen Vision:M, but this nicely priced MP3 player still won us over...
Compact design; comes in 16GB capacity; large, sharp screen; lots of extra features, including SD-card slot; stellar audio, video quality; excellent battery life...
Replaces a higher-capacity Creative player; no line-in or FM recording...
Its not the most eye-catching player out there, but the Creative Zen still has lots going for it: a beautiful screen, excellent sound quality, and good battery life...
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Creative’s Zen line of media players hasn’t stolen much thunder from the iPod, but it has been more successful than many. The latest, dubbed simply the Creative Zen, is a flash-based player that does video on a 2.5-inch screen and rocks a full...
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anythingbutipod.com Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:42
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Creative’s new player, simply named Zen, adds another powerful player to the Zen family of MP3 and PMPs. With a really nice form factor, this Zen has a 16.7 million-color screen making a noticeable difference to video playback and photo viewing. I h...
Creative’s new player, simply named Zen, adds another powerful player to the Zen family of MP3 and PMPs. With a really nice form factor, this Zen has a 16.7 million-color screen making a noticeable difference to video playback and photo viewing. I h...
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Introducing the Creative Zen! The flash player is the official successor of the ZEN Vision:M, and is available in capacities of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB, and is advertised to be the "size of a credit card". Many of you might be thinking that Creative mig...
The Zen would be a very nice addition to the Creative lineup of Mp3 players, with its excellent form factor, its SD-card (with SD-HC support) expandability, and great video playback capabilities (I just have to reiterate, fantastic screen for a PMP!!...
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mp3.com Updated:
2011-08-10 02:24:42
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The Creative Zen sounds fantastic and features a brilliant color screen capable of displaying photos and video. The player offers a smorgasbord of desirable extras such as an SD card expansion slot, an FM radio, a voice recorder, and a user-definable E...
The Creative Zen sounds fantastic and features a brilliant color screen capable of displaying photos and video. The player offers a smorgasbord of desirable extras such as an SD card expansion slot, an FM radio, a voice recorder, and a user-definable E...
The Creative Zen only comes in black, and it doesnt come close to matching the max 60GB offered by the player its replacing.
Were hard-pressed to find anything not to like about the Creative Zen. Its a great option for anyone looking for a great-sounding, pocketable MP3 player with an excellent, video-capable screen and plenty of extra features.
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Creatives stylish portable media player aims right at the new nano with its larger screen and SD Card slot.
Larger display than nano, Good audio quality, SD Card slot, Compatible with unprotected AAC files...
Long startup time, Confusing navigation, Display is dimmer than new nano’s, Static-filled radio reception...
It has a bigger screen for watching videos. It has expandable memory. And it offers little perks that the new iPod nano doesnt have, like an FM radio and voice recorder. It even supports iTunes unprotected AAC format. Add it all up and what do you ha...
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Creative Zen 2.5" Media playerBluetooth 29 Aug 2007 Pricing of Creative Zen player>>>Zen Player for Music and Video in Credit card form factor Today, we take a look at a just released gadget from Creative Technologies, the Zen Player. Zen Player is sm...
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