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| Varuna
Jul 17 (2008) 01:20PM  | Nice sleek little player ! I'm very tempted to see the side of the player but there is no pic currently of that... Hope to see in action too.. sounds interesting.. Also the Games are all pedometer based.. Which is a small ball inside the player.. one hop = one step (which is how the pedometer works).. more you hop.. more you run.. more you get points for the game i guess ...  But.. Why Krystal ??  [ edited Jul 17 (2008) 01:23PM ] |
| 00ZEN
Jul 17 (2008) 01:28PM | This is pretty nice! This is def something I would buy...this is the type of Zen Stone followup that I have been waiting for. I love Creative's recent players. This player is MUCH MUCH nicer looking than the Zen Stone's with screens. Count me in for one of these too!!! |
| ssjmichael
Jul 17 (2008) 01:39PM  | I also need to see the player from a few more angles, but the screen does look nicer than that round Stone Plus one. Plus it looks like it has a windowless display which I also like. [ edited Jul 17 (2008) 01:49PM ] |
| Varuna
Jul 17 (2008) 02:52PM | Here is the Krystal with some comparable Zen's :  (click to enlarge) So Far, the Thinnest Zen. [ edited Jul 17 (2008) 02:54PM ] |
| mrfajita
Jul 17 (2008) 03:57PM  | sweet nothing for months, then 2 new players in a matter of weeks im going to go ahead and assume no x-fi on this one XD but this looks kinda cool |
| Wilfried
Jul 17 (2008) 04:17PM | this is awesome buy buy buy this one will be like, what? like 40 dollars ? 50 at most this is just awesome creative, ur doing good u guys think u can make me a creative-phone? lol greetz |
| omarceja_s
Jul 17 (2008) 04:21PM  | If they're planning on releasing more players it would have made a lot more impact to do some kind of press conference to present all the players at once. as the new Zen line of players. this player does look nice, but if it really is a follow up to the stone creative should have kept all the features of the stone. it's hard to see a player as a new version of another when the name, the looks and the features are different. |
| ssjmichael
Jul 17 (2008) 04:30PM | Wow, I was just looking at HK's Press Release section. Their last press release was for the announcement of the ZVM!  [Linky] |
| crazzyxjoex
Jul 17 (2008) 05:20PM  | any news on a follow up to the ZVW? |
| Mr. Infamy
Jul 17 (2008) 05:51PM  | To me this looks like a competitor to the Sansa Clip |
| kiasukid
Jul 17 (2008) 06:50PM | Oh.... I like the pedometer function. Wonder how much this would cost. |
| Rhodekill
Jul 17 (2008) 06:56PM  | Potentially, it could be pretty good. I just hope they fixed the Stone's GUI. |
| Scubit
Jul 17 (2008) 07:23PM  | Depends on how much it costs, but I might have to get this  |
| Varuna
Jul 17 (2008) 07:48PM | True.. It looks reallly Neat ! And being so sleek and Jogging friendly, I need one ! Summer has made me fat ! Also, Creative if you reading this: This would be probably the BEST time releasing other players.. just look at everyone's positive response on this and the X-Fi !  Edit: Rhodekill I LOVE your Avtar [ edited Jul 17 (2008) 07:50PM ] |
| ltTHREE
Jul 17 (2008) 08:02PM  | definitely looks nice... |
| Shareholder
Jul 17 (2008) 08:23PM | Cool |
| moorey
Jul 17 (2008) 08:26PM  | Not a bad little player - looks very decent, hard to see how it could go wrong really. AS SSJ said - we want more photos. Good work Creative for this one. So how long until we see "ZEN Krystal with Speaker"  The only player left to replace is the ZVW - i'm waiting for that. |
| frankross3
Jul 17 (2008) 09:15PM | that appears to be everything i ever wanted in a small player. Hope the pedometer is at least 95% accurate with its distance measurement, if this is the case, no doubt i will buy one. Better yet, it could not be a pedometer at all, more of an accelerometer, although this is not likely (there is a reason the nike+ ipod sensor goes in the shoe) |
| Ron4540
Jul 17 (2008) 09:23PM | mp3 + pedometer = I'm intrigued I hope they're available at Amazon.com very soon!!!! I want one... I like to walk & listen to music :-> |
| llc00ljd
Jul 17 (2008) 09:26PM | When they release something with more than 40 GBs of space I'll be really interested. As for this maybe I'll finally get a smaller sized player to use when I do cardio. |
| 00ZEN
Jul 17 (2008) 10:01PM | I know that the Zen and the Zen X-Fi are supposed to be sucessors to the ZVP...but I really see them as sucessors to the Zen Vision M...and Krystal of couse is a sucessor to the Zen Stone...they should come out with sucessors to the Zen Vision W and the Zen V Plus!!! |
| moorey
Jul 18 (2008) 02:49AM | They are more successors of both. Creative is trying (it seems) to weed out the dozens of players they seem to produce. Another very successful company only produces 3 dedicated DAPs, and that plan works very well for them. Personally, i dont believe that the ZVW was profitable enough - not that it wasnt a great player, just that its not a large enough market. |
| rich01
Jul 18 (2008) 05:34AM | this one looks damn nice... |
| Damo.
