Creative Labs Nomad MuVo² 4 GB MP3 Player (Version 2.0)

Rating:
Summary: No Case or Clip
Review: The product has no case, so I have no idea what you are supposed to do with the mp3 player - other than look at it. Creative stinks. I won't buy another one of their products.

Rating:
Summary: 4.5 stars
Review: This is a good mp3 player. It does everything i need it to do, and I cant deny that it was worth the price. The UsB 2.0 is great and lightning fast, the blue backlight is cool, it is fairly small, and light. It comes with a different kind of battery, which is neither bad nor good.

my complaint:

the text on the screen is very small, and difficult to read
included software is useless
difficult to create a playlist

overall, i like it. We can all find things we dont like about our electronics, but i think that this is a pretty good product

Rating:
Summary: My MuVo2 was dead out of the box
Review: Very disappointed - I received this MP3 player and it was non-functional right out of the blister-pak. Lighted up with logo and froze. I am now in the second day of e-mailing with the Creative support people trying to get a replacement, but it looks like the prospect of having this ready as a Christmas gift for the intended recipient is nil. Product ratings seem high but obviously it has to function if it's to be worth anything, and so far I am not impressed. It does appear a bit flimsy. Let's see if Creative can supply one that works.

Rating:
Summary: good for the money
Review: [...]
I use Audiograbber with Lame.exe set on '--preset medium' to rip mp3s for this player. Good happy medium between quality and size. Then I just drag the entire artist folders onto the Muvo2 from Explorer. The songs in the folder play in their correct track order (though the MuVo2 can do random, repeat, etc).

To make playlists I actually use the software that came with player (MediaSource Organizer). It works well for this purpose.

I have big hands and long fingers and it took me all of 5 minutes to get used to the buttons. It's a small pad, but easy to use.

Doesn't have a case and I hear the one sold by Creative is no good..but you should be able to find something else suitable without much hassle. I am using a case that came from a little generic brand folding knife/carabiner/compass set someone gave me for Christmas. The MuVo2 fits absolutely perfect (you flip the velcro front up and all but the bottom 1/3rd of the Muvo2 is visible).

Bottom line...if you don't care about being 'hip' and just want a really affordable MP3 player, then this is a good choice. If you want to be hip and you can justify the cost, or perhaps just really want U2's autographs etched into your mp3 player, then get an iPod.