Apple iPod or Creative Zen??

[Preeti Jain]

Hi!

I have been thinking of buying an iPod for sometime now. Can anyone compare iPod to Creative Zen and tell me which will be a better option?

Thanks

[Mani Ram]

This thread might help you.

[Badriprasad Bumbabol]

If you like to show-off, then this is a no-competition. iPod was and still is "HOT" and a "MUST-HAVE".

[Ulf Dittmer]

Hello "Tintin Herge"-

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[Ryan McGuire]

Originally posted by Mani Ram:
This thread might help you.

In that previous thread, I wrote...

Pros (Creative 40GB Zen Nomad Xtra over iPod):
- Better sound
- More memory (30GB was the biggest iPod at that time)
- Less expensive
- Pretty good rip-CD-to-device software

Cons (iPod over Creative):
- Hard to convert songs from iTunes to MP3 for the Creative
- Fewer accessories for Creative
- You won't be part of the hip iProduct crowd
- The menu navigation buttons on the Creative aren't as nice as iPod's
- The Creative is slightly bulkier than the iPod.

I just bought my wife the Creative "Zen Sleek" for her birthday.

It has "only" 20 GB of drive space, which is still more than enough to hold our entire CD collection.

It's comparable in size to an iPod of similar capacity. (The iPod is taller and wider but not as thick.)

As expected, the sound for this Creative product is better than that from an iPod.

The hardware for the controls are much improved over the Zen Nomad Xtra I commented on earlier. They are now comparable to the iPod's.

The Zen Sleek has a built-in FM radio.

The Zen Sleek has a built-in microphone and recorder. You can even record the radio.

The Zen Sleek is cheaper than the comparable iPod.

I hope this helps.
[ January 19, 2006: Message edited by: Ryan McGuire ]

[Jim Yingst]

TinTin was a regular here long ago, when we had a policy of not enforcing the real name requirement in MD. However that policy changed, what, a couple years ago I think? So now that you're back, TinTin, we'd really prefer a real name. Thanks.