Apple and Creative would both like your MP3 spending dollar, and both offer pocket-sized firewire-capable MP3 players. We put the Creative Zen head to head with the Apple iPod.
MP3 players have come a long way from the first players that offered minute amounts of storage space; if you've got the money, you can pick up music storage that measures in the gigabytes. The storage concept has also evolved; today's MP3 players feature file moving capabilities, and in the case of Apple's Ipod, even simple PDA-style functionality. That extra storage space needn't crease your clothes too badly, either; both MP3 players reviewed here will fit into a shirt pocket, although you'd have no space for anything else.
| Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen (10GB) Creative's entry into the high-storage, pocket sized MP3 player market is cheaper than the Apple alternative. Does budget pricing pay off? |
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| Apple Ipod for Windows Apple's Ipod is more expensive than Creative's Zen. Is it worth the additional expenditure? |
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Eliot Van Buskirk, John Lui and Alex Kidman contributed to this report.
