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Great player, Tech Support sucks
I've owned the Microphoto 8GB for three years and just purchased another for the car. This will keep me from moving it to/from the house, that is, until I want to import new tunes.

The Good:
1.) Great audio, small size, decent battery life, easy to import tunes and create playlists even with non-DRM tunes. Not so with the new ZEN for they will be listed as unknowns. Main reason I went with 2nd Microphoto.

The Bad:
1.) Touch pads too sensitive and takes getting used to. Controls for this is useless.
2.) Software is haphazard at best. Can't search by artist nor title.
3.) Must connect through Creative's Media Explorer (CME) in order to import tunes, create/delete/manage playlist. They could have it simple to sync with WMP or other media organizers but no-o-o, they stuck this stupid CME in between your tunes and the player.
4.) Can only delete tunes from the player, individually. Delete the artist name but their tunes remain. This is a 4 step process. Pretty stupid programming.

The UGLY:
Creative Tech Support are imbeciles, moronic, and just plain idiots fro India with English names. They only point to the FAQ page for answers, which by the way, is very limited. After 12 emails all from different idiot tech support offering ZERO knowledge, I started my own debug and troubleshooting on why the Microphoto would not sync with CME. One gets tired of canned email responses.

After much trial and error, turns out my Windows MTP drivers were corrupted. I uninstalled/installed WMP10, rebooted and that solved the problem. DUH! Oh yeah, even supplying these idiots with a serial number, my USA residence location, steps I took to resolve the problem do I get a try this or try that? NO way. What do I get? I get a survey to critique Creative Tech Support for Europe. Europe??? And the last straw was this moron who apologized for the player not working with Windows Explorer. He's so stupid he crossed CME with WE!!!

Okay, more good:
When the player works, which it has until this hiccup, it works great. That's why I purchased a 2nd unit on closeout. But you better be technical and computer savy before you purchase a Creative product or you're in for an astronomical pony ride from our curry eating moronic imbecile friends.

Loved it!
I had this mp3 player for a little over a year. I absolutely loved it it was the best mp3 player ever! The only thing I wish it had was a video player but other than that it was fantastic. About a year and a half after I bought it, it stopped working (which was my own fault because I dropped it a ridiculous amount of times) and so I had gotten a rebate from the website I ordered it from. When I went to reorder it, the website didn't carry it anymore! I was devastated. I had to settle for the SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player (which I hate compared to the Microphoto), but I really really miss that mp3 player

Long Lasting
I've had this product for two years almost exactly, and it is only now that it is dying. The battery is still long-lasting, I've never had a problem with the software, and the player is very easy to manuever around and the click wheel is great. It's a great little player that I love very much, and am sad to see go- I'm just moving the next step up in creative players.

i really like my music player
I have had my creative zen micro photo player for about 5 months now, and i've enjoyed it with almost no troubles at all. first of all, I love the color varieties available. I ordered the pink one. it's a nice shade with a little bit of a sparkle/shimmer to it. soon after i bought it i bought a peach-colored silicone case/cover for it that also looks great with the color of the player.

the only little problems i have with the player?

1. i feel that the battery doesn't really fully charge, because it just doesn't seem to last as long as i expect it should.
2. I find that the software/program to organize the music is a little bit pesty sometimes when trying to manage my music.


overall, i really like this player and i had contemplated on getting it for a while before i did. I think it is a worthy purchase at a good deal.

Pretty Good
Overall a good product. I had some hard disk errors at one point where I had to take the battery out to get it to turn off. It kept saying "rebuilding library" and then freeze part of the way through- but it seemed fix itself. The touch pad works well. The packaged software it a little weak, but does have some good points to it. For the money it's a good MP3 player.

