Creative Zen Touch (40GB) review

Typical price: £200

What is it: Hard drive-based MP3 player with touch-sensitive scroll pad

What we think: Creative shows it has just the right touch when it comes to this hard drive-based MP3 player

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Our Rating

7.3

User Rating

8.0

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	Creative Zen Touch (40GB)	Apple iPod classic (2nd gen)	Apple iPod classic	Apple iPod Photo (30GB)
Review date	12 May 05	16 Sep 08	18 Sep 07	25 Mar 05
Editor's rating	7.3	9.1	9.0	9.0
Price range	£200
Review summary	Lately, Creative has been churning out players with great battery life and excellent sound quality. The Zen Touch offers all this and more, making it a legitimate challenger to the Apple iPod Read full review	120GB of storage and the addition of the Genius feature, makes up for the slightly reduced battery life over the previous model, reaffirming the iPod classic as our favourite portable audio player on record Read full review	Apple has not only exceeded our expectations, it's exceeded ones we didn't even have. The iPod classic is a superb audio player with a huge wealth of well-integrated features and intuitive navigation. Our only real concern is that menus can be laggy. Apart from that, outstanding Read full review	The iPod Photo is a beautiful and versatile device with a new, affordable price. The 30GB version is a particularly good value at only £45 more than the audio-only 20GB version Read full review
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