Advantages: Sound, Colour, Battery life and Build Quality.
Disadvantages: Sensitivity

...I have had the Microphoto now for 6 weeks and having tried out all the functions and getting the grips with it I feel in a position to give a realistic and honest view on the Creative Zen Microphoto. I purchased the Creative Zen Microphoto to replace my Creative 20GB Touch which I accidentally broke. I shopped around for a mp3 player and settled on the Creative Zen Microphoto mainly because of the Creative software which is easy to use. Also the ability to use it as an external hard drive helps me keep everything in one place neat and organised. The pros are the great sound quality, the bright colourful display, the mp3 player's software system which is very intuitive and the value for money of the Zen when compared to an Ipod. The build quality is good and feels solid in your hand and even onto the floor a few times. The battery life... Read review

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Advantages: Ergonomic, Light, Easy to use, Protective case
Disadvantages: Scratches easily, Ocassional Crashes

...I have owned 4 MP3 Players and the Creative Zen Touch is simply the best of all of them. It is easy to use, although very flexible for more advanced users. It looks good, its feels good. The software provided is Excellent, In the package with the Zen you recieve The Creative Mediasource software suite, which comprises of an Audio converter, which can convert between MP3 WMA and WAV files. There is a media player/organizer which i believe sufficient to replace WinAMP with. Also provided is Nomad Explorer, a more simple program for transfering music and data to and from the MP3 Player. The Player itself is very reliable. And the battery life comes close to 24 hourse when fully charged. I have found this to be adaquete in most situations. The Creative Zen touch is very comfortable in the hand and has a smooth plastic/metalic look... Read review

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Advantages: Great Sound Quality, Long Battery Life, Looks Nice, Easy to Use
Disadvantages: Can be hard to see screen in a certain light, supplied earphones terrible, quite large

...(*'s Out of 5) I received the Creative Zen Touch for my birthday in October (at a guess I'd say it cost around £170) and I have been extremely pleased with it since- I haven't even filled half of its large 20GB capacity. What's in the box: Creative Zen Touch MP3 Player, USB 1.1/2.0 cable, Quick Start Manual, Creative Zen Touch case, Creative earphones and charger. Looks: ****and a half- I think this Creative Zen Touch looks very nice, the buttons have been neatly placed, the blue backlit screen gives it a very nice edge and everything just seems to fit in, it's slightly larger and heavier than the iPod, but that's just a minor con because it feels sturdy and of high quality. Ease of Use: ***** This is extremely simple to navigate, even my Dad knew how to work it!! Straight out of the box, it's a simple matter ofplugging it in... Read review

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Advantages: Solid, reliable brilliant sound quaity
Disadvantages: Chunky, bundled software is a pain, touch interface may annoy some users

...I recieved my creative zen micro photo as a replacement for my late Ipod mini (4gb), I was shocked when I initially tore open the packaging with an unnatural force, inside I found: *My creative zen microphoto (in black) *Creative earphones (Quality wasn't great, obviously a knock-off of the *Ipod headphones) *Leather pouch *battery *CD with software *cable Lets start with the Zen, ok, it has no buttons and some users will find the toch-interface quite annoying (as my freind put is a f***ing waste of time) the screen quality could be better and the photo-display mode seems to be a bit of a gimmick, (the photos are blurry). I only really needed the Zen for music and, after uploading the songs onto it (this can be done with media player or the bundled software which is complicated and harder to use than the traditional itunes... Read review

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Advantages: slim, compact, portable, weight, easy to use
Disadvantages: battery cover a little flimsy

...a replacement part with no hassle at all (fantastic customer service!) The batteries seem to last for far longer than the 18 hours stated - my current battery is now upto about 23 hours old and still going strong (although thats been over gym sessions rather than continuous playback) The radio is a great additional feature, and used quite often when I'm out and about with the dogs walking them. I found the software easy to use (I'm not very good at technical things generally) and can easily transfer music from our pc to the player - it holds about 100 mp3 tracks (no idea about wma capacity as I only use mp3), so its not for holding a serious amount of music but then we do have a larger mp3 player for that as well (A creative zen jukebox 20MB) I highly recommend the zen creative nano plus player.... Read review

