My 4G iPod finally bit the dust, so I needed a new media player. I say media
and not MP3 because I am slightly interest in watching videos on a device. While
I usually spend at least 5 weeks beating the snot out of every nuance of tech specs
on a device before I buy it, this time I found myself needing to get on an airplane
today with no player, so I went and got one last night. I couldn’t be
happier.
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It is now a couple of days later and I am on the airplane ride home listening to the
Foo Fighters on my new Creative Zen Micro Photo. I love this thing. So
far, I like it better than my old iPod.
- 8G is plenty, even with podcasts galore.
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Small form factor and this is MUCH better than the iPod. I want a case
to wear the Zen around my neck. -
Nice controls. Not as perfect as the wheel, but darn close and perfectly usable.
Better than iRiver. -
No iTunes, syncs to my Windows Media Player library. Nice, but not perfect.
I will have to learn how to use Media Player better in organizing my music, but iTunes
sucked for this. How hard could it be? - Customizable color display. Cheesy, but cool anyway.
- Lights up in a kinda cool way.
- Great battery life so far. I have gone from Nashville to Boise and no worries!
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Somehow I am supposed to be able to get my calendar and contacts from Outlook on this
thing, but I haven’t figured that out yet. -
Once again, can I just say that my Shure E2C earphones are the greatest things I have
ever purchased?