Creative Zen Sleek

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Creative Zen Sleek
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Verdict of Creative Zen Sleek MP3 Player

Creative Zen Sleek - Review Centre's Editor Summary provides an overview of user reviews from this site plus the overall view of this product online. Also includes detailed product spec. Written January 2005.

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Creative Zen Sleek

Overview

The Zen Sleek is another Creative attempt to compete with the iPod and is one of Creatives best efforts yet to do just that. Although some people feel it lacks the design credentials of the Zen Micro the Sleek does have a bigger capacity and in fact, the vast majority of online reviews have been very impressed by the Sleek in terms of its style as well as its usability, performance and specification.

Creatives Zen Sleek uses a rechargeable battery and USB connector for recharge. It supports MP3, WAV, WMA and DRM WMA and has built-in voice recorder and FM radio. The 2 in LCD screen has a minimal blue backlight.

Box Contents

creative zen sleek Creative Zen Sleek High Fidelity Earphones Power Adaptor USB Sync Cable Pouch Installation CD Quick Start Guide

Review Centre Reviews

Contributors to this site adore the Zen Sleek and indeed, Creative Labs appears to be a brand which inspires devotion, offering a contrast to the domination of the MP3 music player market by Apple.

Reviews have been flying in to this site to recommend this product. Large capacity, intuitive controls, good software, decent battery life, excellent sound quality, great looks are fairly universal comments. The reception of the FM radio is identified as a selling point too as well as some innovative play mode features.

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Size 59 x 101 x 17.1 mm
Battery 1 x Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery USB bus powered
Weight 157g

Main Features

  • 20GB hard disk stores up to 10,000 songs in WMA or 5,000 in MP3. Also supports WAV.
  • Vertical touchpad with LED backlight is quick and intuitive to use, gives total control with fingertip touch.
  • FM tuner with 32 presets and direct recording, to capture memorable broadcasts.
  • Built-in microphone for live voice recording and personal notes.
  • Equalisation feature with 9 acoustic environments such as rock or jazz enables listeners to customise music to their personal preferences.
  • USB 2.0 connection, for downloads at up to a song per second.

Online Reviews

EndGadget said:

".. first player in its class to not only feature similar specs to the full-size iPod, but to trump it in both size and weight."

Lord Percy said:

".. a player worthy of their own MP3 heritage."

InfoSyncWorld:

.. delivers the goods as an all-round performer...