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Creative Zen 8 gigs (review)

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– capacity: 8 gigabytes
– size: roughly the size of a credit card. 2.5in screen with 16.7 TFT color support
– weight: 65g. that’s super light!
– supports mp3, wma, non-protected .aac (m4a)
– plays video (needs conversion though)
– voice recorder
– FM radio
– alarm clock: no built in speakers so you either have to put your earphones on or attach it to a speaker
– multi-tasking: you can view your photos while listening to music! 🙂
– very good battery life: when fully charged can play for more than 24hours of audio non stop!
– expandable memory: has a SD card slot!

PROS:
light. compact. handy. supports major music and picture formats. good sound quality. expandable memory. cheap

CONS:
plastic casing (very prone to scratches/hairlines). video needs conversion (available in cd installer). not much options for integrating external data to built in memory.

overall i would recommend this player to people who need functionality at budget price. price here in the philippines would not go higher than 10k (though i bought mine for 11k since it’s a new model then). i’ve been using mine for more than a year now and it hasn’t failed me since then. 🙂

OVERALL RATING: 9 out of 10