webuser.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:50
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Its almost automatic for computer users to assume that anything with a Fi in the name must indicate wireless networking, yet X-Fi is actually a reference to hi-fi sound rather than Wi-Fi networking. Its Creatives system for enhancing the s...
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Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 Test C reative Labs Europe, founded in 1993, is famous for its Zen media players and its excellent sound Technologies. Creative keeps on surprising; again with the new Zen X-Fi, the first media player with integrated X-Fi technolo...
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This is one of the dinkiest players weve tested, and it has a similarly slender price tag to boot. What’s more, this does its best to punch above its weight.The welcome screen gives way to slick, simple menus. As well as video and music playback, you...
Small, wireless music transfers, impressive battery life for music, plenty of features...
Small, average quality screen, audio lacks refinement, not the most intuitive to use...
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shinyshiny.tv Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:52
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The Dastardly Duo, Dan and Duncan (Dancan, if you will) have been checking out the new Creative MP3 players - the X-Fi, which comes with added WiFi, and the Zen Mosaic. One comes with an arm band, one looks like a childs toy, and much fun was had by a...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:53
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The Zen X-Fi is named after Creative's most expensive range of soundcards, which are sold on their high-quality sound. The Zen X-Fi, then, has a lot to live up to.It is a small player, a little smaller than a pack of cards, and a little thinner too. Th...
Good sound quality, Decent earphones supplied, Easytouse menus...
Button layout can be confusing, Playing tracks is a little fiddly...
At £70 cheaper than the equivalent iPod Touch, the Zen X-Fi is a good deal for music fans...
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custompc.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:53
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While the Zen X-Fi is loaded with features and boasts superb sound quality, it’s too slow and frustrating to put many of these features to good use. Creative clearly wanted Instant Message capabilities for the X-Fi, but this had lead to the clunky key...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:53
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The Fi stands for Fiddly. Well conceived and well made, but gets some of the basics wrong and isnt pleasant to use. The ZEN X-Fi is a portable media player that can not only store your music, photos and videos in its 16GB of memory, but also str...
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gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:53
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Measuring 22x83x12.5mm and weighing just 70g, the X-Fi is a portable media player that comes in 16GB and 32GB flavours and has a 2.5-inch screen. Creative has also included Wireless LAN support, an SD/SDHC card slot, FM radio and built-in speaker. Batt...
Small enough to sit comfortably in the palm, the Zen X-Fi is proof great things really do come in the tiniest packages. This swanky MP3 player squeezes in up to 32GB of storage, as well as an SD card slot for more room if you need it. There’s a dece...
The Zen X-Fi packs in Wi-Fi, but it’s a flawed execution. Where the iPod touch lets you download new songs, surf the web and install applications, the Zen simply lets you stream content from a networked PC. There’s also a built-in chat applica...
A tiny music player, with tons of storage, impressive sound quality and lots of added extras. Just don’t expect its Wi-Fi functions to rock your world.Creative Zen X-Fi is tagged with creative, MP3 player, Wi-Fi and MSN messenger. Select a tag (crea...
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Yes, the news is dominated by this week's revamped iPods, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other good media players out there. Put off the colourful Nano, or the shiny Touch? Then here are ten of the best alternatives. Counting dow...
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The Creative Zen X-Fi is a cracking player that sounds great...
Sound, screen, headphones, Wi-Fi...
Chat not really worth the bother, no Mac support...
The Creative Zen X-Fi is a cracking player that sounds great...
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The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apples current iPods. The Creative Zen X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-t...
Its an outstanding digital music player that rises to the top with ease. The masses may continue to think iPod first when they need a new MP3 player - but it will be a shame if they do. The Creative Zen X-Fi is arguably the most innovative, feature-p...
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techradar.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:56
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The MP3 player market is saturated. It has been for years now, with every size, price point and storage benchmark catered for amply. However, when it comes to sound quality, its hard to find a player that really stands up to be counted.Some MP3 player...
Sound quality is brilliant, Wi-Fi works well, Earphones are great, Speaker is a nice touch...
Interface is clunky, Buttons are fiddly...
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When the Creative Zen 32GB launched earlier this year, it impressed with its ease of use, sound quality and sheer pocketability, but the price was simply too high. It doesn't initially look like it has learned its lesson with the Zen's successor - the...
Great sound quality and some innovative features, plus a superb pair of bundled headphones help justify the high price...
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Creative Zen X-Fi: this player rocks. MP3 players are one of the most remarkable technologies of recent years. They only appeared about the turn of the millennium when a bunch of geeky guys leapt on the fact that you could store most of your CD co...
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pcworld.co.nz Updated:
2011-11-04 13:52:52
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The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple’s current iPods. The X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-use interface...
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For a while now people have been waiting for a refresh of Creatives popular ZEN series of players; at last it has happened in the form of the ZEN X-Fi. This time around Creative has managed to pack in its popular X-Fi soundcard technology, along with...
Stylish design, wide array of formats supported, lots of features, large storage capacity...
