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Creative Zen X-Fi review

Our review of the new super Wi-Fi MP3 player from Creative

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Last reviewed: August 18th 2008

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Creative Zen X-Fi scores 8.0 out of 10 based on 14 reviews

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The 2 most helpful reviews:

02 Apr 2009 Fred, Southampton

7

Good Points

The sound and video quality are excellent, the earphones are of outstanding quality and the player looks good.

Bad Points

Much too small. They wanted it small and they overdid it. It would have been much cleverer too make an updated and slim (ipod-like) version of the Zen Vision: M. The buttons are really tiny and you can feel the other buttons on the edge of your finger when you press one, and also, they are hard to press. Again, why get rid of the scrolling touch sensitive button that worked so well on the Vision:M? The screen could have been bigger The casing has a very cheap plastic feel to it. The FM transmitter in my car keeps loosing the signal when I play non music stuff like podcasts. The sd card slot is useless since the contents of the card can't be integrated to the library. The wireless facility is fairly useless too, its software is user-unfriendly and transferring files wirelessly takes for ever. There is no browser and no bluetooth. The power button is on the back of the thing which makes it highly unpractical if you want to protect the player in a leather case. You can't charge the thing if you don't have a USB port handy, and the battery life is appalling. The ol' Vision:M is ugly and bulky by current standards, but I am getting one back!

12 Jan 2009 Mike, Leicester

3

Good Points

nice design and value for money

Bad Points

getting a charger for it, onlt charges through the PC unless you buy an expensive creative charger. Also battery life was poor!

Overall score: 8.0

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Product Summary

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Sound quality is brilliant

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Wi-Fi works well

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Earphones are great

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Speaker is a nice touch

Against

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Interface is clunky

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Buttons are fiddly

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