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"Pretty Cool" on by failurebydesign421
Pros: attractive design, big screen
Cons: who knows really, it's not out yet
Summary: I own an iPod and I'm also a fan of Creative, so this has nothing to do with any bias. I think the design on this looks incredible. Does it look like an iPod? Undeniably yes, but that doesn't make it a bad player right off the bat. I think it's a shame that all these Apple fanactics are driving the customer rating down on a product they could not have possibly even personally tested yet. As far as Creative ripping off Apple, let's not forget that the interface (artist>album>song etc.) used by Apple and some other mp3 players was created, and now pattented, by Creative. Everyone in the game copies features from each other back and forth and that's just how business works and, from a consumer standpoint, it's good. It just means that we're eventually getting products that combine the best of everything out there. I have faith in Creative and if it's anything like their past products then it'll be great. People should rate and buy these things not because they are die hard loyalists to one brand name or the other, but based on which player is better and suits their needs best. If it takes an iPod like design for Creative to catch some eyes and make people look deeper to realize Apple isn't the only game in town, then so be it.
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Hello,<br><br>If you do need to convert some tracks back to MP3 format you can do so by highlighting a song and then right click with your mouse on that song. You will see an option that says "Convert Selection to MP3". Now here is the catch, you CANNOt convert any tracks that have been purchased via the iTunes store. Also, I believe you can do a mass conversion of files: after highlighting a song that is in the browser window (any song will do) by clicking on it, go to the edit option on the Itunes menu and click on "Select All". Once all of the tracks are highlighted, right click in the highlighted area and select "Convert Selection to MP3". This helps if you want to convert all of the songs in your library that you didn't purchase from the iTunes Store. Now as far as the songs purchased from the iTunes store, you may want to try downloading iDump which will enable you to copy the contents on your iPod to your computers hard drive (especially handy if your hard drive died on your computer like mine did about a year ago). When iDump copies the songs from your iPod it should convert all songs to MP3 format so that you can listen to them on any MP3 player. I believe that it did convert some songs I had purchased from the iTunes store to MP3 format. I hope these suggestions help you!
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I have an iPod but i am considering buying a creative zen m, I'm just not sure because I don't know how to put the music from my iTunes library into the zen? Did you encounter this problem? Do you have any answers?
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I have an iPod but i am considering buying a creative zen m, I'm just not sure because I don't know how to put the music from my iTunes library into the zen? Did you encounter this problem? Do you have any answers?
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All to true.
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Excellent post and completely true. I hope more people read it.
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I have been looking at reviews for 2 days and I have yet to see any "FULL USER" reviews that actually touch on perticulars of the item they are so hyped up about.<br><br>I need to know if any MP3/Portable Hard Drive units will Plug and Play for file downloads since I would like to use it for a portable storage device first and an MP3 player second.<br><br>Most of the units I have been looking at do not give enough info in the CNet review but I do know that the Creative Zen requires a software load to any computer you would be downloading files from.<br><br>As a student in college I am not allowed to load software to the lab computers so I can't take my homework with me unless I upload to a laptop.<br><br>Ok folks lets try to be helpful add somthing that the cnet guys my not have uncovered.
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