Customer Reviews
Mixed reviews - one is great, the other died 
2008-05-18
This is our first and only experience with an MP3 player so far, so I have nothing to compare it to.
We ordered two of the Muvos a few months ago, one for the kids and one for us. Our main use is for audiobooks (esp. for the kids) and language learning.
We were immediately impressed with the sound quality. We could use headphones, or plug them in to speakers anywhere in the house. The single AAA battery lasted 6-8 hours or more, which was great for traveling by car or plane.
The Creative Player software was easy to install, is VERY easy to use and works like a dream. Using Audible with the Muvo device setup was a snap, and so fast to download everything onto the Muvo!
The buttons were a bit confusing at first because the screen is so small & you use just one button to navigate; so until you get used to it, it's hard to remember how to get to the various menu items. And once we learned we can use Creative Player to move files & folders around, that was a big help!
Now for the downside:
After less than 3 months of moderate use, one of the Muvos will no longer power on. The LCD screen still lights up when plugged into the USB port of our computer, but other than that we cannot get it to turn on. (Of course we tried new batteries several times)
So we are waiting to see how Creative will respond. We were just about to order a couple more (so each child could have their own) plus I was going to order one for a friend who tried mine out. Now I am holding off until I see if Creative will resolve the problem.
So I would give the Muvo a "5 star" rating, except for the SIGNIFICANT fact that one no longer works.
disappointed 
2008-04-27
I really looked forward to using this product and it has been a real pain from the beginning. It has now died completely and shuts off as soon as I start it, similiar to other reviews. Not sure how much effort to put into fixing, if possible. May just junk it. Be forewarned...piece of junk.
MuVo V100 2GB 
2008-04-27
I love this product.It plugs right in to my USB drive and I am able to transfer songs to the player and also take my voice recordings and burn them on to a CD. It is simple, fast and very user friendly!
Update of "Beware before purchase": Solution found 2008-03-11
Update of what I wrote below: I found the only solution via email from Creative. It was to reformat it. If you experience my problem, you can get help from Creative free online within a month or two, or also free via e-mail help. My situation was to reformat it, thus losing the contents; of course other problems can exist with other solutions. I like it. Both Amazon and Creative were cooperative, easy to deal with. I raise my evaluation from 1, to 4 stars.
Original evaluation: I bought this MP3 player in December 07, and was went thru the process of returning it to Amazon just after getting it. But just before returning it I tried once more to correct the problem with a telephone conversation with Creative. The second guy seemed to correct the problem of my player indicating "no music", while Media Player indicated it was full. So I didn't return it.
I had Spanish learning material on it, and when I tried to play it in March 08, the same three tracks played over and over, despite all the material I had downloaded appeared on Creative MediaSource 5 (this shows what is downloaded onto the player).
So I called Creative again, and they told me I would have to pay for help online, and if I had to return it, it would cost me $25 handling fee. These fees would amount to what I had paid for the player. They suggested I find the solution via free e-mail websites. Of course the websites indicated the problem as being common, with a simple solution, but I was never able to fix the problem.
Besides investing in the cost of the MP3, I spent 20 hours or more trying to fix this "common, easy to fix problem", which makes me feel stupid for wasting so much time and trouble (like spending hundreds of dollars to fix problems on a car, hoping each expense would make it good, only to eventually draw the line and dump it).
Having said all this, I have no other to compare it with; hopefully other brands are better.
AWESOME!!!!!! 2008-02-26
This is the best small mp3 player that I ever had,
I bought it for recording my song from the guitar then it becomes my favorite mp3 player, I have a IPOD 20gb but it's bulky and don't have sound recording and it has no file browsing, you have to open terrible Itunes to upload a single song and you have to add mp3 tags for each songs. it's a pain.
But with creative you just plug the usb cable and upload your musics like an another harddrive, you don't need to add mp3 tags, it reads the file name. Record from the microphone or line in it's great. I am sure you are not expecting studio quality it's only good for quick guitar demo.
also it's works with AAA battery, I don't need to wait for charging like IPOD, I have AAA battery charger and 4 AAA batteries, I replace the batteries then the old one is died. I am carrying one extra AAA wiht me and I am always in tune.
it is very light and comes with arm band, perfect for trade mill.
Only thing is lcd screen is small and it's hard to use the navigation button if you have large fingers. I don't mind but my friends father didn't like it.
