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ok. I haf been eyeing for an mp3 player for almost 3 months already!

haf always been ai mai ai mai in terms on deciding whether to get one or not. Reason? its never easy to let go a large sum of money.. esp when it comes from ur own savings. Anyway, the reason why i bought an mp3 player is because i tot it was finally time to get one (at a reasonable price of cos) and since i had some savings of abt $200 last month, i decided dat it was time!

It was really difficult for me to choose which mp3 player suits mi the best.. basically, i had many requirements that i look for in an mp3 player.

the mp3 player must be:

1. User Friendly (very impt!)
2. Light
3. Compact
4. Looks Classy
5. at least 5GB

So, wif these requirements, i managed to scan around (sim lim, hardwarezone forums, recommendations from my friends) for the best mp3 player that suits best to my requirements. well, it was kinda easy that i wanted a creative mp3 player instead of an iPod. Didnt noe what's wif iPod these days, everybody seems to haf one iPod, so i decided to stand out from the crowd and go for creative. Besides, heard alot of complains abt iPod that u can only use the program iTunes to upload ur songs and iTunes only accpet one kind of mp3 format which is quite lei chey when u wanna convert the songs to the specific type that iTunes require.

despite going to www.creative.com to check their catagolues, i couldn decide on which one to get. It was a choice between this

or this:

so which one do u guys and girls think is beta?.

Retail price for Zen Nano Plus (1GB): $ 299

Specifications for Zen Nano Plus:

Size: WxHxD 1.32" x 2.58" x 0.51" / 3.35cm x 6.55cm x 1.3cm
Weight: 0.8oz / 22g without battery
Capacity: 512MB / 1GB built-in flash memory
Battery Life: Up to 18 hours of battery life2 Battery Type AAA Battery
Interface: USB 2.0. Compatible with USB 1.1
Audio Support: Audio Layer 3 (MP3) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) with DRM
Signal-To-Noise Ratio: Up to 90dB Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz
Harmonic Response Output: <0.1%>

Retail price for Zen Neeon (5GB): $ 329

Specification for Zen Neeon:

Size: 79.9mm x 46.9mm x 15.9mm
Weight: 75g with battery
Capacity: 5 GB micro drive
Display: LCD: 128 x 64 (7 colour LED backlight)
Song Capacity: 2,500 WMAs/ 166hrs (64 kbps), 1,250 MP3/ 83 hrs (at 128kbps)
Battery life/ playtime: Built in Li ion serviceable rechargeable battery (Up to 16 hours of non-stop music playtime)FM tuner and FM recording up to 32 preset stations
Voice recording: Yes
Audio support: MP3, WMA, WAV
Connectivity: USB 1.1/ 2.0Built in microphone4 preset EQ settings

Supported Format
WMA, MP3, WAVUSB 2.0Up to 90dB for SNRMass storage deviceUSB chargingLine in recordingAvailable in ten colors

Zen nano plus uses an external batt, so if batt dies, juz take out and change. Neeon uses an internal batt which cannot be taken out.. so if batt dies, sucks thumb and only can reach home to charge and listen. Also if ur neeon internal batt spoil.. and after 1 yr which warrenty expires, sucks thumb, must buy a new one. (not a new batt.. a new mp3 player!).

guess which one i chose? haha

(story of how i got the mp3 player and which one i got will be posted some other day)

watch this space.

p.s I do not work for Creative and this post have no intention of helping them to promote their products.