MP3 update

So, I resolved my MP3 player dilemna and so far I am happy. I ended up buying a 4GB Creative Zen. It can do most of the things you would expect, plays audio video and photos. But for all intensive purposes I just wanted an MP3 player for my audio books. To that purpose I have discovered it is quite a lot better suited than my Sandisk Sansa C250 was. Given, my Sandisk was only $40, but compared to my new player it was pretty rough around the edges. The Zen has a really nice bookmark feature which allows me to stop a book and switch to music or a lecture and return to my place in the original book later. When you plugged the C250 into a PC it effectively reset the player resulting in losing your place in the file when you unplug, the Zen does not share this problem. Speaking of PC interface I was pleasantly surprised to find that the PC interface was not bad as many reviewers had stated. While Creative players do not allow the PC to treat their memory like a flash drive they do, at least on new versions, allow you to drag and drop content from your music or video folder directly to a folder on the player. II understand Creative is just simulating this behavior but so far it has worked seemlessly. I also started using the Zencast software that came with it and so far it seems to work great. I am excited to start getting regular audio and videocasts when I plug my player in to my computer. Overall I was surprised at how seemless the interface is and I am very satisified. In general this is a fine player and certainly serves all of my purposes. At $88 from Buy.com after $10 off for google checkout it appears to be a great deal.

Wyatt