Hands-on with Creative's Zen

While the new Creative Zen might not be much of a stand-out on looks or feature set, we're pretty hard pressed to find anything wrong with the player. All the functions are quite straightforward and responsive, and the interface is certainly passable. Format support might just make this a winner, but like the reviewers are saying, there's not point in rushing out and buying something just yet, with an Apple event just around the corner.

Hands-on with Creative's Zen

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 11:03PM]

Hey, Paul, just how many shares of Apple stock do you own, because unless you're trying to protect an investment here, I'm putting this article down as iFan infected ****. And you're not the only one.

The Zen is a solid player, a right sight nicer-looking than most, and has a great UI. The feature set is second to none, expecially with an expandable SD card slot, a screen as big as the 5G iPod, and more vibrant, a small form factor that fits almost anywhere and probably feels great in your hand, and it isn't tied down to iTunes, although it supports unprotected iTunes tracks! You can use anything from WMP to MediaSource to your Windows Explorer to add content, and it has stellar battery life, and despite all of this you manage to make it sound like an unremarkable iWannabe. And because I have the fortune of commenting on this AFTER the Apple event, I can say that the new fatty nano is the closest thing Apple's come out with to compete, and it doesn't hold a candle to the Zen! A lot of people are reading your article, and you owe them an honest and unbiased review that does NOT involve belittling an incredible new product to satisfy your iEgo.