inputs.text: good mp3 player right - [ note not pay premium price get colors like orange write price twice retail get instead creative site colors cambridge soundworks store many colors pay no retail price ] would given creative zen nano plus abbreviated \\cznp\\ 5 stars except two small deficiences not gapless playback see 10 build quality controls kind cheap see 4 assuming lasts seems good unit money heres bought mine questions ask youre choosing [ updated 8282006 ] 0 want make fashion statement mp3 playersome people buy trendy ipod buying lesserknown unit like cznp makes different statement choose 10 colors prefer function form cznp offers bought orange one easy find black bag1 want play soundthe cznp basic mp3 player fm radio recorder simple monochrome display controls make good choice playing music podcasts ebooks listening local radio stations record builtin mike radio line input may handy somesome players play videos show pictures etc cost lot required color screen larger memory dont need things prefer not spend money needed get themof course player store kind content like thumb drive plays audio2 listening mostly music mostly spoken contentwhen switch unit playing pause turns automatically awhile units resume beginning current track others eg cznp resume exactly left playing music usually prefer start song ebooks long podcasts need resume turned like cznp hard fastadvance back were3 kind accessories getcreative set speakers tailored cznp many generic accessories work comparison entire catalogs accessories tailored optimal use ipod may not work others need pine things available ipod onlythe best accessory cable 18\\ stereo plug like headphone plug one end two rca plugs plug one auxiliary cd input stereos use quicly plug play speakers cables available radio shack places selling electronics products4 convenient usemp3 players vary considerably easy use ipod famous ease use though not everything want cznp relatively cheap controls work well enough want dont computer whiz use softwarei using driving reasonably good results easy pause start turn adjust volume skip repeat tracks back move forward current track small enough hold hand still able hold onto steering wheelbut want skip different album skip wait listen skip find first track desired album course menu way getting easily cant use menus drivingit small light like bic cigarette lighter except twice wide far found size convenient dont think would want smaller small might easier lose bought orange one5 long laston amazon click link \\see customer reviews\\ look dropdown \\show\\ choose \\lowest review first\\ click go button number reports people problems cznp bad enough throw away real problems others might lack understanding use playerdespite complaints average review high youll find mix reviews playersi decided take chance unit wellcared problem ill update review6 battery replacedcznp uses aaa battery said last 15 hours changed easilythe ipod nano rechargeable battery not designed replaced means ipod nano becomes landfill battery no longer takes charge couple years millions ipods thrown away simply owner cannot make continue work impact environment battery replacement kits ipod tools instructions concern lessened diy people wont bother7 soundthe cznp sounds good use good earphones like koss \\the plug\\ plugged stereothe free headphones get wont give best sound not judge player sounds included headphones go buy quality earphones new player make huge improvement enjoyment relatively low cost8 player use flash memory harddisk storagecznp uses flash memory flash memory expensive per mbgb hard disk memory flash memory players smaller hard disk players would not want hard disk think heavy fragile portable player get hard disk player want carry lot content make sure backup get flash memory player want hold content listen today week9 player enough memoryi use highest quality vbr gives mp3s usually 200250 kbps get 10 hours mp3 music podcasts material recorded lower quality youll get lot much space new favorite albums left player plenty room content changes like podcasts dont use computer regularly might want memory maybe even hard disk 1gb convenient purposes10 player support gapless playback trackssome albums music flows continously one track next examples radiohead \\ok computer\\ dandy warhols moody blues listening experience disrupted tracks gap player switches one track anotheri dont know portable mp3 player offers gapless playback without rockbox though bound come cznp brief gap no clicks still somewhat disruptive one solution rip album one continuous track rockbox opensource technology essentially replaces firmware player features gapless playback supported players including ipods not cznp11 player require proprietary software hardwarecznp includes software since also works like usb drive manage content explorer finder want connectors industrystandard find matching cables electronics computer storesipod load music using itunes players require software supplied unit windows ipod others also use proprietary connectors replacing lost cable expensive would not happy restrictions open standards promote flexibility interoperability hand ipod widely supported easy find compatible accessoriesfor minimum player needs look like usb drive connect computer load dragging files players file system cznp want program automatically create custom listening program various short podcasts play particular order support radio demand want happen simply connecting device computer no keyboard mouse interaction involved not found program may write want ipod no choice use itunes replace firmware rockbox itunes not want no option use thirdparty software12 player filebased tagbasedthe cznp filebased play songs alphabetical order given folder naming songs twodigit sequence number beginning filename ensures play correct order also shuffle play etci tried sandisk sansa returned content organized played basis tags exclusively music tags correctly set play way wanted podcasts dont use tags consistently enough play particular order chose cznp least control order putting sequence number beginning filenametagbased may advantages filebased though not uses content want play properly taggedsk storage cznp uses flash memory flash memory expensive per mbgb hard disk memory flash memory players smaller hard disk players would not want hard disk think heavy fragile portable player get hard disk player want carry lot content make sure backup get flash memory player want hold content listen today week 9 player enough memory use highest quality vbr gives mp3s usually 200250 kbps get 10 hours mp3 music podcasts material recorded lower quality youll get lot much space new favorite albums left player plenty room content changes like podcasts dont use computer regularly might want memory maybe even hard disk 1gb convenient purposes 10 player support gapless playback tracks albums music flows continously one track next examples radiohead \\ok computer\\ dandy warhols moody blues listening experience disrupted tracks gap player switches one track another dont know portable mp3 player offers gapless playback without rockbox though bound come cznp brief gap no clicks still somewhat disruptive one solution rip album one continuous track rockbox opensource technology essentially replaces firmware player features gapless playback supported players including ipods not cznp 11 player require proprietary software hardware cznp includes software since also works like usb drive manage content explorer finder want connectors industrystandard find matching cables electronics computer stores ipod load music using itunes players require software supplied unit windows ipod others also use proprietary connectors replacing lost cable expensive would not happy restrictions open standards promote flexibility interoperability hand ipod widely supported easy find compatible accessories minimum player needs look like usb drive connect computer load dragging files players file system cznp want program automatically create custom listening program various short podcasts play particular order support radio demand want happen simply connecting device computer no keyboard mouse interaction involved not found program may write want ipod no choice use itunes replace firmware rockbox itunes not want no option use thirdparty software 12 player filebased tagbased cznp filebased play songs alphabetical order given folder naming songs twodigit sequence number beginning filename ensures play correct order also shuffle play etc tried sandisk sansa returned content organized played basis tags exclusively music tags correctly set play way wanted podcasts dont use tags consistently enough play particular order chose cznp least control order putting sequence number beginning filename tagbased may advantages filebased though not uses content want play properly tagged