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4.5 stars
"Why buy an Ipod?"
Pros: What isn't great about it?
Cons: headphones are way to big.
Summary: Let me see how to begin. Ok first and foremost, I did just a little over 3 weeks of research before I broke down and bought this piece of electronic wonder. I looked at all the usual competitors iPod, Zune, iRiver, Archos, as well as less known media players to get exactly what I was looking for.
Just to hit the highlights first. The USB host feature that none of the competitors have is prefect for those of us that tote a digital camera with only 2GB of space. Just plug the cable in and boom transfer from your camera to your Zen. The file structure and user interface is extremely intuitive and to the point. The sound quality when matched with a set of good in ear buds like the creative aurvana is amazing. I have the Sandisk Sansa and the quality is night and day on the same exact tracks with the same exact headphones. I could go on and on about the goods, but just read the reviews, you will see why it got the product of the year award for 2006.
The only downside is that the headphones that came with the Zen were really over sized and lacked overall sound quality. Go out and shell out the extra money for some decent headphones, you will thank me later.
On a neutral note, there is no Mac support, but with all the windows emulators available for the Mac its easy to use the Zen in conjunction with any mac product.
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