Review: Creative MuVo N200 256MB MP3 Player

Summary: don't buy the Creative MuVo N200 256MB MP3 Player…

This unit sort of did what I want for a while, but it had and has all kinds of problems:

• Stupidly overpriced when I bought it for around $100 for 256MB.
• Control knob is awkward, easy to bump wrong way.
• Power button can get repeatedly activated in-pocket, draining the battery.
• Case has battery lid secured by single flimsy plastic tab. I broke mine off; now I have to kludge it to keep the battery in.
• I bought the unit primarily to voice record, but the audio quality is bad and the AGC is awful.
• Had to install firmware to be able to fast-forward and rewind mid-track. Perhaps related to…
• Appears to have just bricked itself in the middle of a download. The filesystem is acting trashed.

Next time, I'll buy something cheaper. Then I won't feel so bad. (B)