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Design and feel
The Creative Zen Touch is quite a big and bulky mp3 player which has a white body cover, the device is smooth to touch and its got a nice sleek design to it. The main feature of the zen touch has is its touch-sensitive Touch Pad, it is easy to use as i have found out as through navigating and scrolling. It also has a lock switch by the side, so buttons aren't accidentally clicked or pressed which is useful for when your on the move because you'll know that even if buttons are pressed it wont affect the zen. Its quite easy to use due to the simple layout of buttons. A USB 2.0 mini socket which connects to the computer can be used to transfer songs. Like the Ipod's the menu shuffle song can play songs which you have in your library. It is also somewhat heavy and bulky and not ideal for carrying around in your pocket.
Performance
The sound quality of the Creative Zen Touch impressed me, the signal-to-noise ratio is exceptionally high. The powerful crystal clear sound makes it a recommended product, though it is better to choose good headphones to listen with if you want to take advantage of the excellent sound quality. The zen does offer a four-band custom parametric equalizer for better earphones than the zen headphones which are okay but not exceptional by any means.
Features The Main Menu options, includes Music Library to display the list of songs, Now Playing to see what track you are playing at the moment, Play Mode, Settings and Information.
It is possible to search for songs, albums and artists although finding it difficult as it not the easiest thing to use as i have found out. Navigation can be used by clicking in the middle of the player, which feels nice to touch and it does whatever you want it to do. Touching it in the middle area scrolls up and down slowly. It may be hard to use at first but once you have fiddled with it and had a go you'll get used to it. The search facility can also be used to search for artists, songs or albums.
The Zen also features a 4 band custom equalizer. The good thing about this is that you can edit and choose the tone to what ever you feel like making it easier for you to change the settings to suit your needs.You can set the play mode to repeat track to listen to the same song, repeat all to repeat all songs once played and you can randomize all the tracks if you really want.
Software
The software for the zen is quite easy to install, it requires Nomad drivers this makes it useful to transfer songs and files in general. The software doesn't take up a lot of space and storage though which is good because memory usage may be important to some computer users.
Battery
It is easy to charge the battery. Once connected you can find out if the player is fully charged as it should last the full 24 hours that it is expected to last for . Battery can last up to around 30 hours but this is only if you have lots of low quality mp3 files. I use my player for several hours a day, and only needs charging once a week. This shows that the battery life is exceptional and reliable.
Overall
Overall I think that the zen touch is a very good buy and much cheaper than the Ipod costing around £150. The playback and storage capacity are very good and so is the performance of its sound quality. The navigation system is quite hard to use at first but once you've fiddled with it and got used to it you'll think quite the opposite. On the whole I would recommend the Ipod Touch a good buy on the whole.
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(+) Av Output to plug to a TV, built-in speakers, easy to use. Come with very good earphones (-) Does not come with power supply (easy to charge from the PC though), av cable is sold separately
Creative Zen Touch - style, size, capacity and an extra long battery life make it the ... more
ideal digital audio player for music fans. Its innovative Touch Pad supports easy, fingertip navigation through your library of songs, while the 20GB hard disk can al...
Postage & Packaging: £4.87 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Creative Zen Touch - style, size, capacity and an extra long battery life make it the ... more
ideal digital audio player for music fans. Its innovative Touch Pad supports easy, fingertip navigation through your library of songs, while the 20GB hard disk can al...
Postage & Packaging: £4.87 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Advantages: Large Capacity, Good Quality, Nice Design, Excellent Price and Great Battery Life Disadvantages: Touch pad difficult to use, Nomad software is poor
Advantages: Fall resistance, sound quality, device is easy to use. Disadvantages: Song transfer is agonizingly difficult, software is a pain, poor customer service
ShadowCreator 30.09.2007 (30.09.2007)
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