Jul 18 (2008) 08:56AM  | Moorey: Which company only has 3 players? Apple has 4 + iPhone. Samsung has heaps. Damo Ooooh Sandisk... |
| 00ZEN
Jul 18 (2008) 12:14PM | The official price for the Creative HK price on this player is $698.00 HK Dollars...which is about 89.52 USD according to XE.com...so this player will be around 90 USD I'm guessing? [ edited Jul 18 (2008) 12:17PM ] |
| Dopamino
Jul 18 (2008) 01:21PM  | I figured out why they called this one Zen Krystal! The last one was called Zen Stone, and this is an upgrade! I bet the next ones will be like sapphire and ruby and stuff like that. Then the'yll go through all the other Gameboy Pokemon games. |
| ltTHREE
Jul 18 (2008) 08:22PM | Moorey talking about the Zune? |
| Zensen
Jul 18 (2008) 10:59PM  | whoever makes 3 players aint giving us enough options... this looks good! 10 hours battery life aint bad for a small player. wheelly thingy. |
| moorey
Jul 20 (2008) 02:11AM | Damo i guess i was unclear. I did not count the iPhone or the iTouch, as they arent "dedicated" DAPs, and also Apple survived on just 3 player for ages. I guess i probably should count the touch though, since it probably competes with most 'mainstream' type DAPs. I guess you could count MS, and maybe sandisk. |
| DaeScope
Jul 20 (2008) 12:08PM  | Creative making strange moves... they are hopeless... the zen x-fi and now this |
| kiasukid
Jul 20 (2008) 12:12PM | What's wrong with the Zen X-Fi and this player? I actually rather like the Zen X-Fi when I played with it in the shop and I'm also somewhat interested in the Zen Krystal. |
| CardsFan
Jul 20 (2008) 03:24PM  | What is a dedicated DAP? What does if have to do past playing music? |
| ltTHREE
Jul 21 (2008) 01:01AM | Sound good? The games on this gem got me thinking. ... ... ... TIC TAC TOE WOULD BE AWESOME ON THE X-FI! |
| Dopamino
Jul 21 (2008) 09:39PM | "What is a dedicated DAP? What does if have to do past playing music?" Dedicated meaning it doesn't do other stuff. |
| mrfajita
Jul 21 (2008) 10:07PM | in that case, no one makes dedicated DAP's anymore the Zen Xtra is a dedicated DAP |
| ltTHREE
Jul 21 (2008) 10:09PM | Zen Stone? |
| moorey
Jul 22 (2008) 02:28AM | I agree CF: there is no 'fine line' for what is a DAP and what isnt. I'm not going to defend what i said. You can count the iTouch if you want, but there are arguments for and against. As Apple keeps on telling us, it supposedly runs a cut down version of OS X (bullshit), so that would make it more of a pocket PC, yet it does as much as any DAP. I dont really know exactly. I am sure as hell not counting the iPhone as a DAP though, Its primary purpose is for communication, and is sold in phone shops, on a plan... However, labeling something as a DAP is ultimately pointless. Its like arguing what a colour really is.  |
| Dopamino
Jul 22 (2008) 11:26AM | I just call everything PMP's. |
| csgunner17
Jul 30 (2008) 11:16PM  | lol games on such a small screen |
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