Creative ZEN X-Fi WiFi PMP Now Officially Listed (IM Capable PMP]

Whilst hardly the best kept secret in the world it's nice, at long last,
to get the official lowdown concerning Creative's new WiFi capable ZEN
X-Fi portable media player which, apart from offering WiFi connectivity
allowing you to instant message directly from the device via Yahoo and
MSN instant-messaging clients also, as the name suggests, comes with
Creative's X-Fi audio processing technology (the first of Creative's
PMPs to do so).Due to become available with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB
integrated storage capacities, with the latter two models supporting
WiFi connectivity (it would appear at this juncture that the 8GB model
comes sans WiFi), the Creative ZEN X-Fi, which measures in at 83mm x
55mm x 12.8mm, sports a 2.5' 16.7M colour 320 x 240 resolution TFT LCD
screen, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible 4 audio format and MJPEG, WMV9,
MPEG4-SP, DivX 4/5 and XviD video file format compatibility (as well as
supporting JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF digital image files).The Creative
ZEN X-Fi's built-in Li-ion battery offers a purported endurance of up to
36 hours audio playback and 5 hours video playback and, naturally, the
device offers expandability in terms of storage capacity thanks to an
integrated SDHC card slot.

No word at the time of writing concerning worldwide availability but the
pricing structure announced for the Creative ZEN X-Fi's release in
Singapore serves, at least, to offer some insight with the 8GB, 16GB and
32GB models retailing for around $145, $209 and $245 USD respectively.

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