Creative Labs 70PF165000000 Zen MicroPhoto 8 GB MP3 Player (Titanium Gray) by Creative
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Digital camera reviews of Creative Labs 70PF165000000 Zen MicroPhoto 8 GB MP3 Player (Titanium Gray)
Digital camera Review: Awesome Mp3 player
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this Mp3 player over an ipod nano over a year ago and still use and like it. It doesn't compare with the new nano's but is better than the previous generation of nano's. It's well built but still should have a protective case for the obvious reasons. The touchpad was a bit tricky at first, but I figured it out in a few days just like everyone else.
The things that keep me from giving it a 5 star rating are the following; it takes awhile to charge and the wall chargers are hard to find, plus they're over $25 without shipping, if you find it. But maybe this is just me since this is my first Mp3 player of this sort. Maybe the ipods take hours to fully charge as well. The other thing is that I have an apple macbook, and so their is only one freeware program that lets me use this on a mac, but it commonly requires that I replug it several times to have it detected.
Bottom line is that the thing works very good.
Digital camera Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an easy to use item that anyone can use. Easy to rip music, add photos, contacts etc. The only negative thing about this it the ear buds...they're horrible and hurt your ears after only 30 minutes or so of use. I bought silicone ear buds and now I'm a happy camper!Digital camera Review: Bad Choice!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this Mp3 player because it was just a few bucks cheaper than the Ipod and I ended up paying dearly for it. It is a piece of junk that stopped working only after a couple months. The firmware decided to stop recognizing songs, albums titles, and eventually that there was even any music to listen to. Now I have a 200$ dollar mp3 player with no music on it that will not interface with my PC. Customer service? Don't count on it. So if your into extensively troubleshooting, highly frustrating, pieces of junk, this is a great product.Digital camera Review: Beat Expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
I commute to work on the train and like to listen to music, audio books and NPR (news). I replaced a 20gig Ipod with this unit and I couldn't be happier. I was nervous about the user interface, but it has completely impressed me. Simply put, it just works the way you think it should. I design software for a living, so I know great usability when I see it. The FM tuner is awesome (I used to swap between the Ipod and a Sony walkman). The bookmark feature is great for audio books. Overall, this thing is a nice piece of gear.
My complaints - can't view photos while listening to music. Not sure how they missed this feature, it can't be all that difficult. Hoping for a fix in firmware for this. Also, the software used on the PC to get songs onto the unit isn't the best..but it works.
Overall, it was a good trade. Until apple gets off their high horse and adds some additional feature/function to its units (other than watching a video...who's going to use that), I'll stick with creative.
Digital camera Review: Best miniature hard-drive player!
Summary: 5 Stars
Best little hard drive based player I've found. I base this off the comparisons with ipods, Dell DJ's, larger Creative players, iRivers and other players that lack that "Je ne sais quoi" that I was looking for. I have an older 5 gigabyte Zen Micro that I really like (so does my wife), so I purchased the 8GB microphoto for her. It is everything the Micro is and just a little better in all ways. Naturally the color display is the highlight here as well the increase in storage capacity. I might note that the Microphoto is slightly thinner (about a millimetre) than the 5 GB Micro, yet it still has a choice of many different face colors. It has lost none of its nice feel in the hand that was there before, in fact it was so well liked by my Nephew and two Nieces that they asked for them for Christmas. I take that as major praise for the design since teenagers have quite the opportunity to see different players, especially the ipod! Also important to me is software and where I can purchase from online sources. This is important if you want to buy from Napster and others. Ipod=itunes store for online music purchase, in fact you should check the online source to see if your player is compatible. I have both Windows and Macintosh computers and I still choose a Windows device (maybe Microsoft is on to something!!). Also the rechargeable battery is replaceable, I have replaced two ipod batteries for a friend on an older second generation ipod (not something I'm fond of) and when another friend's newer fourth generation ipod's battery began losing capacity I couldn't find instructions on how to dis-assemble it, he brought it back for service for $85.00 and a day's wait, not for me! The Creative software works well and is a good tool for organizing your Zen Microphoto's music and files. I could not use my old Zen Micro Explorer with the Zen Microphoto, no problem though, both versions of software run fine together! The software is a piece of cake to use and the 8GB Microphoto transfers files about 3 times faster than my old Zen Micro, I assume a faster hard disk is in the new machine. The sound is breathtaking and you may use one of eight pre-set equalizer settings, your own custom setting or you may disable the EQ function if you wish. Currently there are five Zen Micros in our family, four 5GB Micros and one 8GB Microphoto, they all work perfectly and I am very pleased with them! I have read in some reviews regarding complaints with the headphone jacks, the newer ones do seem to have a different connector on the end of the headphone; however, we haven't had trouble with any of them!