inputs.text: short battery life no repairreplacehement poor value - owned year although many defects noticeable first month purchase experience learned creative products including one short battery lives used zen 3040 hours course year battery would no longer accept charge device would not turn took excellent care looks new several emails creatives tech support learned 1 warranty period unableunwilling help customer not offer repair option price 2 used offer extended warranty must lost lot money no longer offer creative mp3 player new otherwise 3 not sell offer replacement batteries note website link player battery recycling cautions attempting replace battery creative product embedded battery suggests send product recycling instead no repairreplacement 4 products built planned obsolescence mind year use expect throw away purchase newest version money check reviews players crashing see wsod never charging turning back problem across product line screens easy scratch audible bookmarks arent implemented properly media sd card isnt well integrated save money long run buy ipod sansa least longer battery life serviceable send go zen order screen protector skin right away keep nice otherwise heavily scratched no time