Creative ZEN X-Fi – The Sound of Perfection

Jul 14th, 2008 | By Rosh PR | Category: Gadgets

The Creative ZEN X-Fi comes in one colour, three capacity (8GB, 16GB and 32GB) and in typical Creative fashion – two versions: one with Wireless Lan (the 16Gb and 32GB ones) and one without (8GB). I won’t exactly call the ZEN X-Fi a new player but rather a upgrade of the original ZEN. This upgrade consisit of an X-Fi enhancer, Wireless Lan, inbuilt speaker and six new buttons.

Other features of the ZEN X-Fi includes:

Capacity: 8, 16, and 32GB with SD expansion slot

Display: 2.5? with 16.7 million colors and 320 x 240 resolution

Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC (unprotected), WAV, and Audible

Video: WMV, MPEG4-SP, Divx 4/5, Xvid, and MJPEG

Built-in X-Fi technology with two effects

Built-in Wi-Fi for instant messaging (Yahoo! and Windows Live!) and wireless streaming

FM Tuner and Voice Recorder

Built-in Speaker

Premium quality earphones included

Battery Life: 36 hours for Audio, 5 hours for Video

Dimensions: 83mm x 55mm x 12.8mm

The ZEN X-Fi has got a very sturdy feel to it. For the ZEN, I felt that it was too light and plastic-ky that makes it looks toy-like. However, the ZEN X-Fi is a bit heavier (in a good way) at 68.75g compared to the ZEN’s 65g, has a sleek metallic silver rim around the player and a silver chrome backing.

One new feature of the ZEN X-Fi is the Wireless Lan. It enables you to chat on MSN and Yahoo! Messenger and also stream content over your home server. In replacement of the five-way tactile pad is 9 small round buttons. It works the way you text on your hand phone (Number 2 button represents “a”, “b” and “c”) for the instant messaging function while during normal player usage, the buttons 2, 4, 6 & 8 represents your up, left, right and down respectively. It’s rather idiot proof and you will get a hand of it instantly.

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