Monday, May 5

Less Storage Space Than Advertised? Creative Has Got Your Back

Sick of noticing that your spanking new 16GB ZEN has actually got merely 14.xxGB of usable memory? Well, that "problem" is about to be compensated by Creative itself.

It offers it's loyal customers a 50% reduction of price for a 1GB player for those who bought a Creative MP3 player between May 5 2001 to 30 April 2008. Fortunately, not many of us will want another meagre 1GB right? There's another way: you can get a 20% off any single item from their online store (Mark Ho, I think this should apply to you, so far).

Regrettably, this generous offer only applies to those who have purchased their original player within the US. Interesting to note is that this bargain does not apply in Singapore, which is supposedly where the company is based. This is due to the fact that the court settlement took place in the states.

This "missing memory" is present because of the way companies define a gigabyte of memory: a decimal, or a binary definition.

Creative Technology. What are your hidden intentions?
T'ang

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