Creative Zen MicroPhoto 8 GB MP3 Player (Titanium Gray)

Average customer rating: 3.5

Lemon
Good Player, but be aware...
why you need this one instead of an iPod
Likes/Dislikes: A List
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Creative Zen MicroPhoto 8 GB MP3 Player (Titanium Gray)

Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BM4U2G
2005-11-18

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Amazon.com Product Description

The micro-sized, coolly styled Zen MicroPhoto digital audio player/photo viewer enables you to watch slide shows of your favorite digital images on its stunning, high-intensity 1.5-inch OLED screen while listening to an MP3 or WMA soundtrack. This 8 GB player in titanium gray can hold up to 10,000 JPEG images or 4,000 songs. It's also nicely compact, measuring just 2 x 3.25 x 0.7 inches (WxHxD) and weighing under four ounces.

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<small><b>The MicroPhoto 8 GB player holds up to 10,000 images or 4,000 songs. View larger.

See the Zen MicroPhoto in 3D.</b></small></td></tr> </table> The Zen MicroPhoto's vibrant, cutting edge OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screen looks terrific and draws less power than conventional LCD displays. It displays 262,144 vivid colors, ensuring every picture is sharply detailed and extraordinarily clear. Using revolutionary display technology, you can now view photos from any angle. The vertical touch pad makes navigation easy, and the micro-sized player is offers a curved design to fit ergonomically in your hand. The intuitive menus in wild, bright colors makes navigating through those 4000 songs and tons of photos easy and fun.

It's compatible with MP3, WMA, Janus, WAV, IMA ADPCM digital audio files (including DRM protected Plays For Sure WMA files from online stores and subscriber services) as well as JPEG image files. Its 8 GB capacity will store up to 4,000 (266 hours) of WMA files (encoded at 64 kbps) or 2,000 (133 hours) of MP3 songs (encoded at 128 kbps).

This player also features a built-in FM radio with 32 preset stations and the ability to record directly off the radio, enabling you to capture your favorite songs and live radio interviews. The integrated microphone and voice recorder feature enables you to record short notes to yourself as well as important meetings and lectures. Choose from the Zen MicroPhoto's custom EQ or eight pre-loaded EQ settings: Acoustic, Classical, Disco, New Age, Vocal, Pop, Rock, and Jazz. Working perfectly with Microsoft Outlook, you can now organize appointments, business contacts, or even wake up to your favorite song. Additionally, the Zen MicroPhoto can be used as a USB mass storage unit, allowing you to safely store your important presentations and documents and transfer them to another PC. The included removable, rechargeable Li-ion battery provides up to 15 hours of continuous playback time, and it can be charged via a USB connection to your computer or the included USB travel charger. Take a closer look at all the Zen MicroPhoto features.

The Zen MicroPhoto uses PlaysForSure technology. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time. Match the PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of leading devices and online music stores. If you see the logo, you'll know your digital music will play for sure. Choose from a large number of digital music and video stores, including MTV's Urge, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, MSN Music, MusicMatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart Music Downloads, and many more.

<br clear="all"> <b>What's in the Box</b>
8 GB Zen MicroPhoto (titanium gray), high-fidelity earphones with dynamic bass response, removable rechargeable Li-ion battery, USB 2.0 cable, pouch, installation CD-ROM, and printed Quick Start Guide.

Product Description

Be captivated, be spellbound. Creative ZEN MicroPhoto features a revolutionary, vivid OLED color display. Dubbed ZEN Micro Photo by some, you can browse through photos or music playlists from this award winning digital music player's brilliantly clear menus. Color your music with strikingly detailed views of digital photos on this sleek MP3 player. And keep up to 4000 songs or thousands of photos by your side and in your pocket.. And keep up to 4000 songs or thousands of photos by your side and in your pocket. Get some really fabulous ZEN Micro accessories to go with your ZEN MP3 player too!

Customer Reviews:

Lemon.......2007-05-23

What a nightmare. I have had mine for about one year. It did well with the original battery, but when that failed, I have had no end of problems. I put in a new battery and the thing locks up about every third time I dock it to my computer. I have tried reloading the firmware, cleaning, and finally formatting and reloading everything. It is still giving me fits.

I am now an enemy of anything with lithium based batteries (lithium ion, lithium poly, etc.). I found out the batteries (looked it up in wikipedia) have to be carefully guarded during charging to keep from over charging lest they catch fire or explode. Then I found out the batteries lose about 20% of their capacity per year from date of manufacture (your mileage may vary depending on usage and conditions of use).