Wireless connectivity of limited usefulness, keypad makes it difficult to type, X-Fi modes not worth using, SD card slot poorly implemented...
The Creative ZEN X-Fi continues the tradition of past ZEN players, offering a compelling alternative to the iPod range. However, Wi-Fi and the X-Fi modes are poorly implemented and dont bring much to the table...
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This is one of the dinkiest players we've tested, and it has a similarly slender price tag to boot. What's more, this Creative does its best to punch above its weight. The welcome screen gives way to slick, simple menus. As well as video and music playba...
Small, wireless music transfers, impressive battery life for music, plenty of features...
Small, average quality screen, audio lacks refinement, not the most intuitive to use...
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It uses Creative's patented Xi-Fi sound technology to bring MP3s and other compressed audio tracks up to near-CD audio quality, and the built-in Wi-Fi on the 16GB and 32GB models allows for streaming content from your PC and media servers. It's als...
Excellent sound quality, SDHC expansion, Premium earbuds included...
Mediocre battery life for audio, No Mac support...
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The X-Fi beats the iPod Touch for value and features – whether its sound quality and interface can do the same remains to be seen...
Packed with features. Music and video streaming over Wi-Fi. Good bundled earbuds...
Smallish screen. No touchscreen...
The X-Fi beats the iPod Touch for value and features – whether its sound quality and interface can do the same remains to be seen...
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There’s no two ways about it, the Creative Zen X-Fi is a very impressive portable media player that retails for Rs. 10,099.This player sports the same 2.5-inch screen as the Zen and the video playback and overall visual performance is noteworthy. The i...
Good Audio Quality, Onboard Speaker, XFi Crystalizer Makes an Audible Difference, Very Good Bundled Earphones, Supports SD Cards...
Without XFi Crystalizer Audio Sounds Flat, Interface & Controls Take time Getting Used to, Average Screen...
The ZEN X-Fi with the X-Fi Crystallizer and onboard speaker apart from all the regular features stood out with its above average audio and video playback and for a fairly lower price than the rest...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:50
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Since portable multimedia players market is getting slightly overcrowded, and potential users are getting pickier and more demanding, Creative have created new Zen player with addition of few very important letters in its name: X-Fi. Thanks to these tr...
Creative Zen X-Fi is great multimedia player with just few small problems. First and biggest by our opinion is lack of support for FLAC format. Since this is high-class device that has price tag above two hundred Euros this kind of slip-ups are intoler...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:50
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Any portable media player today must be weighed against the iPod, the gold standard of MP3 devices. Creative’s lates...
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Creative continues to fight it out in the portable music player market and their most recent Zen X-Fi brings with it some interesting innovations. See which innovations we liked and which ones we didnt. The product is packaged nicely and gets good pr...
The silver finish with black face and buttons makes the unit elegant. Along with the rounded corner design it is easy to hold without getting jabbed. Especially nice if you put it in your trouse...
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It uses Creative's patented Xi-Fi sound technology to bring MP3s and other compressed audio tracks up to near-CD audio quality, and the built-in Wi-Fi on the 16GB and 32GB models allows for streaming content from your PC and media servers. It's als...
Excellent sound quality, SDHC expansion, Premium earbuds included...
Mediocre battery life for audio, No Mac support...
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Light on ounces, heavy on gigabytes, screaming with audio enhancements and streaming like a fiend: The latest ZEN puts it all in the palm of your hand.
Headturningly compact but, Proprietary audio tweaks make it sound BIG, Works great with established content providers and Digital Copy, Highly customizable...
Video streaming requires resizing of our existing video files, No video output, Comes with the shortest USB cable Ive ever seen!...
In a world of portable media player leaders and followers, kudos to Creative for going their own way. The design and feature set are uniquely theirs, with improvements over the first generation and an attractive value for those looking to go beyond th...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:52
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The Zen X-Fi is named after Creatives most expensive range of soundcards, which are sold on their high-quality sound. The Zen X-Fi, then, has a lot to live up to.It is a small player, a little smaller than a pack of cards, and a little thinner too. Th...
Good sound quality, Decent earphones supplied, Easy-to-use menus...
Button layout can be confusing, Playing tracks is a little fiddly...
At £70 cheaper than the equivalent iPod Touch, the Zen X-Fi is a good deal for music fans...
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After a hiatus of almost an year, Creative has now come up with the Zen X-Fi, which, though not the best looking PMP around, is certainly one of the best from Creative. It has everything that a new-gen media player boasts of-FM, video player, ima...
8 GB memory, great earphones...
FM is troublesome...
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The first Wi-Fi–enabled Zen offers excellent sound, but drops the ball with a confusing control scheme.
Clean, crisp sound, SD Card slot, Comfortable bundled earbuds, Audiobook support...
Cluttered navigation controls, Underwhelming audio enhancement, Non-JPEG photo files need to be transcoded, No predictive text when instant messaging...
