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Summary: You can keep your F@#king Ipod
Review: Pros:
Huge Space(I have all my cds, all my dads and all my brothers and i still have 13GB left
Small Price($180 less than 20 GB Ipod
Easy to use software(Rip Cds onto your Player with one button
Upgradable Firmware through website
Nice Interface
Removable battery (this is KEY. with the Ipod when the battery dies, and it will, after a couple hundred charges you have to send it to Apple.Cons:
Larger than Ipod(Sill Fits in pocket)
Not Quite as sleek or pretty as Ipod (But I couldn't care less. ITS IN MY POCKET!) Overall at $180 less than an Ipod, how can you go wrong
If you have windows, like me the ipod is a chore to configure
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Summary: I love it!!!
Review: Simply Wonderful...If you want a Mp3 player this is the one to get.
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Summary: don't buy this!
Review: the software needed to post music from computer to the player is too complex, and transfers - when they are successful - are very slow. Every few songs I got an error and player wasn't recognized anymore by the software. Nothing a few "unplug/replug" cycles couldn't fix. Every few "unplug/replug" cycles the software was nice enough to shut itself down for me and I got to start all over again. After about 5 such software restarts (I had transferred all of about 30 titles, with a few thousand more to go), I realized what a piece of junk this really is and promptly returned it. Got a more expensive ipod and it works great. Buyer beware: you get what you pay for.
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Summary: Zen NX - Doesn't get any better than this!
Review: Think positive! Software for this or any other gadget that is capapble of doing what this item is capapble of can be challenging as can be the controls on the NX, but a little patience is so-o-o rewarding.
One should keep in mind what we spent our money for - SOUND; that's been Creative's business from the git-go and the fact they're able to do it at these prices makes for a hands down winner. Another point to consider is 20 vs 30 gigs: 20 gigs of MP3 tracks is virtually impossible to keep track of - 30 is absolute chaos. However, take your pick - the sounds's the same - GREAT!
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Summary: Ah, replacable battary
Review: This is a basic over all improvement from the last zen model. This is lighter (or atleast feels like it) has a replaceable battary (creative labs, feel like putting spare battaries and chargers out for sale?) The new software is taking me time to get used to... not that it really matters. I wish, though, that Creative Labs would start sending their drivers to Microsoft before they ship the products because it's annoying for Win XP to say that the drivers aren't certified... the drivers aren't certified... Anywho, New looks, slightly altered menu system from the Zen 2.0... new software.
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Summary: super fly
Review: this is a really good mp3 player, its really cheap and carries so much music. Here's a list of reasons why its so good:
1) It carries 20 GB of memory for such a cheap price.
2) It's program is so easy to use and install.
3) Look-wise, while not being cooler than the ipod, it still is pretty decent. Its got a cool green screen and the metal casing is nice.
4) The scroll buttons good, i dont see why anyone would complain about it since the ipod has the exact same thing really. Plus it speeds up if you hold it for a while.
5) I had the previous Nomad Jukebox Zen 20 GB and this is alot better; Its really durable and it doesn't break very easily. I dropped it a couple times already and its fine.
6) Its a bit bulky, but it fits fine in my pocket. I carry it around my school all the time and I dont even feel it weighing me down or being annoying. Ive tried the ipod out and even though its more sleek, it really doesnt matter that much.
7) Its got amazing battery power; 14 hours, I listen to it for about 4 hours a day so i only have to recharge it about twice every week. No big nuisance.
8) Anyone who would by an archos jukebox is an idiot since this is just as cheap and a lot cooler and sleeker.
9) Its got a cool leather carrying case, but you cant see the screen, which is good in some ways.
10) It vibrates every 10 minutes or so, which is cool and fun when its in your pocket...
11) Sometimes it freezes, thats the only con.
12) this is stupid but its a good conversation maker. Someone will be like "hey whats that?" to which you can explain and then theyll be like cool and youll be like yeah...
