Creative Technology Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today introduced the world's first 32GB flash memory-based portable media player with the latest version of Creative ZEN™, the credit card-sized music, video and photo player with a stunningly vibrant 2.5-inch screen that supports 16.7 million colours. For the first time, users can enjoy a media storage capacity previously only supported by hard disk-based media players, together with the skip-free content playback stability of a flash memory-based player. The new 32GB Creative ZEN player stores up to 8,000* songs in MP3, WMA and AAC formats, including iTunes Plus tracks (unprotected AAC files) from the iTunes store. In addition, the Creative ZEN player can now carry up to 110** hours of video or thousands of photos - all in the same sleek compact-sized media player. This lightweight and durable high memory capacity flash-based media player is an ideal companion for users with active lifestyles who like to carry all their digital content on the go.

Enjoy all the features of the Creative ZEN player, now available in a greater capacity:

* Brilliant full colour display on razor sharp 2.5-inch TFT display with 16.7 million colour support

* Wide support of video formats including WMV9, MJPEG, MPEG4-SP***, compatible DivX*** 4/5, and XviD***

* Wide support of music formats including MP3, WMA, Audible 2, 3, 4 and non-protected AAC

* Works with subscription and pay-per-download music and video services * Up to 30 hours of continuous music playback or 5 hours of continuous video playback **** with a single charge of the built-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery

* Additional memory capacity with the built-in SD expansion slot

* Functional features like FM radio, voice recorder, clock and alarm

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 12/03/2007 02:09:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

"Retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday launched a public beta of a new digital music download store.

Amazon MP3 includes a selection of a la carte MP3 music downloads with more than 2 million songs from more than 180,000 artists. The digital rights management-free service means customers can use any hardware device for the music, organize their songs with any music management application and burn music to CDs.

Most songs are priced between 89 cents and 99 cents, with more than 1 million songs priced at 89 cents, the company said. Most albums are priced between $5.99 and $9.99.

The service has already been through an extensive private beta, Bill Carr, Amazon.com vice president for digital music, said in a statement."

Since Amazon's music is DRM-free you can use it with your iPod/iPhone without any issues. Apple probably isn't too happy about this news.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 9/25/2007 12:43:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Meizu is at it again, they've already announced an iPhone clone. This time around they're going after the iPod touch. The UI even looks very similar to Apple's newest iPod. If this ever comes out I could see people buying it, the specs and price are pretty nice. The Meizu M7 Miniplayer sports a 2.8-inch screen with a resolution of 420 x 228. The prices are $100 for a 2GB model, $110 for a 4GB model, and $150 for an 8GB model.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 9/19/2007 08:23:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Gizmodo has some pictures of the latest mp3 player from Creative. The Zen Stone is obviously Creative's answer to the iPod Shuffle. The Zen Stone will be out this month in 1GB capacity, 6 colors and go for $39.99.

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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/03/2007 08:51:00 AM 0 comments links to this post