Creative ZEN X-Fi 16GB MP3 Player Reviews

+ The sound and video quality are excellent, the earphones are of outstanding quality and the player looks good.

- Much too small. They wanted it small and they overdid it. It would have been much cleverer too make an updated and slim (ipod-like) version of the Zen Vision: M. The buttons are really tiny and you can feel the other buttons on the edge of your finger when you press one, and also, they are hard to press. Again, why get rid of the scrolling touch sensitive button that worked so well on the Vision:M? The screen could have been bigger The casing has a very cheap plastic feel to it. The FM transmitter in my car keeps loosing the signal when I play non music stuff like podcasts. The sd card slot is useless since the contents of the card can't be integrated to the library. The wireless facility is fairly useless too, its software is user-unfriendly and transferring files wirelessly takes for ever. There is no browser and no bluetooth. The power button is on the back of the thing which makes it highly unpractical if you want to protect the player in a leather case. You can't charge the thing if you don't have a USB port handy, and the battery life is appalling. The ol' Vision:M is ugly and bulky by current standards, but I am getting one back!

+ nice design and value for money

- getting a charger for it, onlt charges through the PC unless you buy an expensive creative charger. Also battery life was poor!

+ Great sound and headphones

- Fiddly buttons

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- wi fi cannot connect to the internet

+ Very good sound quality. Good earphones included.

- Not easy to use. Software is very poor. Wi-fi facility works very intermittantly. User manual/instructions are almost non-existant.

+ Top spec MP3 player with all you need and more, cheap too.

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+ It's sound quality is second to none, I've not heard such quality on any other mp3 player.
Very easy to use, just plug and play which is good.
Good picture quality for imported photos
Wifi transfers are a good addition although they eat up the battery life.
Battery life is brilliant
Album and music sorting is first class

- It doesnt carry on from where you left off when you connect it to your pc to transfer new music on.
Cant listen to music and view picture the same time.

+ Size, feel, quality of sound.

- Navigation through the menu takes some getting used to.

+ Excellent player with really good quality playback. Easy to download.

- The buttons are too small and too close together. I have small hands and even I have trouble! Otherwise brilliant

+ Display is really nice
Charges with Mini USB charger, so easy to find a charger for it

- Has to be reset every now and again
Sound quality can get a bit skippy and scratchy