Creative ZEN to take on flash video iPod

Zen, Zune. All Zollocks.

You zaid it. Seriously. When will these competitors understamd that it's the ease-of-use coupled with the iTunes/iTMS/iPod trinity? Sheesh. A Tuner? Oh boy, what a deal-maker that is. At least htere's no mention of coupling, or squirting, or whatever MS calls their failed attempt at file sharing between devices. Zen + Zune = Z End. (couldn't resist.)

You zaid it. Seriously. When will these competitors understamd that it's the ease-of-use coupled with the iTunes/iTMS/iPod trinity?

So since no one is allowed to join in on that trinity, is your suggestion, then, that all competition should just stop?

And think this looks pretty decent, as does the upcoming Sansa Clip. Proof is in the pudding, so until I try them out I wouldn't know for sure. I for one am glad the competition is getting better. Competition is the only thing that really pushes innovation.

my .02

seems like a cool little product to me. also would seem to confirm the design of the stout video-enabled nano. what will the competitive features of the new nano be in comparison? i'm guessing slimmer/smaller dimensions, lower prices, maybe greater capacity or resolution?

iPod 30GB, 2.5" display with LED backlight, outputs video, available for purchase NOW. $250.

zen, 11.3 mm thick; iPod, 30GB 10.9 mm thin

You zaid it. Seriously. When will these competitors understamd that it's the ease-of-use coupled with the iTunes/iTMS/iPod trinity?

So since no one is allowed to join in on that trinity, is your suggestion, then, that all competition should just stop?

uh, no. His suggestion would be that all competition should focus on the experience, not features. Didn't you read the comment?

That's .4 mm. That's less than half of a MILLImeter. That means if you take a meter stick, cut it up a thousand times... then cut it in half, you still have more than the difference.

I don't believe the support beam would fail because we were off by .4mm.

I don't believe the mars rover crashed because calulations were off by .4mm.

I don't believe ANY guy has ever heard, "I'd love to have sex with you, but I just prefer one that's .4mm thicker."

Point being, .4mm will not render my palm useless by the immense addition of weight. My pockets will not bulge so much that I get caught in an escalator, ending with my painful, agonizing, horribly ironic 'Zen'-like death.

Buuuuut, for $250, fucka Zen.

1st – This ZEN supports SDHC Cards, which are currently available as large as 8gb (with 16gb soon to be released), making this a true 24gb (32gb) FLASH based DAP/PMP.

2nd – Comparing this to the Hard Drive based iPod 30gb is MOOT, as HDD players are clearly soon to be a technology whose time has passed for both its greater durability and undeniable media reliability.

3rd – The iPod’s alleged ease of use comes at the cost of limited codec support for both audio and video, and many consumers don’t care to be ‘locked’ into the ‘so called’ iPod trilogy.. LOL!