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Creative ZEN X-Fi2 Now Shipping
comment: 6 | Monday, October 05 (2009) 12:07PM | Posted by Michael


Creative's first touchscreen player, the ZEN X-Fi2 is now shipping from various retailers. Some members have already received theirs and have given their first impressions in the forum at epiZENter. UK Gadget site, Tech Radar also published their review recently and gave it a 3 out of 5 stars. They concluded:


"All in all the Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is a decent MP3 player. However, with the Zii Egg on the horizon, it's hard to recommend buying this player. We prefer the original Zen X-Fi, mainly because it too offers X-Fi audio, and yet the interface is more zippy - the touchscreen doesn't really offer anything more than gimmickry. That said, if you're in the market for a new player and you're looking to spend around £100, you could do a lot worse than the X-Fi 2."


I've been craving a new player from Creative for some time now, but perhaps I too should wait a little longer in the hopes of a Zii consumer model.

SPECS:

  • Capacity: 8, 16, or 32GB plus microSD slot (no SD integration though)
  • Display: 3.0" Touchscreen Display (400 x 240 resolution, 262k Colors)
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, and Audible
  • Video: WMV9, MPEG4-SP3, DivX3 4 and XviD
    Up 640 x 480 video size
  • X-Fi Sound technology
  • TV-Out
  • Built-in Speakers
  • Extras: FM Tuner, Voice Recorder, RSS reader
  • Battery Life: 25 hours for Audio, 5 hours for Video
  • Price: $129 - $229


Creative ZEN X-Fi2 at Amazon
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Pondlife

Comments: 507
 		Oct 05 (2009) 01:39PM  

Erm in the pic it says integration and in the text that it doesn't



DaHarder

Comments: 513
 		Oct 05 (2009) 02:18PM  

About Darned Time!



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Oct 05 (2009) 03:41PM  

Pond, I don't think Creative knows what SD integration is. They provided a video showing the ability to import files from the microSD card. You can't play files off the card, and have them integrated with your onboard memory files.



Pondlife

Comments: 507
 		Oct 06 (2009) 09:02AM  

Bless em.



Step666

Comments: 149
 		Oct 06 (2009) 07:49PM  

Sorry, did somebody say something?
I was busy yawning...



_Ender

Comments: 50
 		Oct 07 (2009) 02:01PM  

If you can at least copy files from the card onto the player without having to use a PC for that then it is a progress from an earlier version. Not a full integration though but makes this slot more usable.

I am glad this new ZEN supports FLAC and that they finally embraced touch screen tech



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