Product Description

Decked out in an all-black suit, the Creative ZEN is smaller than your average credit card and sits snugly right in your palm. With an attractive 11.3mm thickness, this sleek player weighs a mere 65g, allowing you to carry it around easily. It's got a 4GB capacity and the ability to support different popular media formats. What's more, you can add as much capacity as you want with its SD memory expansion slot. With its patented ZEN user interface which offers more information to be viewed on the screen, navigating through mass content is simply a breeze Integrated FM radio with 32 preset stations. Get free video and audio podcast channels through your player from ZENcast Record important meetings or voice memos to yourself with the integrated voice recorder Built-in rechargeable battery for up to 25 hours of music or five hours of movies Creative ZEN comes with earphones, USB 2.0 cable, quick start Leaflets and installation CD (includes Creative Media Explorer software and ZENcast Organizer) Size WxHxD - 3.26 x 2.16 x 0.44 Weight - 2.1 oz

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: Creative Labs
• Model: 70PF216200111
• Dimensions: 1.50" h x 6.30" w x 6.40" l, 3.00 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Features

• Product Type - MP3 Player
• Connectivity - USB 2.0
• Memory - 4GB
• Dimensions WxDxH - 3.26" x 2.16" x 0.44"
• -- Clock and alarm function

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

NICE
Excellent Product, lots of funtions for the price.

The screen looks very sharp!

Enjoying the Zen
I really enjoy my 4GB Zen media player. It's small, convenient, and doesn't require batteries. It recharges when you connect to the device that you're downloading media from. I thought that the software was cool, too. It allows you to browse your Zen and syncronize with any music, movies, and photos on your computer.
The only drawback was that there is no casing case that comes with it, which makes it difficult if you want to be hands free in the gym, or on a bike, etc.
Aside from that, I think this is an excellent device. I may have to upgrade to the 8GB, or just jump to the size after that, though.

Great, but one major annoyance
I like it, let me say that first. I like it a lot. I want to preface this review that way, because I found one flaw that I consider fairly major and keeps this from being a 5 star item, and I may have been too generous at 4.

Things you cannot do with music files on an SD card:

--Create a playlist
--resume after shutting down
--do anything else on the Zen

When playing from the onboard memory, you can go off and do other functions, like check your calendar, etc.

I can listen to all the files in a folder, but not create a playlist or resume. Creative needs to add a feature where music files on the SD card are treated as part of the music library and available from the Music option in the OS.

I sort of wish that I had saved up for the 32GB version, but then I would still be waiting, rather than enjoying my Zen, which I do, despite the annoyance.