Good Little MP3
I wanted an MP3 player and considered a number of brands but was looking for something from Creative, just not too pricy. This one offers a color screen which was a plus. The screen is a little difficult to see in some types of lighting, so consider than when deciding on this MP3. The ability to move from screen to screen is very sensitive to the touch, although you can adjust the sensitivity. You may find from time to time if you touch it too much you move very fast from screen to screen. Need to be careful with this one. I have no problem with this MP3 because I have adapted to how it works. I felt 4GB was sufficient space for the amount of music I wanted to have on the MP3. I just wanted a good basic MP3 for walking and going to the gym. Downloading of music is a snap, so you should not have any problems with this task. So far, so good, I have not experienced any major problems with this MP3.

a wonderful but sometimes fickle lover
This thing is permantly attached to my hip. I've used most of the 6GB, mostly from recording my vinyl collection. The sound is good. Rechargeable batteries and no discs make this preferable to most portable cd players.Some issues: 1) hard drive sometimes freezes, forcing me to restart the player; 2) hard drive has crashed once (I now keep most files backed-up on computer); 3) A/C cord was poorly built and subsequently frayed, making it inoperative. I could not find an equivalent at Radioshack and thus had to give Archos another $$$for a replacement. 4) Archos customer service--if you manage to get through to them at all--[stinks].Still, the Jukebox recorder is a great product for me. Even if I had extra cash I'm not sure I'd go w/the iPod as it doesn't record. If I hadn't blown $$$ on a replacement AC adaptor, I probably would have bought the microphone kit from archos.

Awesome...
... This is not only a small easy to use device but, setting it up is a snap too. I love how it's it's own little drive. My whole mp3 collection that I've collected from past years (I was one of the first mp3 users) fits entirely on the player. Get one now. It's awesome. Only thing I think may eventually replace this, for me, is the same player with higher capacity! (I have the 6GB) Overall, it's a wonderful little player!

Outstanding PMP and recorder
Outstanding performance on all levels and loaded to the gills with every feature you could possibly want. At long last someone finally did it right! The only two things this little wonder doesn't do is voice record, or tune in AM radio.

Sound quality: Outstanding! So good in fact that you may notice some of the imperfections of your recordings/files that you may not have noticed in your other player/s. It's output is very full and clean across the entire sound spectrum. The 5 band user adjustable EQ is quite effective as it actually has some gain instead of just attenuating every band that's not maxed out as many others do. Also worth nothing is that it has the best S/N ratio of any PMP currently available.

Line in recording: Duel VU meters and an adjustable recording level as well as the ability to code in CD quality PCM (as well as several levels of WMA) make for a recordist's dream come true.

Battery: Decent run time. It's also user replaceable, but not that easy to replace on the fly as the battery has wires and a plug and the access door is held on with a small screw.

FM: More sensitive and selective than most other PMPs. Pulls in fringe stations with ease. Local stations do not overload at all. Less than great signals can be cleaned up do to the ability to manually switch to mono. Setting and recalling presets (as well as recording) is a breeze. It even displays RDS information form stations that transmit it.

Video: Good picture quality and sound. Video line out works well and has about the same quality as a well recorded on good tape EP or LP mode VHS..i.e not the best, but not half bad.

Photo: again good quality reproduction. Adjustable sideshow options...I just wish you could separate the photos into different groups. Perhaps in the next firmware update?

Folder browsing: Yessssssssssssssssss!

SD card slot: A nice touch. IMHO much better to deal with than MicroSD....and yes it will read SDHC (available up to 32 GB at this point in time!).

Bluetooth: Ok... so this I don't exactly get the point of. Why bother with wireless on a portable device? Nevertheless it's capable if you so desire for whatever reason to use the feature. Haven't tried it myself.

Yes, I could just go on and on about it, but I'm sure you get the point by now. I really like it a lot....like ya couldn't tell...8)

Iriver H10 6GB blue
Let me start by saying that I did extensive research before I bought this product.
I knew I wanted the Iriver H10 but I wasn't sure which one (theres so many lol) I saw some reviews on the 6 GB that were questionable, the syncing problems, people dropped it and it broke(go figure) and of coarse some people had it for only a few days and it just stopped working...
I knew I was going on vacation in a few days and I really needed more than 2 GB (I have another player)SanDisk SDMX3-2048 Sansa M250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)I finally broke down and bought this product. I am elated that I did.
I think the price is what finally sold me on this H10, It was under 100 dollars and in excellent shape.
Now on to the pros and cons (cus thats why your here)

Pros-
1 Inexpensive
2 Its a sleek and beautiful player
3 Easy to navigate and control
4 Small enough to fit in almost any pocket (it fits in my carpenter jeans small pockets on the side but I know they vary in size)
5 6GB is enough for most people. I am already looking forward to the 20GB
6 Although small the picture screen is brilliant.
7 The device already had the firmware upgrade
8 I tend to shy away from talking about the things that come with these products,(accessories such as headphones and belt-clips)mainly because we are supposed to be reviewing the product not the package.
However, IMO the belt clip is well made and I will use it on occasion, I didn't receive the headphones because I got it from a seller through Amazon.(I wouldn't want any headphones that come with a device like this, I like to buy my own.Sony MDR-J10 h.ear Headphones with Non-Slip Design (Black)
The charger/usb thingie is fine with me, others may find it awkward but its actually quite convenient in my book.