13) One problem: some songs for cds always come out as "Error" when you try to transfer them to your nomad. For some cds, all the songs dont work which is so annoying. Still, if a song doesnt work i just download a version of the song that works from kazaa and all problems are solved. No big deal, its still worth every penny. All in all its really good
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Summary: Excellent Player, Great software
Review: This is an excellent MP3 player. The sound quality as well as the features are way above average. I dont understand how 'software engineers' could not get the software working. Does not speak well of their engineering skills. Trust me, if you have an iota of computer savvy, you will find this extremely easy to use. And oh yeah, its half the price of the IPOD- just a bit bulkier. Its time that these apple fanatics start to appreciate a good product instead of harping on the IPOD. The sound quality and the battery life (replaceable too and 14 hours on a single charge) way outweigh the IPOD. Dont take my word for it- go to a bestbuy and check it out...
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Summary: not perfect, but close
Review: two months ago, a friend of mine bought an iPod and lived to rue that day, as she couldn't get the software to work with her PC. she returned it a couple of weeks after having purchased it, after many hours on the phone with tech support for both her PC and for the iPod. yesterday, i bought myself a creative labs jukebox zen nx for half the price she paid for her iPod. score one for the Jukebox. i took it home, plugged it in, let it charge while i installed the software. this took maybe fifteen minutes. i have no IDEA how two computer professionals couldn't get this software to install.... i'm quite computer savvy, myself, for a 21 year old business student with no formal computer training. i'm no whiz, but the installation was in no way shape or form brain surgery. click next a handful of times, click finish, yay for you, it's installed, just like any other program.
after getting the software installed, teaching myself to use it took a bit of time. the help files aren't exactly expansive, and often seemed to have the answer to a question that wasn't *quite* what i needed to know. but i started this whole project at 8pm, and by 11pm i had all 400+ of my music files on the jukebox, two playlists already created, and was able to get good and drunk with my roommates while bragging about my new toy.
it's the size, roughly, of a palm PDA. in fact, i just slid it into the leather case belonging to my now defunct handspring deluxe with no trouble.
i'm very impressed with this thing... no, it's not the itty bittiest portable music player on the planet, but for the price and for the features, the size, weight and all are just right.
final word: a great player, easy install regardless of *what* a couple of challanged computer nerds think, software could stand to be a little more straightforward, but overall completely worth it.
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Summary: Poor Support, Don't Waste your Time
Review: We purchased the Nomad Zen DAP at Christmas 2003, by May of this year it's hard drive needs to be replaced. It only comes with a 90 day warranty, so we have to shell out $108.00 to get it repaired. Creative must really stand by their workmanship if they will only warrant their products for 90 days. You would be better off with a iPOD or Archos 6000. I have one each of those for years and they still function well full of music. Creative should hide their heads, and their products. What a waste of money !!
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Summary: Heading back to the store
Review: Weird device-to-PC interface and horrible software make this a lousy player. Never mind that it looks good. Whether you read the following tale of horror or not, please do much more research before you buy; try to actually use one and sync music with it. After a poor experience with an RCA Lyra 40 GB jukebox, I decided to give this Nomad Zen NX a try. First thing you notice is that it is not recognized as just another hard drive (like the RCA for example). You need a special piece of software to just browse the contents. Then one more app to manage the music and sync. The latter is where the cruel joke started. I imported my music into the Creative software and started to sync. Sync was very slow on a USB 2.0 (where the RCA was very fast by comparison, so it's not a USB problem). In addition, some songs would just show errors and could not be transferred, although they play just fine on the PC. After a few errors I supposedly stopped the sync from the PC. Upon successive plugging of the device onto the cable, the Zen would no longer be recognized. I went to the official website and downloaded different drivers to no avail. Then I read about a 3rd party app aptly named Notmad, which makes syncing with the Zen very easy, but is not free (has a cut down trial version). After 32321 reboots and getting the trial of Notmad, the Zen was recognized. Even by Creative's own software :) Funny thing is, no sync was possible whatsoever - every track would give an error. After some reading online, I figured out that a clean reainstall of Windows XP and the Nomad software will probably help. Ahem, excuse me? I am not reinstalling everything on my PC to make this silly piece of plastic work in a semi-adequate way, nor am I willing to buy a 3rd party app to make me Notmad :) I bet the hardware is OK and the problem is in the OS drivers, but the whole package is still bad bad bad. And even if it were working as advertised, you can't just go to somebody elses PC and load files onto this as if it were a hard drive - you need to download special software from Creative first. Ha ha. I am very disappointed by this player and will return it asap.
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