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Keep reading to see the Zen mentioned.

I think you are confused - I asked you to find some supporting evidence. So far all you have done is ask me to find supporting evidence for your claims. There is a problem that is common with Zen Xtra. I am not going to tell you what it is - you will have to figure it out for yourself.

HINT: it has nothing to do with the battery cover.

BTW: There were two references to the Zen in the link you provided and neither one has anything to do with a broken battery cover.

BTW: There were two references to the Zen in the link you provided and neither one has anything to do with a broken battery cover.

True, many don't, but now that you've got me reading:

It's not only the fact that the Zen broke so quickly, but the fact that Creative does not back it's product for very long (60 days!) shows that they don't trust their own products to work. Don't buy it!!!

Pretty damning (60-day vs. 1-year warranty, another iPod plus). And then there's this:

It's not well-suited for athletic activity, and don't even think about what happens when you drop it. I broke my first one when it fell out of my purse, and I've managed to scramble the disk drive one other time. Fortunately, it was still within warranty.

The iPod has technology that prevents hard drive damage in case of sudden acceleration (e.g., dropped), and this is a common cause of battery cover breakage on any device (this from someone who's broken the battery cover on many phones and Walkmans). But let's keep going: Most battery cover complaints are about the Muvo, another Creative Nomad. But back to you point of the Zen. How about a CNet review.

When i got hone and opened the pakage for the new player its battery cover poped off and would not go back on. I was pissed so i retured that one too and got my money back.

Or from Amazon

I got this Christmas 2003 and after the warranty had expired in July, a circuit blew and the screen stopped working. The cover ALWAYS pops off.
The upper right hand corner was coming off, for some reason, I think it started when I lifted the cover to put in the battery, and it didn't attach.

Problems with covers, in addition to other fun stuff I saw indicating shoddy construction, poor design, and bad tonal quality. Why do you waste my time?

BTW, a lot of other brands, including Samsung, have battery cover complaints. All solved by simply not having one in the first place.