Creative Zen Vision Announced - For Real This Time!

Well the rumors can stop flying, and we can all start saving our pennies - the Creative Zen Vision has finally launched on the Creative website. The specs previously posted to their website, then removed, then posted again, then removed - are correct! The Vision will feature a brilliant 640x480 screen and support AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV9, and Motion JPEG. The first version of the Vision will feature a 30GB drive to store all of your favorite movies, music, and photos. With a light but strong magnesium casing and a rechargeable and removable battery the Vision is aimed at the on the go consumer. If for some reason all this is not enough you can always listen to FM radio, record and timeshift FM radio, or use the Vision as a personal organizer (which syncs with Microsoft outlook). With it’s CompactFlash reader the Vision is sure to be a popular choice for digital photographers - not to mention an ideal way to expand the Vision to add wireless technologies in the future. It’s availble for pre-order now for $399, but no word on when it will actually ship.

If Apple wants to take the portable video market by storm they had better hurry up and release the video iPod. It’s going to be really interesting to see how this and other 2nd generation portable video players change the way consumers interact with their digital media on the go like the iPod and other MP3 players have changed the way we use audio. Will podcasting turn into Vidcasting? Will watching TV on the bus again become cool?

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