Napster to Go and Creative players:Pointle

Whats the point of subsciption services when the battery in Creative players don't last long enough! My Sleek Photo is 60% full after 45 minutes of music. Thats with contrast at 60%, volume at 4 and screen turn off to 0 secs. Napster songs are encoded at 92kb
ps.
Why not 28kbps?
Does anybody else use Napster to Go? Do you have the same problem?Message Edited by nano on 06-0-2006 05:56 AMMessage Edited by nano on 06-0-2006 05:57 AM

I use subscription music from Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go on a Zen Microphoto for 6 months and on my brand new Creative Zen Vision M.
I get about 8 hours on the Zen Microphoto on a single charge. Enough to dri've both ways to the mountains for skiing and back. (~4 hours each way).
I haven't tested the lifetime of the battery on the Zen Vision M.
One thing for sure ... if you are constantly browsing around moving from album to album or track to track, that significantly decreases the usefulness of a full charge. But if you just put the player on random play and don't touch the interface, better yet, lock the interface with the power switch, battery lifetime is reasonable.
And the point of subscription, for me, is being able to fill the player with all the music that will fit for a low monthly fee. It was a major reason not buying an iAmAPod.

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