Creative Zen Nano Plus
Here we are with another Nano… not the iPod Nano but the Creative Zen Nano Plus. You may have thought that Apple created the name Nano, but it is just a word that means “extremely small”.
The Creative Zen Nano Plus isn’t as flash as the iPod Nano but it has a lot of features and is very compact. The Zen Nano weighs only 34 grams including batteries and measures 1.3 x 2.6 x 0.5 inches. It is available in 10 colours so it looks a great accessory to carry around with you. The blue back lit screen makes choosing a song very easy as it is clear and concise.
As well as having the ability to encode Mp3’s from your PC via USB connection the Zen Nano also has an FM radio and a voice recorder. You can use the direct recording feature from both onto the flash memory. The Zen Plus comes on 4 different memory sizes starting at 128MB up to 1GB. For a rough guide the 256MB version retails out at £60 and the 1GB version is £100. They all have good battery life using a single AAA battery for up to 18 hours playback time.
November 14th, 2005 at 6:17 pm
I love these Nano’s, just to be able to get an mp3 player in a different colour that white or silver. I prefer the yellow one
November 15th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
Why would anyone need an MP3 player nowadays since you can get a small mobile phone with hot-swap memory cards?
November 15th, 2005 at 6:24 pm
I like to have all of my music on one player to listen to in my car. Because of this I need one with a BIG capacity! Also I might want to use my phone whilst listen to music (obviously not when I’m driving though ;)).
November 16th, 2005 at 11:34 am
well as for the cars and players - there are some good car devices on the market. they look like the usual car radios with a cd player but also support memory cards or have an internal hdd. I wonder if techlounge would write something about one of these.
November 16th, 2005 at 2:24 pm
Hi Martin.
We will look into what is the latest out there for high spec car devices.
Thanks for your suggestion
Techlounge
August 31st, 2006 at 6:51 am
I grabbed one of the 512 Nano’s the other day from Walmart, updated it via the software from creative’ website & I like this tiny player. It does NOT have a radio here in the states, but it works fine & with lithium batteries the playtime is really long. Nice job creative labs. BTW I live in Utah & paid $50 for this one.