Creative Labs 70PF165000015 Zen MicroPhoto 8 GB MP3 Player (White) | List Price: $249.99
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Brand: Creative Labs
Binding: Electronics
Features: - 8 GB digital audio player/photo viewer with a stylish white design
- Compatible with MP3, WMA, Janus, WAV, IMA ADPCM, and PlaysForSure DRM WMA
- Vibrant, cutting 1.5-inch OLED screen provides sharp details and clear colors
- Built-in FM radio (32 presets) with record function, voice recorder, USB mass storage
- Measures 2 x 3.25 x 0.7 inches (WxHxD) and weighs under 4 ounces
Long Lasting [Posted on 2008-05-08]
I've had this product for two years almost exactly, and it is only now that it is dying. The battery is still long-lasting, I've never had a problem with the software, and the player is very easy to manuever around and the click wheel is great. It's a great little player that I love very much, and am sad to see go- I'm just moving the next step up in creative players.
it was okay until the battery stopped working [Posted on 2008-06-18]
My brother and I got ours at about the same time and i absolutly loved it. Every so often tthe buttons were not working and it froze up. I would take the battery out and and restart it. Then my brother's broke and he sent it to creative, since it was in the warranty(1 year), they couldn't fix it so they sent him a new one. Later, after the warranty expired my battery started to work badly. I would charge it full yet as soon as I turned it on it was half way done. Then after one song it would be in the red zone. My sugestion is that I have used the ipod aswell and it's technology is a thousand times better. If you want your MP3 player to last then get the IPOD!!!!!
Loved it! [Posted on 2008-07-08]
I had this mp3 player for a little over a year. I absolutely loved it it was the best mp3 player ever! The only thing I wish it had was a video player but other than that it was fantastic. About a year and a half after I bought it, it stopped working (which was my own fault because I dropped it a ridiculous amount of times) and so I had gotten a rebate from the website I ordered it from. When I went to reorder it, the website didn't carry it anymore! I was devastated. I had to settle for the SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player (which I hate compared to the Microphoto), but I really really miss that mp3 player
Great player, Tech Support sucks [Posted on 2008-08-19]
I've owned the Microphoto 8GB for three years and just purchased another for the car. This will keep me from moving it to/from the house, that is, until I want to import new tunes.
The Good:
1.) Great audio, small size, decent battery life, easy to import tunes and create playlists even with non-DRM tunes. Not so with the new ZEN for they will be listed as unknowns. Main reason I went with 2nd Microphoto.
The Bad:
1.) Touch pads too sensitive and takes getting used to. Controls for this is useless.
2.) Software is haphazard at best. Can't search by artist nor title.
3.) Must connect through Creative's Media Explorer (CME) in order to import tunes, create/delete/manage playlist. They could have it simple to sync with WMP or other media organizers but no-o-o, they stuck this stupid CME in between your tunes and the player.
4.) Can only delete tunes from the player, individually. Delete the artist name but their tunes remain. This is a 4 step process. Pretty stupid programming.
The UGLY:
Creative Tech Support are imbeciles, moronic, and just plain idiots fro India with English names. They only point to the FAQ page for answers, which by the way, is very limited. After 12 emails all from different idiot tech support offering ZERO knowledge, I started my own debug and troubleshooting on why the Microphoto would not sync with CME. One gets tired of canned email responses.
After much trial and error, turns out my Windows MTP drivers were corrupted. I uninstalled/installed WMP10, rebooted and that solved the problem. DUH! Oh yeah, even supplying these idiots with a serial number, my USA residence location, steps I took to resolve the problem do I get a try this or try that? NO way. What do I get? I get a survey to critique Creative Tech Support for Europe. Europe??? And the last straw was this moron who apologized for the player not working with Windows Explorer. He's so stupid he crossed CME with WE!!!
Okay, more good:
When the player works, which it has until this hiccup, it works great. That's why I purchased a 2nd unit on closeout. But you better be technical and computer savy before you purchase a Creative product or you're in for an astronomical pony ride from our curry eating moronic imbecile friends.
Great while it worked [Posted on 2008-12-29]
I had one for almost 5 months, when it was a great player, primarily for audiobooks. Then it stopped working. After 3-4 hours trying to get fixes from the Creative web-site, I am looking for a new player. I hope one that is a bit more reliable than this one.
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