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| Varuna
Aug 08 (2007) 04:36PM  | Great ! This player does look a little attractive and sleek ! Impresses me in some ways ! and thats great that Creative is shipping it elsewhere too ! with the 16GB V plus and now this. Nice move. and Have you guys already got the player? Really am waiting for any sort of review of this player ! I've heard the external speakers are not that bad. With 30 hours of Audio .. its great ! but Just 4GB.  |
| Im_Numba_1
Aug 08 (2007) 04:49PM  | wow looks nice |
| Harry
Aug 08 (2007) 04:54PM  | It does look nice but will it please the american consumers.. Its still a question written in water.. |
| Varuna
Aug 08 (2007) 04:55PM | YUP! Sure Does ! The Black one esp.  In the WAV, Creative has made lots of Software changes. Like 3 world times, E-Book reader, Customizable Alarm Tunes ( i think that would allow you to choose your own track ).. and The external speakers make a great advantage to the alarm. The 'Acoustic stand' seems nice. 'the ZEN Wav acoustic stand sports prominent curves which accentuates both its aesthetic appeal and sound quality.' Sounds familiar ! |
| zip22
Aug 08 (2007) 04:57PM | "The Zen Wav is one of the first flash players to feature built-in speakers." what about the yp-k5? |
| mdscriber3
Aug 08 (2007) 04:57PM  | I think it is a great addition to the line up. I have a 4GB Clix 1st gen with the dockable speaker/remote and I use it at my desk all the time. Plus the Creative speaker dock sounds much, much better SQ wise than the Clix speaker dock (IMO), judging by the video clip. I really love the black and with the red glowing buttons, it's uber cool. [ edited Aug 08 (2007) 05:15PM ] |
| Varuna
Aug 08 (2007) 05:13PM | Absolutely. Would look sooo tantalizing ..!! ahhh ! |
| kickenchicken
Aug 08 (2007) 05:28PM  | Zip: " one of the first"  |
| ssjmichael
Aug 08 (2007) 05:44PM  | Exactly. I never said it was the first, just one of the first. I even touch upon the K5 in a previous Wav newspost: [Linky] |
| zip22
Aug 08 (2007) 06:04PM | the yp-k5 was announced a year ago. i would consider the wav the second big name in the built-in speaker niche, not one of the first. one of the first makes it seem like this is new ground and there were a number that arrived together. |
| Basshead
Aug 08 (2007) 06:26PM  | 4 gigs , 100 bucks. not too bad. but the design is horrible IMO. |
| Cody B.
Aug 08 (2007) 07:16PM  | Creative is making a good move with this. I think they are slowly introducing new features to new players. E.G. Video on Zen:M, screenless daps, now this with "good" external speakers and an e-book reader. Hopefully the e-book reader will be included on most/all of Creative's new player models. If I had the $100, I'd get this, but as of now, I'd rather just pick up a 4gb 266x compact flash card, and stick it in my DS. |
| Ozzey
Aug 08 (2007) 07:43PM  | Creative's just chugging along right now, aren't they? They're definitely doing more than we're used to seeing, anyway. All these releases, plus a new player? I hope all goes well, and this is amazing news! [ edited Aug 08 (2007) 07:43PM ] |
| TomRemixed
Aug 08 (2007) 07:48PM  | I love this steady release of new players. Hopefully more will come along. |
| kickenchicken
Aug 08 (2007) 08:50PM | W/e i really like that fact they are using the Vision:m's GUI and not the V Plus', which was ugly imo. or, um, idk really, the picture on Abi shows teh cool GUi, and this one shows an ugly one? [ edited Aug 08 (2007) 08:50PM ] |
| Inspector Blue
Aug 08 (2007) 09:48PM  | Double the battery life of my Zen V Plus, built in speakers and at a good price, $100 US (about $129-$139 CDN) for the 4 GB model. When it comes to Canada, I am definitely going to check it out. Even if I don't buy one myself, I am going to recommend it to someone interested in a good quality MP3 player. [ edited Aug 08 (2007) 09:50PM ] |
| UTCtrumpet88
Aug 08 (2007) 11:19PM  | I like the speakers. It eliminates the inconvenience of having to buy a set of portable speakers(even though most on the market aren't very portable). It's right in my price range, which makes me slightly angered only because I was about to buy a 2GB sansa player with a 2GB micro sd card for the same price, but now I might wait a little while! Yay for creative. Better budget players are what the people need! |
| Utew
Aug 08 (2007) 11:50PM  | Black or is that a gunmetal grey? Interesting how the comments now are mainly positive now as opposed to when this was first reported on.... |
| kickenchicken
Aug 09 (2007) 12:06AM | i like the gunmetal color MUCH better than the boring overused silver |
| ssjmichael
Aug 09 (2007) 12:19AM | Well, most of the negativity was focused on the silver being too ugly Utew. Now with the black (or gunmetal), most (including myself) don't think it's that bad. The battery life, as well as pricing will also lean more to the positive side now. |
| Bitshitter
Aug 09 (2007) 01:30AM  | Utew wrote ... Black or is that a gunmetal grey? I think they just "grey-out" the image a bit, to let the features of the face stand out better. Just like with the images of the black ZVM looking like it's gunmetal grey: [ image disabled ] This looks basically like a stretched out Zen V to me....OK, it doesn't look like it, but it has basically the same features: 1.5" colour screen, video support, FM, etc. Why does the Wave get 30 hours playback, and the ZV+ only gets 15? Does the OLED screen use up twice as much power as the TFT screen? Does the Wave incorporate a larger/longer battery? @ kickenchicken: the ZVM's GUI?? What's so different between the Wave's and the ZV+'s GUI?? |
