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4GB MP3 Player

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4GB MP3 Player

 

4Gb Mp3 Player

4Gb Mp3 Player

By Anne Ahira

Personal media players are the must have item of this generation. People from 6-60 are getting in on the fun of having their favorite music playing anytime of the night or day. For the young or the young at heart Creative Zen has created a nice 4 GB mp3 player.

The Creative Zen Mosaic 4 GB mp3 player comes in three colors, pink, silver and black but the best feature is the mosaic keypad. This is a one of a kind design that other manufacturers only wish they had thought of.

 

 

Features

  • 4 GB flash memory
  • 1.8 TFT color display
  • Supports, mp3, wav, wma and audio 4 formats
  • Supports JPEG (BMP, GIF, PNG and TIFF)
  • 32 hour battery life
  • Holds 2,000 wma or 1,000 mp3 files

Good

A deal breaker in most cases is price; however, the Creative Zen Mosaic 4 GB mp3 player has ranked very well in this department. Coming in under a $100, you get a lot of player for the cash.

Another key change to this 4 GB mp3 player is the addition of a built in speaker, now you can share music with a friend without butting heads. Surprisingly for such a small device and speaker, the sound quality is quite nice.

Radio is something manufacturers are discovering is important to many people. Creative Zen jumped on the bandwagon early by adding FM radio to the Mosaic 4 GB mp3 player.

Battery life is exceptional. Many times, you will find that real battery life will fall significantly below manufacturer’s suggestion. With this 4 GB mp3 player, you will find actual life actually exceeds the suggested, a rare find indeed.

Bad

While the design is cool and interesting, the fact that it is plastic is a little off putting. It is not cheap feeling because the construction is solid and sturdy; however, if you are looking for the metallic feel of some players it will be lacking.

As seems to be the case with most 4 GB mp3 players, the headphones leave something to be desired. Most people simply upgrade to a better pair of ear buds or head phones.

FM radio is dependent on the headphones, the antenna is built in and therefore playing the radio through the speaker is not possible.

Bottom Line

If you are looking for a simple to use 4 GB mp3 player for a reasonable price, you cannot go wrong with the Creative Zen. Great features, cool design and nice functionality combine to make a solid product.

Just thought you may be interested in reading this guide: MP3 Video Players and Portable MP3 Player


20 MP3 Player

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20 GB MP3 Player – The Music

 

20 Mp3 Player

20 Mp3 Player

By Anne Ahira

By now, you have probably noticed that for every size mp3 player there are at least a dozen varieties.

The 20 GB mp3 player is no exception to this rule. IPod tends to dominate in the digital mp3 players world; however, Sony, Toshiba, San Disk, Samsung, and several others are joining in the fray.

The problem is for every player there are different music file formats. One will play WMA files while another will not. There is considerable overlap but there is no universal music file that a 20 GB mp3 player will play.

Take for instance the music on iTunes, this format is digital rights management protected or DRM. This is a form of copy protection for digital media. You have likely encountered this type of protection on DVD’s, audio books, CD’s and music mp3 downloads.

If you have ever used the Apple IPod 20 GB, mp3 player you have encountered DRM protected music.

Way around DRM?

While you can understand creator’s attempts to protect their creation, it is frustrating to say the least when you are trying to download music to your off brand 20 GB mp3 players. The good news is software developers have come up with programs that will allow you to easily convert music files.

One such program is Note Cable; this program will release the DRM protection and allow you to save music files to IPod, 20 GB mp3 player, cell phone or CD player. You can download a trial or full version from the site and be enjoying your favorite music or video files.

System Requirements:

  • Windows XP or Vista
  • 256 MB of Ram
  • 1 GB hard drive or larger
  • 1024 x 786 resolution monitor

Using Note Cable

Once you have the software properly installed, you are ready to begin converting music files for you 20 GB mp3 player. Open the program and follow the instructions for converting files. You may use the add icon on the bottom left corner or simply drag and drop selected files. When you have all the files, you want click convert and listen to the music as the software works.

You are now able to take music downloads that you paid for or CDs from your library and release the DRM protection. This is great if you have recently purchased a different 20 GB mp3 player or if you have multiple people with varying types of players.

You may want to check out my other guide on music mp3 download and mp3 cd player.

20gb Mp3 Player