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THE GOOD
The Creative Zen V Plus offers a cute, pocket-friendly design without sacrificing screen real estate, and the vivid OLED display is viewable from any angle. The player is packed to the gills with features, including an FM radio, voice and line-in recording, photo and video playback, and compatibility with subscription WMA tracks. It's the first flash player to be offered with up to 16GB of memory. Oh, and the sound quality and battery life are great too.

THE BAD
The Creative Zen V Plus's joystick is really small and has a cheap feel to it, and we wish Creative had included all the buttons found on the Vision:M. The screen is difficult to see in bright sunlight, and there's no UMS support.

THE BOTTOM LINE
The Creative Zen V Plus is a superb choice for anyone looking for a compact and feature-filled flash MP3 player with great sound quality. If you're looking for a more sophisticated design (or have large thumbs), look elsewhere.

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Average CNET Reader Rating: 6.3 out of 10

CNET Reader Reviews

  1. September 15, 2006 03:47

    5.0/5
    I bought ipod nano 2nd gen. I thought its cool, yes its slim but its kinda long but zen v plus is more smaller and easy to carry. I have been having problems with Itunes 7 the Ipod nano's software, it needs a good computer and lots of bugs. I'm happ...  read more »

    - vladbarrios

  2. February 28, 2007 02:48
    Excellent
    2.0/5
    After using a few larger, hard drive-based mp3 players (iPods, Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra, Toshiba Gigabeat), I figured it was time to get a small, flash-based model that could fit and go anywhere. I did my research on what would be the best all-aro...  read more »

    - wdfadude

  3. September 12, 2006 06:16

    4.5/5
    Just bought the Zen Plus a few days ago at Best Buy. Simply a wonderful masterpiece. I installed the CD Software on my PC and synched to the Zen in a matter of 10 min with no problems. I immediately started downloading songs from Napster. Napste...  read more »

    - Apache7777


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