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Advantages: Large Capacity, Long Battery Life, Cheaper than iPod, VERY stylish
Disadvantages: No support For .ogg files, Headphones that are supplied are cheap and tacky,

........yet. The sound quality is wonderful, as I would expect from a Creative product, although, the Creative foresight does not stretch to the earphones that are supplied- they are really poor! I found it a little disappointing that there is no support for .OGG format (amongst others) Apart from this I cannot complain. The battery life of up to 24 hrs is a god send, the battery seems not to have a battery "memory" . This means you always get a full charge, and the battery life as promised by the manufacturer. The access time on the HDD is really quick, considering its 20gB capacity, and is rugged enough to jog with, despite the manufacturers claims to the contrary, I have jogged almost every day with the Zen as company, and have had no reason for concern. In Short- this is a great product; stylish and well designed, user friendly and with outstanding... Read review

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Advantages: compact, fast access to files, lots of space
Disadvantages: touch button sometimes too fast

...I bought the Creative Zen Touch around 6 months ago and have been extremely happy with it so far. Previous to this I owned the Creative Nomad Jukebox 3, which lasted 18 months and still works to this day. The first thing to notice is the size, compared to previous Creative MP3 players it is small and compact, fitting easily into the pocket. It has an extremely intuitive menu interface where files can be navigated to by Artist, album, genre or playlist. The players interface puts all the buttons right where you need them, with play, skip forward, backward, pause, volume and on/off having buttons without needing to use the menu. Also on the front is a 'random' button which I find myself using a lot, randomly playing songs from your archive. the PC software it comes with is also extremely efficient and easy to install and use... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Stores a lot, nice looking
Disadvantages: heavy, quite large

...The Creative Zen 20GB, what an mps player. Not only is it cheaper than it's rival the ipod it stores many more songs. I own a Creative Zen 20GB myself and i love it, itis software on the computer is easy to put on and the Zen itself it very easy to use. The way to choose things from the menu is touch control pad "up and downwards" unlike the round touch pad of the ipod. The senceativity of the touch panel can be changed, it also has many diffrent eq settings and also a custom eq setting. The menus on the Zen is easy on us with a simple click on the ok button to proced on. The sound quality is great but also depend on what quality mp3's you have. The mp3 is also very Durable as i found out when i droped it on a cobbled street, it made a small dent in the back but ketp playing and didn't skip at all. The bad thing about the Zen is that it... Read review

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Advantages: Great capacity and Sound quality. Looks Different.
Disadvantages: Could be simpler to use more quickly.

...Having originally planned to purchase another mp3 player, I decided to go for the Creative Zen Touch 20GB when I saw the way it looked, and the fact that it was of a significantly different design to the ubiquitous ipod. Firstly, the capacity is great-i'll probably never fill this with all the music I ever listen to, at last count 473 mp3 tracks. The sound quality is superb, but depends upon the original quality of the mp3 tracks you have downloaded. Some are better than others. The player is easy to use straight out of the box, although quickly getting to a specific song from start up can take a lot longer than you might imagine. I guess the manufacturer could have simplified the menu system for when you just want to listen anything random. So far the battery has lasted 3 hours on average, although I like loud music... Read review

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Advantages: The major advantage over the ipod is the battery life
Disadvantages: still not overly keen on the slider search

...Creative attracted me for the primary reason of battery life as with a busy schedule and often using Londons tube system last thing i wanted was a dead battery. Sure they all have the 20GB storage and weight or what not but after giving up a 56 hour mini disc had to be the zen or the sony hd as ipods lame 10 hours doesnt stand upto the 24 and 30 hours of the zen or sony. Another option is the ability to use sony style ear plugs or headphones with a dual sexuality pin. the sound quality is excellent however the device has only one main drawback in its size but slip it in your pocket and you will soon forget about that. your not buying the zen to be stylish but functional as it is far more efficient than the ipod however i do find the sony hd to be alot more attractive to lok at. As for simplicity to use most are the same however... Read review

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