I got a Creative ZEN Micro....

...and it\'s AWESOME!

I only have about an hour to play with it (the ZEN that is) before heading to work, so I can\'t give any in-depth reviews at this time. But it\'s sweet and cool looking. I want to have babies with it.

I got it in white (see attached picture - it looks even better in real life).

Hah looks sweet.  Can you take some pics of it in your hand?

Deciding either this or the ipod mini for my sis.

[Paul2]

umm....up to 98 dB in S/N ratio, wow.  That slightly beat the CD-Audio limits of 96 dB and some CD songs have less than that.

Pretty amazing if the spec is correct.  What is creative zen micro btw?

an mp3 player, am/fm radio with record capabitilty I believe

5 GB isn\'t too bad for storage

It\'s awesome I tell ya... 5 gb, radio (you can even record from radio), mp3 (duh), two (!) rechargable (sp) batteries (so you can obviously replace batteries, something you can\'t do on, say, iPods), you can use some (or all) of the space as a USB harddrive/storage, it plays MP3, WAV, something else, and it has support for DMR, it sports a cool blue light etc.

(Just wanted to end with some ((()))).

I think I\'m going to look into this as a gift for Rya for Christmas.  I\'ve been looking for alternatives to the iPod with better service plans, better AM\\FM support, and perhaps even cheaper while still maintaining a cool look and this just might do the trick.  *Goes price hunting*

wtf?  The prices are roughly the same as the zen xtra.  Why would anyone want a micro?  It\'s like people buying the iPod mini when for 40 bucks more they can have 4 times the space for music...

As far as I see it:

iPod mini
- Pros: Apple quality, looks, clickwheel >*, works seemlessly with iTunes for those who don\'t actually steal music, extras including games calendar etc, smaller, much more aftermarket support.

- Cons: Costs $10 more, 1gb less than the micro, no WMA

Zen Micro
- Pros: $10 cheaper, 5gb instead of 4, easier to change battery if fails, plays WMA

- Cons: A tad bigger than the iPod mini, more buttons on the face, no AAC

Notice this is the way I see it.  Some may like the look of the Zen more which could easily go either way.  Right now I\'m more in favor of the iPod simply because of all the comapnies that make adapters for it to work in your car.

[Evi]

The ZEN Micro looks a little um...feminine to me...

Originally posted by THX
As far as I see it:

iPod mini
- Pros: Apple quality, looks, clickwheel >*, works seemlessly with iTunes for those who don\'t actually steal music, extras including games calendar etc, smaller, much more aftermarket support.

- Cons: Costs $10 more, 1gb less than the micro, no WMA

Zen Micro
- Pros: $10 cheaper, 5gb instead of 4, easier to change battery if fails, plays WMA

- Cons: A tad bigger than the iPod mini, more buttons on the face, no AAC

Notice this is the way I see it.  Some may like the look of the Zen more which could easily go either way.  Right now I\'m more in favor of the iPod simply because of all the comapnies that make adapters for it to work in your car.

The way I see it, and this is the biggest con of all that is not easily remedied, Apple has screwed this market as far as cheap mp3 players go.  That iPod mini should have been 199 at the most and other products should be matchign that price or beating it out severely.  This is disgusting having to pay more then 200 dollars for a mere five gigs of space.  Damn you Apple.  *listens to iPod*

[Evi]

Damn you Apple. *listens to iPod*

Yeah, that\'s good

Originally posted by THX

- Cons: A tad bigger than the iPod mini, more buttons on the face, no AAC

Are you sure it\'s bigger? I believe it\'s actually smaller... but dunno.
Mine came with two batteries which is a nice touch IMO.

The front is a touchpad.

And to me 5 gb is more than enough. I mean, I don\'t even have enough good music to fill that up, let alone 20 or 40 gb. More is nice, but kinda pointless IMO.

And EviX, you\'re the fcking fag.

[nO-One]

well it looks like Apple will be coming out with 99$ flash based players in January.

Anyhoo congrats on the Zen, Creative declared war on Apple officially a few days back in the mp3 market.....I guess you picked your side heathen

Originally posted by nO-One
Anyhoo congrats on the Zen, Creative declared war on Apple officially a few days back in the mp3 market.....I guess you picked your side heathen

Hehe thanks. Don\'t get me wrong though, Apple makes some damn fine stuff too.

Well, that Zen Micro surely beats the crap out of the iPod mini.  Longer battery life, microphone for recording, FM radio, even looks smaller in some of the pictures I\'ve seen, and has an easily replaceable li-on battery and has a much better selection of solid colors as opposed to Apple\'s adoption of pastels which I always thought was weird especially since they do not include black as an option.  After some careful deliberation, I picked up one for Rya for Christmas.  Hopefully it\'ll arrive soon.  She doesn\'t read this section of the boards so she won\'t see this.  The only drawback is the musicmatch software which she can chuck so long as it works with WMP 10, which will at the very least load faster then iTunes.  No one tell her.  

[nO-One]

*sends a pm to Rya*