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• Incredible 32 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion


• Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music


• Built-in speaker for superior listening experience


• 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing


• Slim and sleek design

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Engage the subliminal sense of touch with the first ever touchscreen digital media player from Creative the Creative Labs 70PF2491091F1 XFi2 Zen MP3 Player. No fussy buttons involved simply let your fingers work their magic across the 3" TFT LCD screen and gain access to all player features instantly. Besides a bigger screen size than its predecessor the ZEN X-Fi2 supports multiple audio formats including the much desired Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) which delivers audio without compromising on its original quality. Pick up your Creative Labs XFi2 Zen MP3 Player today!

• Incredible 8 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion


• Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music


• Built-in speaker for superior listening experience


• 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing


• Slim and sleek design

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Creative Zen Mozaic 8GB Flash Portable Media Player Audio Player Photo Viewer Video Player Voice Recorder FM Tuner - 1.80

• 1.8" TFT Color Display


• Impressive 8 GB storage capacity


• More than 32 hours battery life based on 128kbps MP3


• Features FM radio with 32 presets clock with alarm calendar personal informaiton management (PIM) tasks and contacts display


• Supports multiple music formats including MP3 WMA AUDIBLE 4

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Make your own personal statement with the attractive and eye-catching ZEN Mozaic EZ300.The player sports a mosaic keypad - a one-of-a-kind design that makes you stand out from the crowd instantly. Play back your photos in sharp clarity on the 1.8" screen while tuning in to your favorite music hits.Featuring easy plug and play simply drag and drop your songs into the ZEN Mozaic EZ300 conveniently. You can even share music playback from its powerful built-in speaker!What's more the player is surprisingly affordable and comes power-packed with dynamic features such as the FM radio a voice recorder and an alarm clock. Available in black get a color to match your bold and fun-loving personality and jazz it up.The ZEN Mozaic EZ300 makes entertainment on the go truly palatable. Savor one yourself today.

• 1.8-inch TFT color display


• Impressive 4 GB storage capacity


• More than 32 hours battery life based on 128 kbps MP3


• Features FM radio with 32 presets clock with alarm calendar personal information management (PIM) tasks and contacts display


• Supports multiple music formats including MP3 WMA and AUDIBLE 4

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Engage the subliminal sense of touch with the first ever touchscreen digital media player from Creative the Creative Labs 70PF2492091F1 XFi2 Zen MP3 Player. No fussy buttons involved simply let your fingers work their magic across the 3" TFT LCD screen and gain access to all player features instantly. Besides a bigger screen size than its predecessor the ZEN X-Fi2 supports multiple audio formats including the much desired Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) which delivers audio without compromising on its original quality. Pick up your Creative Labs XFi2 Zen MP3 Player today!

• Incredible 16 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion


• Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music


• Built-in speaker for superior listening experience


• 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing


• Slim and sleek design

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Not Ready For Prime Time

I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.





Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.



Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.



X-Fi: I don't use it.



Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.



Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.



Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.



Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.



I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.



Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.



RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.



Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.



Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.



The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.



Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).



Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.

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cheaper version of the old Zen: mixed results

I have both the older 8gb Zen (2007) and a new 16gb Zen MX. They are basically the same except that the MX has integrated access to the removable SD card directly from the Creative Centrale software that comes with the it. With the old Zen you had to go into a removable card menu on the Zen and then access the card via the computer operating system to add or delete files. Zen MX also does not have the code for some video formats and the software has to convert them before transfer to the Zen MX; on the old Zen you could just transfer the video files directly to the Zen. Finally the Creative Centrale software that comes with the new Zen MX does not seem as intuitive and user friendly as the older software that came with the Zen. If I had to do it again I would have bought the older Zen rather than the new Zen MX but the older ones are becoming hard to find and are a lot more expensive. Strangely enough the 16gb version of the old Zen is more expensive than the 32gb version!



To answer those who said the Zen MX will not play DRM protected files. Not true. It will play DRM9 protected files but they have to be put on the Zen via the transfer function in the software not through drag & drop because the former also carries over the license info and the latter technique does not. Creative notes this on their web site.More detail ...

excellent player

This is the 3rd creative player I have owned. All of them have been excellent. I really like the mosiac the best. The sofware sets up a logical order so I can find stuff like set up the equlizerturn on speaker etc I will say that it did take me while to learn how to navigate the menu options. The speaker is an added bonus. I rarely listen to music mostly audio books. The sound can be addjusted so I can hear the spoken word clearly. I have poor hearing as a result of listening to music to loud when I was younger. Just a word to the younger folks out there. One final thought all of the players Zen nano plusZenV plusand the mosiac 300 do freeze up. I just reset the player it always rebulds and goes to where it left off this is annoying nothing more. When I look back to transister radios i listened to when I was a kid this device is a miracle. Jim C PS I would not continus buying creative if I didnot like the product. I did buy a sansa once e140 did not like itMore detail ...

Design/Manufacturing Defect?

The unit shut itself off automatically while I was at the beach. The unit was in a beach bag. Thought it failed but after I got home it worked. Battery was fully charged so I knew it wasn't that. Few days later left the unit in the console of my car. When I came out after work and tried to turn it on. It wouldn't. After I got home it worked. The only common factor temperature but in neither case was the unit in the sun. The unit was warm to the touch but not hot. On another occasion the same thing happened when I left it in the car. On a whim I turned on the air conditioning and held the unit near the vent for less than a minute. It worked again! Obviously there is a very temperature sensitive component.



Returned the first unit for another one thinking there was a manufacturing defect. The second unit does the same thing. Doesn't always work at the beach; doesn't always work in the car. What good is it? Previously had a Zen V Plus. Never had a problem at the beach or in the car.



I really like the unit its controls and features but they're of no advantage if the unit doesn't function. There must be a design or component problem. It's return time again and buy the refurb Zen V Plus 4GB available here. More detail ...

Not Ready For Prime Time

I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.





Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.



Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.



X-Fi: I don't use it.



Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.



Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.



Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.



Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.



I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.



Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.



RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.



Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.



Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.



The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.



Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).



Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.

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Not Ready For Prime Time

I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.





Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.



Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.



X-Fi: I don't use it.



Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.



Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.



Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.



Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.



I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.



Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.



RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.



Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.



Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.



The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.



Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).



Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.

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Not Ready For Prime Time

I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.





Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.



Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.



X-Fi: I don't use it.



Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.



Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.



Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.



Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.



I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.



Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.



RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.



Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.



Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.



The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.



Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).



Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.

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cheaper version of the old Zen: mixed results

I have both the older 8gb Zen (2007) and a new 16gb Zen MX. They are basically the same except that the MX has integrated access to the removable SD card directly from the Creative Centrale software that comes with the it. With the old Zen you had to go into a removable card menu on the Zen and then access the card via the computer operating system to add or delete files. Zen MX also does not have the code for some video formats and the software has to convert them before transfer to the Zen MX; on the old Zen you could just transfer the video files directly to the Zen. Finally the Creative Centrale software that comes with the new Zen MX does not seem as intuitive and user friendly as the older software that came with the Zen. If I had to do it again I would have bought the older Zen rather than the new Zen MX but the older ones are becoming hard to find and are a lot more expensive. Strangely enough the 16gb version of the old Zen is more expensive than the 32gb version!



To answer those who said the Zen MX will not play DRM protected files. Not true. It will play DRM9 protected files but they have to be put on the Zen via the transfer function in the software not through drag & drop because the former also carries over the license info and the latter technique does not. Creative notes this on their web site.More detail ...