<p>Creative just cant write software, their music software is usually horribly crippled and their drivers behave like trash. The only reason that the zen’s have gotten better interface is because they started copying features and UI design from the ipods but they still cant touch the click-wheel from the mini/4g ipod. It was cool when they tried to be like the “power-user player” but with the touch they have just started trying to be as simple as the ipod but its not as good.</p>
<p>I’d be happy to have a good competitor for the ipod (and multiplatform support is a MUST even though creative doesnt see it that way) but that’s not going to happen until creative gets some real UI designers. It may not even need to happen, why does there have to be a good competitor as long as there are some mediocre ones that keep apple trying.</p>