Ipod, Iriver or Creative MP3 player

[Y_lifter]

All the Iprod addons in the world won't matter when you accidently twist
your Ipod and crack the screen or case..
Don't touch that screen or you'll scratch it..

Or in 6 months to a year when you have to have the batteries replaced by mailing it in and paying to have them crack the seal and replace them, vs buying a new Zen batt pack at best buy and snapping it in yourself.

 

[Basic_wonder]

Ive had my ipod for 2 years now and still have a case on it and still have the original battery, just cause people post things on the internet doesnt mean its the majority .....

 

[Nathan]

I've had my iRiver for over a year now and have had no real problems. I drop it all the god damn time - like from above waist-level onto rock. No breaking. Nothing. Still works fine. Do that almost every day. I'm that careful with it. I have the 20 GB one. Oh yeah, and I walk with it to work, have it on all day at work, walk home wiht it, then take it to the gym . I have it playing about 4-8 hours a day I'd say. I've been impressed by it thus far.

 

[Y_lifter]

Ive had my ipod for 2 years now and still have a case on it and still have the original battery, just cause people post things on the internet doesnt mean its the majority .....

Possible. It all comes down to how many recharge cycles it has been through, and how you recharge NI MH.. The point is that it is not easy to perform eventual batt replacement on the Ipod, and that is a major issue with some long term users..

 

[Y_lifter]

My MPIO flash player has been so water logged that water actually dripped from the card and battery compartments. I took everything out, let it dry for a day or 3 without turning it on and all was fine. Even the music was still good.

 

[obiwan9962]

given a nano from my bank for switching over but i still love my zen more

 

[SoreArms]

I have a 30g Creative Zen Jukebox, it's great. Battery life is awesome and it's easily replaceable, unlike the ipods.

 

[seizer]

It's not the popularity for popularity sake it's the fact that so many other companies are making shit for the iPod.. show me what stores you can go to and buy 20+ addons to the Zen vision M....


Ipod is extensible.. Zen's isn't

You dont make a purchase based on the accesories, you make it based on the core of the whole deal - the player itself. Besides, the market is too saturated anyways with all the bullshit accesories. Having an ipod is like having a pet now -- that's why they design all this shit for you to waste money on. Accessories are just that, accessories -- but you dont need them.

The creative zen vision M has a better screen than any ipod, 250 thousand colours versus the ipods 65 k. The vision m has better battery life. 15 hours of music playback or 5 hours for movies vs 2 hours for the ipod video playback and 13 hours for music. Also, the creative zen has the same great controls as an ipod. One underlooked feature that I especially like is that the zen is scratch resistant -- this is important if you dont want a screen that's hard to read after a while. Oh, and the zen has better audio hardware.

 

[The Bigdawg]

Thanks for the input all. Karma to all those i could, will get the rest later!!

 

[Lady Godiva]

Nano. Just for the cool factor.