Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This credit card-sized ZEN has a stunning 2.5" color screen and is perfect for music, videos and photos. Enjoy up to 4,000 MP3, WMA or AAC songs, watch up to 60 hours of videos and share hundreds of photos with your friends. Even expand your portable music, video or photo collection by adding additional content through the convenient SD memory slot.

Amazon.com Product Description:
Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 4GB player. Watch 16 hours of videos, enjoy up to 1,000 of your favorite songs or share hundreds of photos with your friends. And do it all on a device that's about the width of a credit card.

A razor sharp 2.5-inch display makes your photos and videos come to life. See the Zen in detail.

Small size. Big features. All in the palm of your hand. View larger.

Add even more storage capacity via the SD card slot. View larger.

Design
The Zen sports a 2.5-inch TFT color display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colors. This razor sharp display is packaged in a device that weighs just 2.1 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x .44 inches (W x H x D). The internal battery powers the Zen for up to 25 hours of continuous audio playback and up to five hours of continuous video playback. Use the Zen's SD slot to expand your portable media library with music, photos and videos stored on your SD card. There's also a handy built-in microphone for capturing notes on the go.

Features
Load up up your favorite songs, as well as your album art, and get going with the Zen. The device supports iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes store and MP3 and WMA tracks. Subscription and pay-per-download music services are supported, as well. Discover, save, and play millions of songs when subscribing to services such as Yahoo Music Unlimited and Napster To Go. You can even tune into your favorite stations with the Zen's FM radio. The radio allows you to save up to 34 presets.

The Zen has you covered when it comes to video, too. The device supports MJPEG, WMV9 and--with transcoding--MPEG1 and 2, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4 and 5, and XviD. Enjoy purchased movies and TV shows from online services, such as Amazon Unbox and Walmart.com. Watch home videos. Even load your Tivo To Go movies and TV shows onto your Zen.

Additional features include a clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode, which allows you to drag and drop files directly to and from your Zen. The Zen can also function as a handy organizer, allowing you to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and display your contacts, calendar, and tasks.

What's in the Box
Zen player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, and quick start guide.


A slick user interface makes it a snap to enjoy your media.

Customer Reviews Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Don't waste your time or money on this product
I bought two Creative Zen in past three years. I used both item very lightly, since I also own a Ipod. I really liked Zen's recording capability and built in radio, so I bought my first Zen, which died on me after few months of light use. After first Zen's melfunction, I gave it a benefit of doubt and bought another. ... Read More

Rating:

- Linda's Creative Zen review
This is my first MP3 player. My son helped me choose it. I love the compactness of it...but for me in my fifties...I want bright clear words, the Zen has it. The quality of sound is beautiful. I have downloaded books for airtravel...was easy to operate. Got a arm band to wear for exercise and while I agree with others ... Read More

Rating:

- IT Continues To Baffle ME!!!!......
....how consumers continue to fall for these "HIGH Priced" disposable players..People,,the batteries are built in,,so,,your player depends on the LIFE of the battery(1 and a half to two years of recharges if you get a good one)..Apple started this money making trend and other companies jumped on the money wagon..I can't beleive ... Read More

Rating:

- LOSSLESS FANS BEWARE!
Great job, Amazon! It says in your description this supports wma9 which is all it supports of wmas. I bought one (elsewhere) because it claimed to support .wma's and it said so on it's packaging as well. However, it does NOT support WMA LOSSLESS (nor mac lossless, I'm pretty sure), so if you have a huge lossless music collection ... Read More

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