| Utew
Aug 09 (2007) 01:59AM | Black or gunmetal, either one is preferable to the silver. We had this discussion earlier on, when the Wav first came to light. The batt life will be a big advantage over the Samsung K5. It remains to be seen (errr heard) as to the SQ of the speakers and actual level that they can be driven to (loudness). The price is nice, I'll take this over a nano any day.... Michael, a comparison of the Wav vs. the K5.. seems the order of the day, when you get your hands on a unit. Original opinions were pretty down on this player.. I frankly thought it might be better than most did, still a bit of an ugly duckling.. but I'd love to test it out. [ edited Aug 09 (2007) 02:23AM ] |
| Dominic
Aug 09 (2007) 07:59AM  | I dunno, you guys must be seeing something different to me. The colour hasn't helped it, nor made it worse, the design is ugly as sin, but maybe it's nicer in real life. |
| Xspunge
Aug 09 (2007) 09:01AM | It looks to me like you could pretend to hold it up to your ear and start talking as it looks like a lot of cell phones currently being sold. And with a lot of phones having video, MP3 playback, and speakers (annoying downloaded ringtones ring anyone's bell?) it might even sound better than some phones, the only thing its missing is actually being able to make a call. Who knows, maybe they are working on a phone too. |
| NoInformation
Aug 09 (2007) 12:00PM  | Engadget picked this news bit up last night |
| UncleFester
Aug 09 (2007) 12:56PM  | Ugh. My instant reaction to this device is extreme disappointment. Design is boring -- it looks like a Radio Shack walkie talkie or a voice recorder. I'm sure the speakers will be of no value to most MP3 buyers, who aren't looking for a mini-boombox. How about WI-FI!?! And why annoy your Zen V customers who have to be wondering why WE didn't get 30-hour batteries. Creative really is all over the map right now with no strategy. Having 12 trim levels doesn't boost sales, but just shifts current buyers away from the Stone or the Zen V to this new Wav. I've been a fan fo of Creative's players for years, but right now it just seems they are throwing darts and hoping something sticks. [ edited Aug 09 (2007) 12:58PM ] |
| akosibjie
Aug 09 (2007) 02:00PM | will it have album art support??? |
| UTCtrumpet88
Aug 09 (2007) 09:01PM | I just saw this on walmart.com and is in stock and ready to ship. I can't see why there is so much complaining about the design. I don't think creative is trying to make eye candy here. I believe that creative is more interested in bringing the customer better functionality. Yeah Apple has sexy machinery, but that's what they advertise. Unfortunately, I think that too many people are more concerned about how a product looks rather than what it does. I want the Wav because it's affordable, has reasonable memory capacity, is small enough but not too small, and has built in speakers, a feature I don't want to pass up. As a music major I want others to hear my music, without the expense or inconvenience of not so portable speakers. And one last thing...I know Creative is short on money for advertisement, but I think we can help by showing off our Creative players. All of my friends have said that they would rather have my player than an ipod because of what it does and not how it looks! [ edited Aug 09 (2007) 09:01PM ] |
| UTCtrumpet88
Aug 09 (2007) 09:02PM | sorry for the rant, but looks shouldn't be an issue! |
| moorey
Aug 09 (2007) 10:42PM  | lol....when i talk about creative people dismiss me as crazy and think i'm stupid for buying Creative. most people dont even want to listen to me |
| kiasukid
Aug 10 (2007) 01:48AM | I really want this player actually as I want to be able to listen to music at my workstation in the office. Playing it off my computer doesn't really work as I do a lot of video viewing footage off the computer and music mixed with video footage audio is really awful. I'm really considering getting one. Wonder how loud this thing goes. I don't think it's that loud, if it's loud, I think my mum would really go for it as she does Taiji in the park and it would be really easy and portable for her to play her Taiji music. Currently, her group drags along small boom-boxes or cd players + speakers which is still a little bit cumbersome for them. Anyone used one of these yet, how well do they do when you play them outside in the open? |
| keybowvio
Aug 10 (2007) 04:24PM | but looks are an issue crumpet, fact of life, and Creative should realize that. |
| Greywolf
Aug 13 (2007) 06:50AM | Currently on pre-order in US at Walmart.com. Delivery in 7 to 14 days. 4GB for under $100. I have already ordered this. I am sending my Zen V plus 4GB back. We will see......... |
| Bosconias
Aug 26 (2007) 11:19PM  | Woo woo! The WAV is Awesome! |
| Greywolf
Sep 12 (2007) 05:28PM | WalMart messed up shipping my WAV...but now I have it....it is a very nice mp3 player......I like the speakers and I was able to find an equalizer setting that was just perfect for my old tin ears...... This is so much better than the V plus!!!!! This little player seems to be the best bang for the buck, for now......... [ edited Sep 12 (2007) 05:30PM ] |
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