Creative have been behind a little laterly. The ZEN looks on paper to be a great device, but many people have had little issues with the player, plus it doesn’t feature any nextgen features (Bluetooth, WiFi, touchscreen). That is hopefully where the Zen Share comes in, which is supposedly Creative’s answer to the Samsung P2 and iPod Touch.
The rumour goes that the Zen Share will be Solid State (flash drive, not hard drive), have WiFi (which will be magically different to the Zune and iPod), feature X-Fi audio and will have a touchscreen.
To me it sounds like an iPod Touch with better sound hardware, and I’m fine with that. If Creative are going to make a device similar to the Touch, but release us from iTunes, I would be interested. Better support for a larger range of video codecs and competitive price, and Creative will have a winner.
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Creative have been super creative (isn’t that ironic) with their new naming convention for what it seems to be a new line of portable entertainment. It is simply Zen Share, is suppose to be a new wireless player or some sort. Message to Creative, Apple have different names for devices to make it easier for the consumer, try not to make 20 different types of Zen’s. Expect an update in March.
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