Creative Labs Nomad II (64MB) MP3 Player

Pros: small, light, good sound, full featured (FM, voice memo).
Cons: software could need additional work,

I received my Nomad II (w/ 32 MB) via promotion through emusic.com. It was my first portable MP3 player, and my first impressions of the player (and the technology in general) were quite positive.

The Nomad II comes in a nice, sleek, (and...

Pros: Large display, price vs. memory, FM tuner, upgradeable OS
Cons: Operability, portability, 64 Mb max, touchy controls, weak FM reception

The Nomad II is my fourth MP3 player. I also own a Nomad Jukebox (at work, hotel rooms on business trips, in the car on long trips), Casio WMP Wrist Audio (when "stealth" and portability are required) and a Iomega HipZip (nearly all of the time). The...

Pros: Small, lightweight, great sound, large capacity
Cons: Small LCD display, software

There has been much debate about the design of the Nomad II MG. When I went about purchasing an MP3 player, I did a lot of research, ruling out the ugly design of the Sony "stick" player, the recording-less Rio 500, and the lack of memory of...

Pros: Style, Size
Cons: Ergonomics, Volume

Form
A little smaller than a pack of cigs, sporting a metallic finish, Creative Lab’s Nomad MG II does get looks. A stylish, circular LCD screen displays useful info, volume, ID3 tags embedded in your mp3 files.

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Pros: Good features, sexy feel
Cons: PC software is ugly and clumsy

If you are looking for a stylish, feature-laden mp3 player, you are looking at one of the top line items on the market now (Aug 18, 2000).

I decided to look for mp3 players after receiving my third epinions bonus check. I have about a...

Pros: Great MP3 player, belt clip included
Cons: FM reception is poor, could be louder

I've owned the Nomad II for 6 months now. It has completely transformed my music habits.

I used a Sony Walkman prior to the Nomad. I had about 10 tapes laying around with songs on them. It's all gone now. I love the convenience of deleting...

Pros: Lightweight, good looking, sound quality
Cons: Price, Memory type/capacity, audio formats

Why?
I purchased the Creative Nomad II (http://www.nomadworld.com) after looking at many other portable, digital music players from companies big and small. I looked into hard-drive based devices, new cd portable cd players that could play...

Pros: Durable. Great sound choices. Compact.
Cons: Expensive external memory. And nothing else!!!!

Few years ago, I bought the latest walkmans and then DiscMans - sometimes the cost would go up as high as $400.

Then I moved on to Nomad II 2.5 years ago. When I first bought the NOMAD II (with no internal memory), I paid about $475.
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Pros: Small, well designed, looks good.
Cons: 64 megabytes is only that much.

In all honesty, Creative should give me my own personal web page. I deserve it, considering how much money I've given them. I had both the Nomad I, but after a freak accident, it was damaged. Soon after that, I purchased the Nomad II, with great...

Pros: Long List of Features
Cons: Frequent Lock UP

This player sports an impressive list of features on paper that are all underwhelming in use. The playlist's inability to support long filenames and the horrible reception of the FM tuner are the main reasons I returned my unit.

Had it not...

Pros: Excellent sound quality and volume, portable, lots of memory
Cons: Poor documentation, headphones, spotty FM reception

In the effort of making my new commute more bearable, I decided to get a Portable MP3 player. I have tried a couple already, including the Archos 20GB jukebox (horrid, see my epinion), the Rio 800 (would have been nice if it WORKED, again, see my...

Pros: Good sound, logical controls, nice headphone-cord remote control, includes FM and voice recording
Cons: No built-in memory

I tried the RaveMP 2100 64 Mbyte portable MP3 player first, then returned it for the Nomad II (more money) because I couldn't get the RaveMP parallel port interface software to work. So I can best describe the Nomad II by comparing it to the RaveMP 2100....

Pros: best product from creative yet
Cons: cant think of any

The NOMAD II digital mp3 player / voice recorder by Creative Labs is one of the best devices of its kind. It is lightweight, small, has an intuitive interface,and the sound quality is in my opinion very good. Its only rival is perhaps the Rio 500 by...

Pros: Intuitive features, FM Tuner, USB
Cons: Disappointing Sound, expensive

I bought the Nomad II from Amazon after doing my due diligence at CNET and other online "authorities". I also checked message boards and was very confident at my decision. I was especially excited about the FM tuner which no other MP3 player...

Pros: Software=Good
Cons: Nothing specifically wrong with it

I should begin this review by saying that I am highly skeptical about the current state of portable MP3 players in general, having personally tried 3 before settling for this product (see my reviews of Sony's Network Walkman (nw-e3) and the Nomad II MG)....