Creative Zen Mozaic 8 GB

Creative has always been the main rival to the Ipod, and i've never seen the appeal about the Ipod and have always had the Creative rival when i'm looking for a new MP3. Largely to say i always opted for the cheap option in terms of Creative and had small and sleak ones before, but then i decided to shell out about £50 on this new range by Creative, the Zen Mozaic, and i was impressed in how they've tried to beat the Ipod. First and firstmost it has to be said, the Creative Zen has a loudspeaker, yes it does! Now most of my mates have Ipods so when i pulled this out they were surprised to say the least that i was playing out tunes aloud when we were together, ...  Read the complete review

I wanted an MP3 player, but didn't want to follow the trend of getting an ipod. I saw the Creative range and went for this one. A brilliant sleek little number that performs very well. Casing is worth getting for it as a bonus as it does protect the outer shell and the screen. Mine's a rubber one, which still enables the buttons to be used effectively. In terms of actual usage it's very easy to use, especially for some of those non-technical peeps out there. Although shown here in black it can also be bought in a very fetching pink or silver- a nice unique touch that makes it more of an individual item. Sound quality is brilliant, you really can shut the world out. Songs ...  Read the complete review

Well, this is a quirky looking thing, a mosaic- style MP3 player, a Zen, too- so is it any good? The Good: This is a very small player, with great functionality is within the palm of your hand. The odd mosaic buttons are an oddity at first but I find them to be quite attractive. The interface is good, offering basics like shuffle, and more advanced features like playing rarely heard songs and browsing by album cover. A good feature is a JPEG viewer, pictures can also be set as a background along with general visual tweaks- this helps personalise the look of the player. There is an integrated speaker, it may be a bit tinny, but then again, it is ...  Read the complete review