Creative Labs Zen or I Pod?

[FASTERDAMITT]

I was looking for an I Pod for the boat and Hot Rod and the discovered the Creative Labs Zen Mp3. What's the diff if they have the same capacity? Pros, cons? Thanks.

[Trailer Park Casanova]

We have several different types.
The kids all say Ipod is da finest kine.
Wife loves hers.
It's Apple, and Apples iTunes is the dominate service.
Jives well with it says the kids.
Limewire is on it's way out BTW.
The same legal team that shut down Napster is now in Fed court with Limewire.

[FASTERDAMITT]

Ya, a local woman is being sued by the record company's for downloading free tunes.

[VanDeano]

That's a question for kids. They can give you the best advise on that.

[DUNDUN]

all my friends have ipods, they are the best out there right now
i had a creative zen micro, it broke, i took care of it, never dropped it, not even a scratch. it just stopped working.
i had insurance on it, so i got another one. same kind.
two months later, the headphone jack started acting up, then the on/off switch stopped working, so i had to remove the battery to turn it off and put it in to turn it on. and it froze up alot.
so i would stay away from creative labs if i were you..
just my two pennies

[bigq]

Have the ZEN touch and use real players store. No problem .

[djunkie]

I have the Zen Micro. Seems to work pretty good. Kinda nice cause it has a built in FM tuner just in case you wanna litsen to the radio. I use it mostly in the boat. It did shut off on me this weekend though. The screen said it was overheating. Probably didn't help that my friend left it in the direct sunlight for a few hours. Worked fine today though.

[Phat Matt]

I have the Zen Touch and use it with Napster.

[Jyruiz]

I guess it also depends on what you are going to use it for but I would go with the iPod as there is way more accessories for it. Nothing beats controlling the iPod with the transom stereo remote.

[socalmoney]

I have an iPod, Zen, and Archos 420. I use my Archos 420 the most. I photographed the new SanDisk Sansa last week and was very impressed with it.
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1166)-SanDisk_Sansa_e200_Series_MP3_Players.aspx
At half the price of the iPod it is worth a look. Most of the complaints with iPod is you can not subscribe to monthly music subscriptions. Although I hear Apple will have something soon.
20 dollar rebate at buy.com right now.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...70&dcaid=17070