Tuesday, December 7, 2004
TrustedReviews Looks at the Creative Labs Zen Micro
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 05:00 PM
"Although the Zen Micro isn’t the first and undoubtedly not the last music device to feature a hard drive as it storage medium, it is the first pocket friendly unit with touch sensitive controls that hasn’t been manufactured by Apple. It doesn’t have a wheel though, instead it Creative has implemented a far simpler up/down scroll pad, similar to that seen on some laptops. It works pretty much like a laptop touchpad and you tap it just like a touchpad to make selections. Apart from the scroll part of the controls there are five more sections to the touch pad, a play/pause button, a skip forward/fast forward button and the same for reverse, a button labelled back and one that looks like that button on your Windows keyboard that you hardly ever use. This button brings up a small menu, just like the one on a Windows keyboard, but in this case it is much more useful since it gives you access to a wide range of settings, but more on that latter."
The Zen Micro is, simply put, an extremely impressive device. I received one a few weeks back and have really enjoyed using it - I'm actually shocked at how well it works, how great the UI is, and how much fun I had using it on a recent trip. More from me on this subject later, but for now, check out this review.
The Zen Micro is, simply put, an extremely impressive device. I received one a few weeks back and have really enjoyed using it - I'm actually shocked at how well it works, how great the UI is, and how much fun I had using it on a recent trip. More from me on this subject later, but for now, check out this review.
