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August 2008
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The editors liked
Clean
Crisp sound
SD Card slot
Comfortable bundled earbuds
Audiobook support
Headturningly compact but
Proprietary audio tweaks make it sound BIG
Works great with established content providers and Digital Copy
Highly customizable
Streams and downloads music wirelessly. FM Radio and voice recorder. Quality earphones are included.
Good sound quality
Decent earphones supplied
Easy-to-use menus
Very good sound quality
Excellent included earbuds
Attractive interface
Expandable storage
The Creative Zen X-Fi is an incredible value given its low price and laundry list of features
Which include photo
Video
Audible
And subscription music support
An FM radio and voice recorder
An SD card expansion slot
WiFi capability
Multiple EQ ...
Nice features
Sound
Earbuds
And price
Networking and streaming capabilities
The editors didn't like
Cluttered navigation controls
Underwhelming audio enhancement
Non-JPEG photo files need to be transcoded
No predictive text when instant messaging
Video streaming requires resizing of our existing video files
No video output
Comes with the shortest USB cable Ive ever seen!
User interface needs work. Most videos need to be converted with the included software. Loaded with buttons.
Button layout can be confusing
Playing tracks is a little fiddly
Buttons are very small and not backlit
No Web browsing or wireless sync
No third-party app support
Typing is difficult
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The Creative Zen X-Fi plastic construction does not feel high-quality
And the SD card content does not get integrated into the general libraries. Videos often need to be transcoded through the included software
Streams and downloads music wirelessly. FM Radio and voice recorder. Quality earphones are included.
User interface needs work. Most videos need to be converted with the included software. Loaded with buttons.
Armed with wireless streaming features, but hindered by an irksome user interface, the affordable ZEN X-Fi is a solid player, but lacks the graceful navigation of devices from Apple or Samsung....
Creative is marketing its new Zen X-Fi digital media player as "the sound of perfection," which unfortunately is a bit of an overstatement. It is the companys best-sounding player to date and it does sound undeniably great, but really only when X-Fi...
Zen fans have been looking forward to the next big thing from Creative. These fans clamored for a Zen Vision:M replacement which is, in my opinion, the best blend of MP3 players and PMPs to date. Creative’s last biggest release, the Zen, didn’t seem...
Abstract: Creative Zen X-Fi: this player rocks. MP3 players are one of the most remarkable technologies of recent years. They only appeared about the turn of the millennium when a bunch of geeky guys leapt on the fact that you could store most of your CD co...
Stylish design, wide array of formats supported, lots of features, large storage capacity
Wireless connectivity of limited usefulness, keypad makes it difficult to type, X-Fi modes not worth using, SD card slot poorly implemented
The Creative ZEN X-Fi continues the tradition of past ZEN players, offering a compelling alternative to the iPod range. However, Wi-Fi and the X-Fi modes are poorly implemented and dont bring much to the table. ...
Published: 2008-10-28, Author: Tim , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple’s current iPods. The X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-use interface...
Abstract: Its almost automatic for computer users to assume that anything with a Fi in the name must indicate wireless networking, yet X-Fi is actually a reference to hi-fi sound rather than Wi-Fi networking. Its Creatives system for enhancing the s...
