iPod vs. Zen Creative
iPod vs. Zen Creative
pndmnd
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/04
#1iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:23pmI'm finally giving in and buying an mp3 player. It's time. I've been debating between an iPod and a Zen Creative. I have a question about the batteries, though, that I haven't been able to find an answer to. With rechargeable batteries (cell phones, etc.), the longer you have the battery, the less it works. For example, with my current cell phone, after about 1 1/2 years, the battery would hardly hold a charge (one phone call would do it in). I wasn't ready for a new phone, so I ended up just getting a new battery. I'm trying to find out if either the iPod or Zen has better battery longevity, or if that's a problem with both of them. Any other reviews or advice would be great, too, but I'm definitely looking for battery info! Thanks!
#2re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:25pmI've had NO problems with my Creative mp3 player
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#2re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:28pm
My ipod has been super awesome fabulous incredible. I can't comment on the Zen, but my ipod's battery has lasted forever.
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#3re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:29pm
iPods all the way!
Zens suck.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#4re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:30pm
I have a 20G Creative Zen Sleek Photo, and I absolutely LOVE it. The sound quality is fabulous, and it's beautiful. Also very easy to use.
#5re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:34pmI have had my ipod for almost a year now and so far I have had no problems with the battery or anything else. **knock on wood** LOVE it.
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#6re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:36pmI've had my iPod for two years, and although I broke the screen a month after I got it (which was completely my fault, not the iPod's...), it's great. I have a 20GB U2 iPod, Red and Black, with 2/3 of a colour screen (the other bit being black and squishily broken).
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#7re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:39pm
I've had both. My Zen sucked -- it froze all the time, and the help for Zens is awful.
iPod 100%.
#8re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:42pm
I liked my Dell pocket DJ until it was stolen.
#9re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:46pm
Neither. Archos, all the way.
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Archos 605 WiFi Downloads Movies Over the Web
Archos has just announced their Generation 5, their new line of multimedia players. We will get a hands-on later today, but the 605 Wi-Fi has been posted on their site. Although it looks very similar to the previous model, it has been improved all around.
First, the 4.3-inch screen is now 800 x 480 pixels. It comes with different hard drives: 30GB, 80GB and 160GB. Archos says the top model stores up to 200 1.5-hour clips with 1,000kbit/s MPEG-4 encoding. The 605 WiFi will also stream videos from your PC and record TV shows using the optional DVR Station, DVR Travel Adapter or Mini Dock. This feature also includes a new TV Program Guide.
The most important thing, according to Archos, is that you can download movies and music using their Archos Content Portal. You are not limited to this, though: It can also surf the Web and download or watch other content as well. Strangely enough, it requires you to download a Flash plug-in to see YouTube or other Flash-based video sites.
One nice touch: it reads PDF files. You know, for books.
– Jesus Diaz
gizmondo: Archos 605 WiFi Downloads Movies Over the Web
#10re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:50pmI have had my Zen for about 2 years and it stays charged for a loooooong time.
#11re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:57pmI have a Zen Vision:M and I like it a lot more than an ipod.
#12re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:58pmThe Archos gets YouTube and plays Flash files...
#13re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:04pmOoooh! The Archos looks and sounds amazing. I just may treat myself to that!
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#14re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:09pmI have a creative zen and I love it!!!!
#15re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:25pm
Creative Zen...love it...never a problem.
Creative's sound is supposed to be superior, which is why I went with it.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#16re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:26pmisn't the Zen Creative what poor people buy when their parents can't afford to buy them an iPod?
#17re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:31pmI think an iPod is what people buy when they dont care how their music sounds.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#18re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:34pmmaybe so. but 80% of all Microsoft employees use the iPod. so it's saying something...
#19re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:35pmMy music sounds incredible on the ipod. Never heard a Zen so I can't comment, but if the main issue is the battery I can say that the ipod battery lasts a looooong time. And I recharge mine daily. I've had it for over 2 years and it's still going strong.
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#20re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:44pmI have heard Zens, and I think my iPod is just as good if not better.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#21re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:52pm
For the millionth time...ARCHOS. I had an ipod and if it hadn't been a gift, I would have called it a total waste of money. Trendy is not synonymous with quality. After about 18 months, my ipod was toast. Archos is far more user-friendly and versatile. It's basically a better version of the iphone without the phone feature, which is fine with me. I have the Archos 604 Wifi (this is the first I've seen of the 605 and it looks stunning as usual). The great thing about the 600 and 700 series are the external lithium batteries, so you can carry a spare for those long excursions. I'm really hoping people get the word out on Archos and ipod popularity dies out as quickly as its products do.
Of course, if you want something pretty that only makes you cool with your friends at school, by all means, get an ipod or an iphone. Just pray nothing goes wrong once the warranty expires.
Archos Website
#22re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:56pm
"80% of all Microsoft employees use the iPod. so it's saying something... "
IF that's true...then all it confirms is that people are stupid.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#23re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 2:09pm
"80% of all Microsoft employees use the iPod. so it's saying something... "
Tried using Windows Vista lately?
#24re: iPod vs. Zen Creative
Posted: 6/18/07 at 2:20pm
I had a Zen Sleek for about 2 years and I absolutely loved it. Now I have a Toshiba Gigabeat which I also love. It's actually a bit smaller than an iPod video and it has a bigger screen.
Updated On: 6/18/07 at 02:20 PM
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