Creative Zen V Plus music player

Another iPod Nano baiter is here - the Creative Zen V Plus.

Creative has launched its Zen V Plus music player which comes in a pocket-friendly design. But even while keeping the size in optimum, Creative has not sacrificed any major features that a portable music player should have.

The OLED display is of good clarity and the important feature is that the screen does not blur even when viewed from absurd angles. The player comes with an in-built FM radio and has voice and in-line recording. The Creative Zen V Plus music player also supports photo and video playback. The Zen V Plus also offers compatibility with subscription WMA tracks, something that you cannot see on ordinary music players.

The Zen V Plus music player offers excellent music quality and promises a good battery life too. The one disadvantage is that the joystick of the player is too small and does not look that good compared to an iPod's. Viewing in bright sunlight causes a pain to our eyes and it is not easy too. The Creative Zen V Plus music player does not have UMS support.

So what do you not get? In a word, iTunes. Like all things Aple, it is a tough choice - do you want to go for an iPod Nano, get iTunes and get tied into the Apple platform and one Apple computer to sync with, or go the Windows way and lose iTuns, but get everything else? The Creative Zen V Plus is quite capable of making you go for the later option.

The Creative Zen V Plus offers a good choice for those who need a feature-filled MP3 player with a stylish design. Of course, there are other more stylish players in the market now too.

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