Creative Zen Review

I got myself Creative Zen media player. I need my music everywhere and was experiencing withdrawal symptoms after my Sony Ericsson walkman phone Earphone died.

I love my Zen and has become extension of my body. Its has 4GB capacity with expandable memory option. Apart from that it has nice but not much used features like Microphone for recording, Video and FM radio. Radio receiver is kinda bad and picks up bit noise and distortion but I don’t worry about that much because there isn’t much to listen to on Radio around here in New Delhi. Sound quality is very good and has custom EQ as well, but I don’t use that much, Presets are good enough.

It has shiny front panel which attracts lots of smudges and scratches. Keys are bit tacky and location of headphone jack annoys me sometimes.

Software interface and navigation is real easy. The screen is crisp and bright an important feature when using outdoor. Its very slim and looks cool and doesn’t weigh much either.

It uses Microsoft’s MTP protocol for data transfer. I like it better than I-Pod because it does not need proprietary software for data transfer and plays unprotected content too. I use GNU/Linux exclusively and use Amarok to transfer music.

For additional info you can check the official webpage.

Here is the little Pic:

At INR 5500 its best you could get.