Creative Zen X-Fi (8GB)

Pros: Nice compact player bursting with features, relatively simple to use after a bit of practice.

Cons: I found that the player when in shuffle mode, would repeatedly play the same track twice in a row, it did this on almost every occasion I used it, even though it had a library of 1500 tracks to choose from.

Summary: Although it has lots of features, the button design leaves a lot to be desired, for example, the corner buttons on the 9 button grid array do virtually nothing and the other 4 outer buttons have hard to read icons, perhaps backlighting of these buttons may help because it can be a little hard to use at night.
My player recently wouldn't go past the opening screen which has now rendered it useless after one year of operation. This is my 3rd Creative mp3 player to bite the dust early, I'm over it now and have moved on to a more reputable brand.