I am switching to a MP3 player (SanDisk SDMX3-2048 Sansa M250 2 GB MP3 Player) that uses standard OTC batteries and getting a good set of NiMH batts (with their own set of pros and cons) and a smart charger. The unit has less memory and is less durable but is sounder, electronically.

Good Player, but be aware..........2007-04-30

I've found this to be a good player, but please be warned that the directional buttons on it are so sensitive, even in the least sensitivity setting, that it is almost impossible to scroll down one menu item at a time. The slightest tap at all on the button makes it scroll way down the list, making menu navigation nearly impossible. If it wasn't for this extremely frustrating issue, I would give it 5 stars.

why you need this one instead of an iPod.......2007-04-13

I love this thing and I use it all the time. I never leave home without my cell phone or my Zen. It beats any iPod in my book. You really cannot beat this workhorse of a MP3 player. I've dropped it more then a couple of times and it still performs well (I use to own an iPod nano and 1st time drop killed it). I have two problems with it: (1) really POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, they could not care less and thankfully I've only needed them one time (it's tough to destroy and the reset function solved my frozen screen problem); and (2) crappy shuffle function. I also have an older Nomad (which I love) and it has the same problems, you'd think they'd address at least one of the issues over the past 3 years. You do need to be somewhat digital literate or know someone who is to enjoy all of the great features, as the Creative Labs line is not the iPod so easy a monkey can do it. Not to say it's difficult to use, just not as dumbed down as iPod. Now for all the pluses: (1)the photo feature is great (brillant colors); (2) as is the radio, recording and MP3 functions; (3) I love the universal cable portability; (4) the two-way music transfer is the best feature as far as I'm concerned, especially since you can transfer to any computer (like your personal laptop and home computer, etc.) not just the one registered like iPod; (5) enormous file storage capacity, we're talking a LOT of songs, etc. here....;(6) the sound quality of the songs is much higher then iPod since songs for iPod are recorded on their own proprietary file format which does not stand up well to other file formats; and (7) the exchangeability of all types of songs, this Zen allows me to purchase foreign cds on my travels and save them without a problem - try that with any other MP3 player, I dare you. However, I did replace the included earphones with better ones by Sony but that's a personal preference so I didn't deduct any points. I also didn't deduct points for the quick trigger finger controls since you get use to them and eventually value them when you come close to filling the tremendous file storage capacity. If you want a brillant MP3 player with outstanding functions then choose the Creative Labs line instead of making a trend statement with the latest and greatest iPod. I highly recommend this player.

Likes/Dislikes: A List.......2007-04-11

There are some things I like about this, others I don't. Some people have written similar reviews, but I want to add my 2 cents. Hope this helps potential buyers.

Likes:
1. Small, easy to use
2. Good sound quality
3. Good storage capacity for those of us who don't have 10 million songs hanging out on our computers.
4. Some people have complained that the Creative Media software is hard to understand. I disagree, I found it straightforward. You can even change the titles, artists, and genres of the songs on the software before it gets transferred to the player. Yes, I realize this can also be done in WMP, but sometimes you want to edit later, or you missed something earlier.
5. Replaceable battery. If it dies, you can get another one, you don't have to send it in to the company.

Dislikes:
1. The shuffle mode is annoying. It doesn't go through the entire playlist on shuffle. Once a song is over, it goes right back onto the potential playlist, and can sometimes get played again fairly soon after it was first played, to the exclusion of the other items on the list. I want to hear all my songs at least once before I hear repeats.
2. The Creative Media Center software doesn't install on Windows Vista.
3. This is a hard drive player, so no running with it. That's okay though for people like me: I don't run. It also makes it cheaper than the IPod Nano, which is a flash player.
4. The cable to recharge the battery is a usb cable that hooks directly into your computer. I don't like this because I'm not always around my computer, I don't lug it with me everywhere I go. However, there are ports you can buy (here on Amazon, even) that plug into the wall and have little usb ports, so that's handy.
5. Not as many accessories as the IPod, but not that important.
6. You can't view your photos while you are listening to music. Sometimes this sucks, but if you have a camera phone, or are in an actual conversation with someone, you probably won't be listening to your music anyway.

A KIDS REVIEW.......2007-04-09

well to start off i got mine for christmas and have not had a problem since i have got it!the battery life is nice and the fact that if it were to go bad i can replace it!to transfer the music is so simple my little sister can do it!i also love the fact that it can also hold up to 4,000 songs and a bunch of pics!and for the ipod you pay more and it holds less than this one.so go for this over a freakin ipod!

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