CrawlingEye
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Ok, here's the deal, finally my girlfriend (after heckling me about loving my Karma) decided that she wants an mp3 player for when the weather gets nicer, so she can sit outside, listen to music and read between classes.
The thing is, she doesn't have a massive budget so this limits the choices. She also wants something with good storage (no iPod mini or Nitrus 4gig). She isn't too concerned with audio quality, but I'd like for her to get something that isn't garbage. Given her 'wants' the Zen Xtra 30gig's looking very good, from a feature stand-point. She can use my Karma quite well, so I think she can be marked as being able to figure out the UI as about average. (I think the Karma's UI is pretty good)
I've heard that some Creative players have problems with the UI though. I want to get her something that she can use pretty easily, so I'm wondering if the Zen Xtra suffers this problem.
I showed her the leading players: Karma, Nitrus, iPod, iPod Mini, Zen Xtra, NJB3, iHP100, and iHP120.
Out of the lot of them, she liked the Zen Xtra (looks-wise) best, but also liked the iHP. She said that she won't have much of a use for the remote (and that she wouldn't carry it with her much at all) along with the voice recording and ogg support.
So, given her budget, I'm thinking that her thoughts on the Zen Xtra are quite accurate.
What'd you guys think?
If anyone can find the iHP120 at under $399, it would enter the realm of being viable for her. The iPod she doesn't like the looks of and doesn't want to have to use iTunes. The Karma, again doesn't seem to have features that she thinks she'd use.
I'm thinking that as long as the UI of the Zen Xtra is at least easy enough for me to figure out (without much difficulty) and then show her, that she'll be easily content with it. Thanks.
Edit: clarified a bit.
The thing is, she doesn't have a massive budget so this limits the choices. She also wants something with good storage (no iPod mini or Nitrus 4gig). She isn't too concerned with audio quality, but I'd like for her to get something that isn't garbage. Given her 'wants' the Zen Xtra 30gig's looking very good, from a feature stand-point. She can use my Karma quite well, so I think she can be marked as being able to figure out the UI as about average. (I think the Karma's UI is pretty good)
I've heard that some Creative players have problems with the UI though. I want to get her something that she can use pretty easily, so I'm wondering if the Zen Xtra suffers this problem.
I showed her the leading players: Karma, Nitrus, iPod, iPod Mini, Zen Xtra, NJB3, iHP100, and iHP120.
Out of the lot of them, she liked the Zen Xtra (looks-wise) best, but also liked the iHP. She said that she won't have much of a use for the remote (and that she wouldn't carry it with her much at all) along with the voice recording and ogg support.
So, given her budget, I'm thinking that her thoughts on the Zen Xtra are quite accurate.
What'd you guys think?
If anyone can find the iHP120 at under $399, it would enter the realm of being viable for her. The iPod she doesn't like the looks of and doesn't want to have to use iTunes. The Karma, again doesn't seem to have features that she thinks she'd use.
I'm thinking that as long as the UI of the Zen Xtra is at least easy enough for me to figure out (without much difficulty) and then show her, that she'll be easily content with it. Thanks.
Edit: clarified a bit.