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Creative Zen X-FI

85

Very Good
  • Pros
  • Nice features, sound, earbuds, and price
  • Networking and streaming capabilities
  • Cons
  • Plastic body feels cheap, but durable
  • Small screen for video and photos

Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 Player Review

by Tim Moynihan, PC World

- The Creative Zen X-Fi is a stellar all-around digital music player, boasting many features that stand up nicely to the latest versions of Apple's iPods. The X-Fi has great sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-use interface that will please users who don't want to work with a touch screen, and--here's the kicker--the ability to stream and download music from your PC wirelessly. It looks great, too, and it costs significantly less than Apple's current Wi-Fi-enabled iPod Touch players.

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