Ehm, this is new to us. Creative seems to be busy keeping itself busy (huh?), these days. After the Neeon and the 20GB Zen, there's this portable media player called "Zen Vision". Looking for Australian price levels on the Zen Neeon (yeah, we get the strangest requests through e-mail every now and then), we stumbled upon this particular device while browsing some Ozzie shop called "mp3direct".

The current Creative PMP, the PMC-120, never really caught on with a large public. It's priced pretty steeply, doesn't really do all that much and it's not any pocket-friendlier than the bulk of its competitors. Creative wanted some revenge, we guess.

So what is known about this "Zen Vision" then? Named website lists a bunch of (preliminary) specs and features, so let's just sum those up.

• Capacity Size: 30GB HDD, 1.8-inch
• Built-in Compact Flash slot
• Audio Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, and WAV
• FM Radio: Yes, Internal
• Enhanced Sound: 8 Preset EQ
• Voice Recording: Yes, Direct Encoding: No, FM Radio Recording: No
• Video formats Supported: MPEG4, WMV, Dvix, XviD
• Picture support (JPEG & TIFF)
• Display: 640x480 pixels 64,000 Colour 3.7-inch TFT-LCD Display
• Interface Type: Buttons, multi-directional control
• Connectivity: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Backwards Compatible)
• Internal Microphone: Yes
• Battery: Internal Lithium-Ion Rechargeable
• Battery Replacement: User Removable,. Rechargeable: power point or USB
• Unit Dimensions: 124.2 x 74.4mm x 20.1mm
• Unit Weight: 232 Grams (with battery)

Seems it still doesn't support video-recording, sadly enough. However, it's way more compact than the PMC-120 ever was (144 x 80.7 x 27 mm), as well as pretty lightweight (PMC weighed 340g, so the Vision weighs about one iPod Mini less). In fact, this makes it one of the more compact video players around, and that while offering a 3.7-inch screen and all. Weird thing: it's also some 40 bucks (well, 50 Australian bucks) cheaper than its predecessor, while offering 10GB additional storage capacity. We're talking about a price just below 700 Australian Dollars (435 Euro while we're at it).

Looks like that this device will come available at the end of June. We'll keep you posted if more information pops up.

LINK (info seems to have been taken offline now)