The Creative Zen X-Fi provides excellent sound quality (with the X-Fi Expand turned off) and support for multiple audio and video formats at a very reasonable price. It offers a larger screen and capacity than the similarly priced Sony Walkman NWZ-S718...
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Digitaltrends.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:53
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Creative has been hawking its X-Fi sound enhancement technology hard in the last couple of years, putting it in everything from sound cards to headphones -- and now in a portable AV player. Aside from the usual voice recorder, FM radio, expandable stor...
Very good sound quality, Excellent included earbuds, Attractive interface, Expandable storage...
Buttons are very small and not backlit, No Web browsing or wireless sync, No third-party app support, Typing is difficult, *...
The Zen X-Fi doesnt pose much of a threat to the far more versatile and user-friendly iPod Touch, but folks considering a Flash Zune might opt for the X-Fis larger maximum capacity (32GB vs. Zunes 16GB) plus expandable storage. And Creative has been...
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Creative’s previous had the potential to be a great PMP, considering its slim design, large clear display and the button placement for navigation, but it fared quite averagely. Their next-level Zen called the Zen X-Fi comes equipped with Creative’s fa...
X-Fi enhances audio clarity, Image quality is really good, FM radio reception is quite good...
External speaker is redundant, PC software is a problem, Video conversion is too long, Poor battery life...
The price of Rs 13,550 (without Wi-Fi) for 8GB of space is not too happening, even though the X-Fi engine may be a boon for the Zens audio capabilities. Although this upgraded version offers slightly better sound quality, its unchanged on all other f...
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Its well known that Creative has been leading the PC audio-processing card department and feature their top of the line audio processing cards under the "X-Fi" brand. Along with audio processing chips, Creative dived into the MP3 Players market and...
Good Screen, Good Audio, SD-Card Slot, FM, Battery.
Sharp highs with X-Fi - ON, Poor video quality, Price.
The Creative Zen X-Fi 8 GB sells for around Rs.13,500 with a 1-year warranty. My suggestion is go for the standard Creative Zen and upgrade the earphones to Creatives EP-630. The Zen is a decent player and we found only the bundled earphones to be po...
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Once in a while, a product comes along that makes us sit up and take notice. Sometimes it's because of the way it looks; sometimes because of it's incredible speed and power; and other times it's because it makes one particular task so easy and straightfo...
Despite this, though, the X-Fi remains a highly impressive player. It's absolutely crammed with features - some useful, some not - has good storage capacity and its memory expandability allows it to challenge even some hard disk-based players. Sound quali...
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The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple's current iPods.The Creative Zen X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-u...
It's an outstanding digital music player that rises to the top with ease. The masses may continue to think iPod first when they need a new MP3 player - but it will be a shame if they do. The Creative Zen X-Fi is arguably the most innovative, feature-p...
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The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apples current iPods. The X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-use interface...
Nice features, sound, earbuds, and price, Networking and streaming capabilities...
Plastic body feels cheap, but durable, Small screen for video and photos...
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Although saddled with a clunky name, Creatives ZEN X-Fi with Wireless LAN offers plenty of features including wireless capabilities at a great price. Sure, I was occasionally frustrated with the unpolished user interface and the overwhelming number...
Streams and downloads music wirelessly. FM Radio and voice recorder. Quality earphones are included.
User interface needs work. Most videos need to be converted with the included software. Loaded with buttons.
Armed with wireless streaming features, but hindered by an irksome user interface, the affordable ZEN X-Fi is a solid player, but lacks the graceful navigation of devices from Apple or Samsung...
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Price: $329 for 16GB model and $399 for 32GB modelOn top of playing music, videos and displaying photos, this latest addition to Creatives stable of music players comes with wireless LAN too.You can stream and download music and even videos wirelessly...
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The X-Fi beats the iPod Touch for value and features – whether its sound quality and interface can do the same remains to be seen...
Packed with features. Music and video streaming over Wi-Fi. Good bundled earbuds...
Smallish screen. No touchscreen...
The X-Fi beats the iPod Touch for value and features – whether its sound quality and interface can do the same remains to be seen...
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pocketables.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:58
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Creative is marketing its new Zen X-Fi digital media player as "the sound of perfection," which unfortunately is a bit of an overstatement. It is the companys best-sounding player to date and it does sound undeniably great, but really only when X-Fi...
Creative is marketing its new Zen X-Fi digital media player as "the sound of perfection," which unfortunately is a bit of an overstatement. It is the companys best-sounding player to date and it does sound undeniably great, but really only when X-Fi...
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anythingbutipod.com Updated:
2011-08-14 06:44:58
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Zen fans have been looking forward to the next big thing from Creative. These fans clamored for a Zen Vision:M replacement which is, in my opinion, the best blend of MP3 players and PMPs to date. Creative’s last biggest release, the Zen, didn’t seem...
Zen fans have been looking forward to the next big thing from Creative. These fans clamored for a Zen Vision:M replacement which is, in my opinion, the best blend of MP3 players and PMPs to date. Creative’s last biggest release, the Zen, didn’t seem...
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