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The Creative Nomad is an MP3 player series created by Creative Labs. Two different kinds of players exist: solid-state memory (no moving parts) under the brand name Nomad and Nomad MuVo and hard disk based players under the brand name Nomad Jukebox.

Creative's activity in the MP3 player field began with the Creative Nomad which was actually a value-added reseller product, a rebranded Samsung Yepp YP-D40. The Creative Nomad II also features an FM radio.

1 Nomad and Nomad MuVo models

• Creative Nomad (the original, from Samsung Yepp YP-D40, IEEE 1284 parallel port connection)
• Creative Nomad II and Creative Nomad IIc ( USB 1.1 connection)
• Creative Nomad II MG ( USB 1.1 connection)
• Creative Nomad MuVo
• Creative Nomad MuVo2
• Creative Nomad MuVo2 X-Trainer
• Creative Nomad MuVo2 FM
• Creative Nomad MuVo NX
• Creative Nomad MuVo Slim
• Creative Nomad MuVo TX
• Creative Nomad MuVo TX FM

2 Nomad Jukebox models

The Creative Jukeboxes have appeared in different shapes:

• Creative Nomad Jukebox, also known as Creative Digital Audio Player (DAP) in Europe ( USB 1.1 connection)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox 2 (USB 2.0 connection)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 (USB 1.1 and IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connections)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen (USB 1.1 and IEEE 1394 connections)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen USB 2.0 (USB 2.0 connection)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX (USB 2.0 connection)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra (USB 2.0 connection)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Touch (USB 2.0 connection and a touchpad controller)
• Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Micro (USB 2.0 connection, touchpad, and smaller)

A variant of the Nomad Jukebox is also sold as a OEM product by Dell under the name Dell Digital Jukebox (Dell DJ), a USB 2.0 device. The Dell Pocket DJ 5 is also believed to be an OEM from Creative.

3 Other Related Programs

Beside the Creative Labs included Nomad Explorer program that is use to transfer music and data, there are other transfer and track/file management programs:

• Free softwareThis article refers to free software as defined by the Free Software Foundation. For software available free of charge, see Freeware. The term free software refers to software which, once obtained, can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed.:
  • Gnomad is a Jukebox Manager for LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n (homepage)
  • Neutrino is another Jukebox Manager for LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n (homepage)
  • XNJB is a Jukebox Manager for Mac OS XMac OS X is the latest version of the Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers. Developed and published by Apple Computer, it provides the stability of a Unix operating environment and adds popular features of the traditional Macintosh user interfa (homepage)
  • Nomadsync is a Jukebox syncronization tool for both Microsoft WindowsImage use policy. Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of and LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n (homepage)
  • Creative Nomad Jukebox KIO::Slave is an integration driver for KDE (homepage)
• Proprietary software:
  • Notmad Explorer by Red Chair Software (homepage) is a transfer program form Microsoft Windows. This program includes a file streamer and it can convert your MP3 player into a file server that you can access over the internet. The price that is a maximum of $35, depending on which version you get.