Creative Labs' Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 40GB - Extra Storage
by Andrew Ku on July 3, 2004 12:10 AM EST- Posted in
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Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 40GB - Interface
Creative has a standard OS for all of their Jukebox Zen products. Dell's Digital Jukebox utilizes the same base OS ported over with a slightly tweaked GUI and appearance. The latest firmware revision for the Jukebox Zen Xtra is 1.03.02, which is what we have been using in our review.The left side of the screen is where Creative situated the play/pause/forward/reverse/skip, play mode, and EAX icons.
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The music library is basically the same as the one that we saw in the Dell DJ, but the Find Music option is a separate option that is not under the albums, artists, genres, or all tracks submenus.
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Going into the Find submenu provides more options, and each Find By option is basically the same with an interface for finding a particular entry. Each Find By option has an alphabet from which to choose and it then goes to the corresponding entry. It cannot use partial phrases to search, meaning "Follow Through" cannot be found by entering "Through".
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jdmf13 - Saturday, July 3, 2004 - link
This is the MOST USELESS review I have ever read about the Zen Xtra!What kind of a reviewer writes a review like this and the only "test" he focuses on is the transfer speed from to the Zen?! I think the transfer speed from a PC to a Zen is the last thing one someone's mind when they're looking for an MP3 player....geez.
The reviewer forgot to mention two VERY important things like :
- sound quality (a world apart from an iPod)
- battery life (average of 10-12h)
I'm not really fussed how long it takes to transfer a few MP3s, and if I am then I'll use Notmad Explorer (from Redchair software - also left out by the reviewer) which is much faster than Creative's bundled software, not to mention stable.
To also answer a previous question in these comments, there is limited Mac support via a plugin for iTunes : http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?name=Forums&a...
For USEFUL information on the Zen Xtra range, take a look at Nomadness : http://www.nomadness.net/
Quiksel - Saturday, July 3, 2004 - link
yikes, i'm glad i never bought one of those... gosh, doesn't look very good in any category, especially when you're comparing it to the iPod...Andrew, you mentioned the Windows support, but I guess there is no Mac support? Just curious.
Thanks for the review, but like #2, where's iRiver?
~q
EdvardGrieg - Saturday, July 3, 2004 - link
yay for once again failing to mention either Rio or iRiver....Souka - Saturday, July 3, 2004 - link
Yeah, but it can't be integrated into my BMW 3 series...unlike my iPod...which works great! :)