Introducing The Creative ZEN X-Fi
Creative is perhaps the oft-overlooked, though seldom underrated, cousin to the iPod. After all, there was that whole nasty patent lawsuit between Apple and Creative regarding their respective MP3 players, which Apple all but lost. Regardless, I’ve found Creative’s players to be more feature-rich and groundbreaking than Apple’s.
That’s why I’m excited about the new ZEN X-Fi portable media player, which Creative just officially announced for the US today.
The ZEN X-Fi will be a continuation of Creative’s X-Fi line, with proprietary technology that makes your ripped music sound more like it should by digitally restoring the highs and lows lost during digitization and compression. Obviously this only works with lossy formats like MP3 and WMA.
The wireless version of the ZEN X-Fi will allow the user to download and play music across their home networks to the device. The device is available in 8 GB without wireless for $150.00 and 16 GB and 32 GB with wireless for $200.00 and $280.00 respectively.
Other features include the ability to play back a plethora of video and audio file formats such as MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX and Xvid among others, an SD expansion slot, built-in FM radio and microphone, and access to popular instant messaging services through the device.
The player and a host of accessories is available now from Creative.
