[ image disabled ] Creative has just announced a new player to their line up, the Zen Neeon 2. As the name says, it's a follow-up to the Zen Neeon. That first player was not a crowd favorite, but I have a strong feeling this player will. This time it has a color screen, and even plays video. Like the Zen V Plus, this is a flash player from Creative, and will come in sizes ranging up to 4GB's. Strangely, the Zen V Plus was said to be a competitor to the ipod Nano, but looking at the design and better GUI of this player, I'd have to say this looks like a better competitor.

Specs

• 1, 2, and 4GB capacities
• 1.5"CSTN Display
• Audio: MP3, WMA, and WAV
• Video: Transcoded AVI
• FM Tuner
• Voice Recorder
• Line-In Recorder
• 20 hours of battery life for Audio, and 8 hours for video
• UMS/MSC Compliant (Works on all OS's!)
• 5 unique brushed-metal backplate colours to cater to every mood.
• Dimension: 81 x 42 x 12.5 mm

Impressive specs from Creative if you ask me. 8 hours of video battery life is quite nice, although I imagine videos are more of an extra with this player. This player also allows you to customize the front with various Stik-On's from Creative. Pricing are in Sinapore dolars and are as follows: S$199.00 (~$125US) for the 1GB model, S$269.00 (~$170US) for the 2GB model and S$309.00 (~$195US) for the 4GB model. No word on whether this will be available outside of Asia. We can only hope it isn't.

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