Creative Zen Mozaic 8GB - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Creative Zen Mozaic offers terrific sound quality and a decent feature set, and at a penny under £120 with a 16GB capacity, it's superb value. Considering its main competitor is the £150 iPod nano, that's a steal -- but there are a few flaws ...

Pros: Sound quality ; decent feature set ; FM radio ; battery life

Cons: Poor screen and video support ; video conversion requires bundled software

Verdict: While neither revolutionary nor exciting in terms of functionality, the Mozaic offers terrific sound quality and a decent feature set, and is going for a penny under £120 with a 16GB capacity -- which is superb value

Review summary: One to consider or just too gimmicky?

Pros: Sound quality, value for money, plenty of features, built-in speaker

Cons: Fiddly controls and menus, poor screen quality

Verdict: Whilst we liked the sound performance, the indistinct keys and fiddly menus ultimately hamper this MP3 player

Review summary: With its checkered, multihued design, Creative Zen's Mozaic is a flash-based media player that looks pretty slick.

Verdict: Overall, the Creative Zen Mozaic is a solid offering at a good price, but you may have to do some fiddling to get its features to operate smoothly.

Review summary: With its checkered, multihued design, Creative Zen's Mozaic looks pretty slick. Regrettably, this flash-based media player (which is available in black, gray, or pink) is stronger on style than on substance. I found its buttons unintuitive and its ...

Pros: Includes external speakers Offers a nice array of features

Cons: Buttons are small Video playback can be awkward

Verdict: Overall, the Mozaic is a solid offering at a good price, but you may have to do some fiddling to get its features to operate smoothly

Review summary: Yet another pocket media player, but this time with mosaic buttons