Creative Zen 2 GB

After much nagging and persuasion from my friend about how 'amazing' these are, i finally decided to invest in one. It had to be better than the highly over-rated ipod right? Wrong. Firstly, it was extremely difficult to get used to, it takes a while to find everything - the organisation is horrible. Secondly the sound is somewhat lacking too, you need a really decent pair of earphones to get the best out of it, i always found i needed the volume fairly high and it didn't pick up on certain parts of songs. They also have a rather nasty habit of crashing/freezing, which can get frustrating when it happens frequently. They don't come with a mains charger, just a USB cable ...  Read the complete review

Creative ZEN 2GB MP3 player and more!!. Not a bad little piece of kit this. It plays MP3, MP4 (videos), it has a built-in FM radio, Calender, MS-Outlook synchronisation and picture viewer. 2Gb may seem small when compared with a 16Gb iPod, but when you consider that it has a built-in SD card slot, then the memory issued becomes a minor one. In the past, people bought Apples' iPod range for one reason, and one reason only, 'iTunes'. This iconic piece of software made it easy to upload playlists & sync your playlists with those on your PC. Well guess what?, Creative have taken the bull by the horns and created a media management tool to rival ...  Read the complete review