I think they shouldn't call it creative nano, because it's better then nano, it should have unique name like Creative IHateIPOD :)
It works ok, but slow, with stupid scroll wheel. 2008-07-16
I got this thing because it was cheap for a 2GB Flash MP3 player. I had previously used a 1GB iAudio G3, which I gave to my daughter. Wow, I miss that G3. It had a much easier scroll menu with a joystick, faster memory transfer, etc.
With the MuVo, the biggest drawback, not mentioned in any of the lead reviews so far, is that you can only scroll with this spring loaded wheel - the screen does not scroll in real time with you as you flick this button, probably because the flash memory or processer is REALLY SLOW, and so you can only guess at how many flicks of this wheel you need before you get to the song that you want. The menu on the LCD screen also only shows what is currently loaded to play, it doesn't give you a screen of several songs before and after like the iAudio.
So, scrolling through the menu to get to the song that you want is a VERY SLOW process on this MP3 player.
Transferring songs to it from your computer is also extremely slow - but others have mentioned that already.
Finally, also not mentioned so far, you have to install a driver to get it to even load any music from your computer. I only discovered later that you can load the Windows driver without having to load ALL of the MuVo software.
The iAudio G3 had none of these hassles, but, unfortunately, the 2GB G3 is not longer being produced, as Cowon seems to have stopped making any AA or AAA battery powered MP3 players.
Small with lots of Memory 2008-07-02
I take this everywhere with me, so small, it easily fits in my pocket. If you listen to audio books and like to carry lots of them with you, this will fit seeral audiobooks, music, etc. (I have at least 20 audio books in mine and it still has a lot of room for more) I love this product.
good, slow transfer, hair inside 
2008-06-24
I have used this little guy for about 6 months. It is my second MuVo - the first was 256MB one with FM radio. I don't miss the radio but I do miss the speed of transfer -- the new MoVo is sloooooooow. I do a lot of podcasting (no FM radio) and it takes far too long to move the podcasts to the player. AND there is a black hair across the screen -- yep, the manufacturing process has incorporated the hair into my MoVo. The hair does not impair (or speed up for that matter) the performance and is a nice conversation starter. One point off for the hair and for the transfer speed.
Happy customer 2008-06-10
I bought this player for my mother after I was so happy with my older model. While most of the features of this one were similar to mine, it was very useful not have to keep track of wires to hook it up to my computer to load music. Simply slide the cover off and the USB is right there!
Neither my mother nor I needed anything too fancy in an mp3 player. We just wanted simple drag-and-drop functionality to get the music on it and to be able to see the names of the songs on the player itself. I love that I can separate the genres into folders and switch between them rather than just having a whole mish-mash of songs in one big folder. That's very helpful for audio books too.
So as long as you're not looking for fancy features, this is a nice little unit! I've had mine for over a year and my mother's had this model for about months with no issues.
Good player especially for audio books 2008-05-26
After reading the reviews here and on other web sites, I decided to give this player a try - and I lucked out when Creative Lab's web site has this (refurbished) on sale for $20 w/ free shipping in a one-day sale. I've had this for two weeks now and have been using it daily, and I love it.
I use my mp3 player mainly to listen to audio books, and I needed one that will play downloaded audio books that are protected. This player is one of the most affordable unit from the list of supported players for Overdrive Media, which is used by our public library. While it doesn't have bookmark feature, it "remembers" exactly where you stop and start at the same place (as opposed to the beginning of a track) when it powers on again - which is very important when listening to long audio book files. The use of AAA batteries is a key benefit also; my rechrageable batteries can last 5-6 hours. The player comes with 3 library folders (A-C) that you can use to organize your files - I am able to create sub-folders in each to hold the various audio books I downloaded, so you are not limited to just three lists. Once an audio book is loaded to the player, it doesn't expire like it does on the computer; with 2GB of space I can load up the player with books and take my time listening to them.
I did notice the plastic battery cover that slides on and off is rather fragile, and have taken note to be very careful when replacing batteries. The scroll wheel is not the best tool, especially when you hold it down one side or other to forward or rewind. If your finger slipped and let go, you may ended up in the previous or next track. With practice it can be overcome though.
I always invest in a protective case when it comes to electronic devices. The only cover/skin I can find for the Muvo V100 is over priced and from the reviews not very good. So I keep it in a knit mp3 player sock that has an attached hook; I carry it around my waist and can easily get to the buttons, and there is room for an extra battery inas well. I would suggest everyone to do the same.
Overall it's a great player and excellent choice for anyone who doesn't need advanced features (video, radio...etc.) Highly recommended.
