Customer Reviews
i really like my music player 
2008-04-21
I have had my creative zen micro photo player for about 5 months now, and i've enjoyed it with almost no troubles at all. first of all, I love the color varieties available. I ordered the pink one. it's a nice shade with a little bit of a sparkle/shimmer to it. soon after i bought it i bought a peach-colored silicone case/cover for it that also looks great with the color of the player.
the only little problems i have with the player?
1. i feel that the battery doesn't really fully charge, because it just doesn't seem to last as long as i expect it should.
2. I find that the software/program to organize the music is a little bit pesty sometimes when trying to manage my music.
overall, i really like this player and i had contemplated on getting it for a while before i did. I think it is a worthy purchase at a good deal.
Ok until it died...... 
2008-03-28
My Husband got this for me for Christmas in 2006. As others have mentioned, it does have overly sensitive buttons (even on the lowest sensitivity setting) but I quickly got used to that. It did fine for a while, but then if I skipped over several songs in a row, when it played the next song, it would have tidbits of the previously skipped songs mixed in. (kinda funny at first, but then annoying, like it was too confused to skip a few songs) Fast forward to Feb 08, and one day when I turn it on, it is in recovery mode. I went online to download firmware and after about 10-15 attempts, it never could recognize my player was connected. Even the software program it came with did not recognize it (although my computer did recognize it was connected). So I emailed for tech support and was told since it was purchased over a year ago, they cannot help me unless I pay $12.99 for 30 mins of phone help or send it in for out of warranty repair to the tune of $80. So, ok for a year or so, after that not so much. If you buy one, pay for the extended warranty.
Piece of junk; poor customer service 
2008-02-22
This product is a piece of junk. Within a month the display started going and I had to reload the firmware. Just after one year, the player wouldn't work (kept starting in recovery mode). The online Creative knowledge base was of no help, and they would not help me further without charging me. Overly sensitive touch controls. Won't buy a Creative product again.
Worked Faithfully for Two Years 2008-02-09
I purchased this mp3 player back in 2006 and it worked faithfully for me for two years.
The Good
-the software is easy to use
-the interface is not bad
-the construction felt very sturdy
-the music/picture quality was excellent
The Bad
-the touch pad was not as easy to use as the ipod wheel
-the cases that could be bought for it blocked the pleasing lighting around the unit
So I had a silicon case for my unit because I am a clumsy person. I have dropped it many times over the two years and finally, last week, I dropped it one too many and it would no longer start up. I have since purchased a "Zen" and am very satisfied with it so far.
Awesome Mp3 player 2008-01-27
I bought this Mp3 player over an ipod nano over a year ago and still use and like it. It doesn't compare with the new nano's but is better than the previous generation of nano's. It's well built but still should have a protective case for the obvious reasons. The touchpad was a bit tricky at first, but I figured it out in a few days just like everyone else.
The things that keep me from giving it a 5 star rating are the following; it takes awhile to charge and the wall chargers are hard to find, plus they're over $25 without shipping, if you find it. But maybe this is just me since this is my first Mp3 player of this sort. Maybe the ipods take hours to fully charge as well. The other thing is that I have an apple macbook, and so their is only one freeware program that lets me use this on a mac, but it commonly requires that I replug it several times to have it detected.
Bottom line is that the thing works very good.
Don't last 2008-01-24
Be captivated, be spellbound. Creative ZEN MicroPhoto features a revolutionary, vivid OLED color display. Dubbed ZEN Micro Photo by some, you can browse through photos or music playlists from this award winning digital music player's brilliantly clear menus. Color your music with strikingly detailed views of digital photos on this sleek MP3 player. And keep up to 4000 songs or thousands of photos by your side and in your pocket.. And keep up to 4000 songs or thousands of photos by your side and in your pocket. Get some really fabulous ZEN Micro accessories to go with your ZEN MP3 player too!
Get Creative 2008-01-16
I never had to use customer support, that's why it gets four stars.
Wow I have owned this wonderful toy for a year Never had a problem with.
I have dropped it! It rebooted and rebuilt the library. It does so much. records, records your favorite radio programs too. (Think Felix Hernandez)
Keeps data and photos (no Video) Create play lists whatever suits your mood. It's like walking around with your own theme music. An equalizer, choose your list random or planned. Play all or play some. Adjust the volume. Oh and another thing get your own headphones. Creative gives you an excellent product then gives you really cheap ear phones. But if your thinking of buying this at 8GB think twice and get more than 3 times as much space for the same price.Creative Zen Sleek Photo 20 GB Multimedia Player (Aluminum/White) Same price but get more, more more! A little larger, same functions but at 20GB you'll lose your mind and make extensive use of Amazon's very varied music library.
Creative Zen Micro Photo 8 GB MP3 Player 2007-12-29
This is a nice product. The only problem is that when charged through your computer it takes forever to fully charge. Additionally, if you utilize the equalizer function, the battery runs down exceptionally quick. Despite those functions, the overall product has great features and a great sound!
Not bad, but a couple of minor quirks 2007-12-08
This is a decent little player, with good sound, bookmarking support, excellent FM reception, etc, but it does a couple of things that annoy me. I bought it to listen to lengthy podcasts and audiobooks while moving around, but I'm not sure I'm all that much better off than I was with my old 512MB RCA Emusic1.
The Micro Photo is very ID3 centric, using the MP3 file's abritrarily defined tags to sort the files inside of the hierarchies by artist, album, and genre. I haven't found a way to also sort by directory structure, meaning that I have to explicitly create playlists containing everything but my podcasts when I want to listen to just music in shuffle mode. Not a huge problem, but it wouldn't be a problem at all if this were a simpler device.
More importantly, it lacks any sort of grip for a pendant, band, etc, meaning that the only way to carry this thing short of, well, carrying it or dropping it into your pocket is to buy a clunky silicon wrap to put around the entire device. That's not a huge problem for me, as I'm a guy who always buys big pocketed-pants, but it'd be a big problem for my wife and anyone that wants to use this device while wearing gym clothes.
Both of the above problems are also present in the iPod, but are absent in most bottom-rung flash devices that sort files by filename. If you're deciding between going low or going with a device like this, ask yourself:
Would you rather have to put up with this device trying to organize your files into a tiny little 8GB library based on their metadata, or would you rather put up with a bottom-end device that doesn't have support for bookmarking/file resumption?
Vision/Zune 
2007-11-17
Sorry but for the same price you can get a 30 Zune, or 30 Zen Vision both show video, just FYI
