Creative Zen Gets Creative Redesign
Who's Creative? And what's this Zen thing? Apparently it's an MP3 player that isn't an iPod. Who knew such a thing existed?
Their new design—what was the old design?—cops off the mosaic tableau and adds an unnecessary "z" to the proper spelling. It actually looks quite nice and shows a great deal of aesthetic sensibility that isn't often seen outside of a screen. See, the iPod Touch and iPhone all have pretty screens and menu designs, but the bodies remain somewhat ... bland. But this new gadget is pretty and if I weren't already an iPod owner, I'd definitely probably maybe almost think about buying it.
The Mozaic comes in 2, 4 and 8GB packages, and run from $80 to $150. I tried comparing this beaut to the iPod Nano but couldn't for the life of me find Mozaic's dimensions. Its screen is 0.2 inches smaller than the Nano's—that's all I got.
Product Page via CNET
(Watch out: the music on the product page is real annoying.)
NeonMadman
Posted to Hot Stuff on 24 July 2008
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Within one hour of its unboxing, The One became the undisputed ruler of Tiny's entire home. Buy this or despair.
My god, I've heard better synth riffing on a two-dollar tour boat.
I do not care for the design at all, at least not on their processed photos or mockups. The colors say absolutely nothing about what the buttons do, so it's just visual static that obscures the function of the device. I find most things are more attractive in person, though.
The most important detail: does it still use stupid Windows Media proprietary file transfer protocols, or can you use it with, you know, a real computer that uses real standards?
http://www.slashgear.com/creative-zen-mosaic-pmp-launches-2412904.php
Apparently:
"Each PMP measures 79.5mm x 40mm x 12.8mm and weighs 43g"
and it has a built in speaker.
Interesting.
@Andy B
It'll probably use MTP (Which is cross platform) like all their other players.