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Portable Multimedia Players Buying Guide: These days, portable media players are everywhere. Devices such Apple's iPhone manage to pack video and picture playback into common everyday devices, whereas units such as the Creative Zen Vision W offer a more dedicated media playback solution. Read more...

Portable Media Players

Creative ZEN X-Fi

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Creative ZEN X-Fi 3.75

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RRP

$399.95

Review Date

Tuesday, 22nd of July, 2008

Features

Screen size : 2.5 in

What's Hot

Stylish design, wide array of formats supported, lots of features, large storage capacity

What's Not

Wireless connectivity of limited usefulness, keypad makes it difficult to type, X-Fi modes not worth using, SD card slot poorly implemented

The Final Word

The Creative ZEN X-Fi continues the tradition of past ZEN players, offering a compelling alternative to the iPod range. However, Wi-Fi and the X-Fi modes are poorly implemented and don't bring much to the table.

Display

Display Technology

TFT

Colour Support

16.7M Colours

Screen size

2.5 in

Screen Resolution

320x240

General

Length (mm)

Width (mm)

Height (mm)

12.8

Weight (g)

68.75

Hard Drive

Storage capacity

32 GB

Media

Supported Memory Media

Secure Digital (SD)

Supported Audio File Formats

Audible, AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA

Supported Video File Formats

Motion JPEG, DivX, WMV, Xvid

Supported Picture File Formats

JPEG

Multimedia Features

Inbuilt Camera

MP3 Player

Yes

Voice Recorder

Yes

Picture Viewer

Yes

Video Player

Yes

Headphones

Yes

FM tuner

Yes

Text Viewer

Mass Storage

Yes

FM Recorder

Yes

Portable Media Players

Upgradeable Firmware

Yes

Equaliser

Yes

Playlist

Yes

Alarm

Yes

Power Options

Power Supply

Battery

Battery Type

Rechargeable - (Li-Ion)

Battery Size

Proprietary

Speaker Features

Speaker Type

Centre Speaker

Wired Connections

Wired Terminals / Ports

mini-USB

Wireless Connections

Wireless technology supported

Wireless 802.11b, Wireless 802.11g

*Specifications are subject to change without notice. While every attempt has been made by GoodGearGuide in the production of these specifications, possible errors or omissions may still occur. GoodGearGuide neither assumes legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any product specifications supplied.

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