Cons-
1 First I can think of is it did take me a while to sync music via WMP, I am not familiar with WMP because I use Winamp for all of my music and playlists. This was the biggest fault of the player so-far, It was a headach to put music on the way I wanted it However, once I got the music on with the playlists, I don't think I will have any more trouble with this issue, Word to the wise, if you buy this I hope you know your way around WMP. I am fairly computer literate and I still couldn't do what I wanted it to through Windows Explorer.
2 Second, Be aware if you are buying with pictures in mind, this player is smaller than advertised... I thought "you know its just as big as a deck of cards" You get a deck of cards out, this player is smaller in width and much smaller in depth. the length is about 1/4 of an inch longer than a card. My point? The picture itself will be an inch wide. (I am not in any way complaining... I simply had no idea how small this thing was. That might be a good thing to most of you)
3 I have heard the tick in-between songs, this does not bother me at all but seeing as some people are really paranoid about that I will list it as a fault.
4 Do realize that this is a 6GB hard-drive, you will not skip to another song in .5 seconds. I am patient and do not mind the waiting (its an mp3 player not a radio. Oops it is a radio, Oh well you know what I meant.)

I guess thats just about it. To wrap up, I am really happy I bought it, it came in time for me to get all the music on it before I leave for vacation in a few days.(thanks to the seller)(and Amazon.)(:
Like I said before, I will be looking forward to buying the 20 GB sometime in the future.

Get a free iPod Video instead!
Why settle for less, when you can get a brand new original iPod Video 60GB for Free! I got mine from this web site: ilikethis.info/ipod-video

Cool player, but it's not an unalloyed pleasure
I wanted 6 GB of storage and a color screen.
And really I don't care for iPods.
So I got what I wanted in this unit, which is lovely to behold.
The sound is excellent, and the included headphones are pretty good. The screen in beautiful. It's got a radio and a voice recorder. And it makes me happy every time I look at it.

Now the downside: You have to enjoy fiddling with electronics.
A lot. It is just not simple to load or use, and I think this is because of the juncture of the tricky-to-use Windows Media Player and the unit's own interface. You -will- scratch your head.
Out loud.

Then you get it loaded ... and so where is my music?
In the browser only. Yah! The pix look terrific though.

Anyway, I solved my problems ... using the Mystic River boards,
the UMS trick and Easy H10. Don't know what those are?
Um, you will ...

So, it's good, but be prepared to play with it before you play it.

H10, the new iPod
I just got my H10, 6gb in the mail yesterday. I was immediately surprised how much was in the box. I got a decent pair of head phones with it, plenty of manuals to help me every step of the way too. I first charged it, which only took a half of an hour at half battery life to start with. I then ran into my first and only problem, when I tried to install the new firmware, my computer ran into an error, so I called iRiver, but they had no idea what to do. Not long after getting off of the phone, I tried it on my other computer, and it worked the first time.

To get my music onto it, I opened WMP 10, selected the songs that I wanted on it and put them into the sync list. 16 minutes and 1.33 giga bytes later, my mp3 player was all ready for me to listen to it. Today, I have listen to it for a couple of hours already, and I just broke the first power bar, so I am expecting over 10 hours of battery life for it. Also, the picture quality is great on it, I mean spectacular for such a small screen. The only downfall is that, the smaller screen, but then again who really buys an mp3 player just to look at pictures? The other features on this device work awesomely, especially the FM radio, I get crystal clear music stations at my house.

Overall this mp3 player is a great, great piece of machinery. It has work perfectly for me so far, and it is from a quality provider so I know that it will work for me in the future. A must buy for iPod haters.

Great for the Price
I love archos pvp's so i thought i would check out their mp3 players. I love the way music is put on and taken off the unit (drag and drop is the only way to go)! The only problem i have found is that the screen is cheap and has very poor picture. Other than that is seems like a good unit so far.

dock
I have given these as gifts to my son and niece and they both really like them a lot.