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Here's an independent review from the guys at The Register of the Creative Zen Micro, a supposed iPod mini competitor:
Creative Zen Micro 5GB music player
A few quotes:
"At 8.3 x 5 x 1.8, it lacks the cigarette-lighter slimness of the iPod Mini, but feels more solid, less flimsy."
"The display itself presents almost but
not quite an exact copy of the iPod UI"
"Another 'steal' is the ZM's ability to sync up with PIM software - Microsoft Outlook in this case"
"Creative quotes up to 12 hours for the ZM's playtime on a single charge. I got
just eight hours running two-odd hours' worth of 128Kbps MP3 files over and over out of the test machine's pre-installed power pack."
"Hidden inside the ZM is its 1" 5GB hard drive - a Seagate unit, I believe. Creative claims it's not only bigger than the iPod Mini's 4GB Hitachi HDD but more reliable. Maybe it is, but it's certainly a slow unit.
It takes around five seconds to start playing a new song"
"The ZM's hard drive can be used as a USB Mass Storage device, but you have to enable it to do so first - it's
by no means plug and play. Worse,
the player limits how much of its disk space can be used for general files - you can choose from 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and then in 512MB intervals up to 2GB."
"Pity PC users too. I installed WM10 and Media Explorer on a Sony Vaio running Windows XP pre-Service Pack 2 and got the Blue Screen of Death every time I tried to run the Creative Software."
Verdict
"The Zen Micro is a real improvement on Creative's previous compact HDD-based music player, the MuVo2, and over the company's large-format hard drive units, the Zen Jukebox range. I'm not sure about the line's bright colours but the white unit I looked is certainly Creative's best looking player yet.
But by trying too hard to look like an iPod, it risks being seen as a 'me too' product. That would be a shame - it's a good music player, and it's size, styling, capacity and radio make it a worthy challenger to the Apple product."
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[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG4 on 2004-11-29 13:58 ]
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Posted: 2004-11-29 14:52:53
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well after a lot of decision making (well not really) i asked for a ipod photo and to my suprise my aunty got me 1 2day and she gave it to me early, yay
the pics dont take long to load and the color makes playing solitare so much better.
also to my suprise it came with a case, the normal 40 GB ipod dont come with a case.
now all i have to do is get my friend who has a mac and an ipod to come and show me how to use all this itunes malarky, lol
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Posted: 2004-12-21 01:54:53
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Regarding design, I hate to say i'm in the "big whoop" catagory.. personally I can't understand why so many people are making such a fuss over an ice cream container with a circle on it.. wow... woo... yay. ho hum.
Not sure how things play out in other countries but a friend purchased their Ipod here and when told that it had to be software upgraded was given a bill. Aparently software upgrades weren't covered by apple. How nice. (At least even
cover theirs for 12 months
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Posted: 2004-12-21 03:01:28
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Superluminova Posts: > 500
woo hoo, got my ipod photo and i must say i'm very pleased, photos are very clear and its such a great and simple way to scroll through and play songs!
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Posted: 2004-12-21 14:23:28
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i have a 3rd G 15gb ipod, i must say i like the 3g interface better than the clickwheel, also, replace the ipods crappy earbuds ASAP
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Posted: 2004-12-21 19:45:16
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@Gigs:
It's th simplicity of the design that most people appreciate. There aren't billions of buttons to do simple things. It's also about the design of the user interface which makes the iPod the simplest player to use - its not just about the design of the physical appearance. Design isn't just about looks!!
BTW, your friend was conned!! All iPod software updates and iTunes updates are free, can be downloaded for free from Apple's web-site and installed easily yourself!
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
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Posted: 2004-12-21 23:40:00
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my itunes are all f**ked,
all my music was in a folder called 'my music' on my pc and it had sum folders with whole albums
how how do i copy everything to itunes????
thanks ppls i really like my ipod,
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Posted: 2004-12-22 00:43:25
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