Creative Zen Touch 40GB MP3 Player

Amp-up your music with the sleek Zen Touch. The Zen Touch breaks new ground, introducing the first linear touch-sensitive pad controller in a digital music player. Navigate your music collection with astonishing ease and speed. Play all day and all night non-stop with incredible 24 hour battery life, up to three times that offered by other players. Combine this with up to 40GB capacity to hold up to 16,000 songs, and your musical journey will never be cut short.

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• Reviewed by: cmo00

  07-13-06

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths:

  Weaknesses:Freezes and dies after warranty expires!

  Overall Evaluation: About two months after I purchased the zen touch, it started freezing whenever I would try to skip songs. I would have to reboot it manually, and then it would work fine. Well, about 3 months after that, it froze for a final time and would not start again. Basically, I wasted $300 on this player, and I could not even get customer support from Creative, as they charge a fee for help over the phone after the 3 month warranty is up.

• Reviewed by: gnatforeva

  11-23-05

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Sound, capacity, and price.

  Weaknesses:Could be a bit smaller in overall size, but not a problem to me. The touchpad is a bit sensitive.

  Overall Evaluation: So far I love this thing. Great price, great capacity, great sound quality. The touchpad is a bit sensitive like everyone says, but you will quickly get used to it. I had a few problems with file transfers at first, but after a firmware update and all the software updates, this thing was amazing, so make sure you visit creative's website (update the firmware before loading any music because this will format the drive). All in all a great buy.

• Reviewed by: phreekk

  09-08-05

  Duration of ownership: 1 Months

  Strengths: Intuitive Interface, Sturdy construction, Long battery life

  Weaknesses:Slider takes a little time to get used to (but works very well,) Included software is not very good, Included case is poorly designed

  Overall Evaluation: I am very pleased with the Zen Touch. I've tested a few alternative players such as the iPod and have to say that this is the best out there. Sure the iPod's wheel functions a bit more smoothly, but it's storage and cost comparison don't outweigh that. The Zen Touch is similar to the iPod in appearance, but I actually think it more closely resembles my Dell Inspirion 700m. The software isn't the best, but there are alternatives out there (such as the product by Red Chair.) Other suggested accessories would be to get the BoxWave MiniSync cable which allows you to sync and charge via USB at the same time, otherwise you have to wait till the player isn't currently active for it to use the USB cable to start charging.

• Reviewed by: alvamark

  08-16-05

  Duration of ownership: 6 Weeks

  Strengths: I absolutley love the whole thing. Everything that everyone says about the sensitivity of the slider bar is dumb. I learned how to use it in 3.4 seconds.

  Weaknesses:Absotivley, Posolutley nothing!

  Overall Evaluation: I love love love it! All my friends think it is adorable. The software is so easy to figure out, I had 1000+ Songs on it in the first few weeks. So much better than an I-pod.This is a splifendiferic electronic device to spend your hard earned money on.(Editorial comment: This review was written by my teenage daughter. It appears she likes it! From what I've seen of her use of this player, it seems very easy to use and it holds an incredible amount of music. Now, both of my daughters have bought one, and I kinda wish I had one, but I don't know that I would ever even get it half filled. So, I will probably use one of the Rio S10's that we got them for Christmas a couple of years ago. I'm impressed with this. It seems to me that the main thing Ipod has going for it is "device recognition.")

• Reviewed by: rbyrum

  08-12-05

  Duration of ownership: 14 Days

  Strengths: Great Price (Better Value Than the IPod and I think a superior product)Great Build QualityVery High HD Capacity (40 GB in my version)Touchpad (Once used to it) Outstanding Sound

  Weaknesses:No remote!Very poor software (Just use Windows Media Player 10)Needs the firmware improvedPoor earbuds...has great sound with better headphones

  Overall Evaluation: I have had this product for couple of weeks and I am very pleased so far. I'm glad I didn't throw more money away for a hyped Ipod. This player works well with Windows XP and will play WMA as well as MP's. It has great battery life too!On all aspects the player scores very high. I have been using WP Player 10 to transfer files. Overall it works well. My high points: 1 Price and Value over (other overpriced MP3 players) 2 Great built quality 3 Large HD capacity 4 Speed of navigation. Many reviews have commented on the touchpad. I really do like it. It's true that it is sensistive but I think it works fine. It is very easy/quick to find your songs.5 Battery life is outstanding6 Sound is very good. The bass will be much better if you change to some great headphones. My low points: 1 The firmware needs to be more improved. 2 It is thicker and heavier than an ipod 3 Headphones/Earbuds are not very good. Well that is usual! 4 Would be nice to have a remote with it too.5 Not many accessories.By the way, you can buy a skin for this device. I could only find them at the www.amazon.com (UK site), but check on eBay. (I've seen some on sale there.)Final Comments: I would defintely recommend the player if you are looking for a great price and value for your money. I think Creative is a great company and currently are producing superb products. (I have Creative speakers on my computer and they "rock the house".) Be sure to update your firmware too. And again if you want great battery life this one has it. In conclusion, this is for you if you are looking for a hard drive based MP player. You'll be saying Ipod who?

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