The Good

Include the same features you’d find in more well-known MP3 players; come from a company with a positive reputation in the industry; large screens for viewing videos; some models support wireless synching

The Bad

Price difference is not significant; no LCD display; some complaints about performance and customer support

The Bottom Line

If you want to purchase a creative player, either the X-Fi or the Mozaic are going to be your top choices. Consider the features you want and the hard drive space you need when making your final decision.

Review

Creative Labs possesses the well reputation for expanding ornaments for laptop, for instance speakers and keyboards. More than a few years back, a business determined to start the MP3 player market but they haven’t really produced the splash they were desiring for. As well as that’s untoward because a lot of the Creative player kinds on the marketplace do earn important thought.

All Creative player acquires the big-variety of features equivalent to what you’ll discover with the more mainstream players on the marketplace. nearly all of players take in monitors for looking movies, directing your music files, plus looking pictures. The Creative Zen X-Fi Wireless possesses the largest display at 2.5 inches that is even bigger than the monitor on the iPod Nano. However, the Creative player’s display is not LCD.

Where the Zune plus the Nano can get about 24 hours of music playing from one charge, the Creative player be able to get up to 32 hours.

As well as the Zune, the players produce with FM tuners. Such as the Zune, they also don’t work with MAC systems. The newest sort of the Creative Zen X-Fi also holds wireless synching just as the Zune acquires.

Color selections may be another factor. Though the Creative Zen X-Fi only releases in black, the Mozaic Creative player releases in pink, silver, and black.

Many of the Creative player models also have external speakers so you can share your music with other people if you wish.

On the downside, the Creative player options do not cost that much less than the Zune and iPod models of comparable size. The 16 GB model is only about $20 cheaper.

Some users have also reported that the players have stopped working or froze up after only a short time of using them.