Creative ups Zen memory to 32GB

Creative Zen has expanded its range of compact flash-based media players pocket with a 32GB model. The 83 X 55 X 12mm Zen-reviewed here - sports a 2.5in, 320 x 240, 16.7-color screen and the ability to play MP3, AAC and WMA music files, as well as MPEG 4, WMV and DivX, and JPEG photos.

There is an FM radio on board. When the player was launched in August, just before the introduction of Apple \ ‘third generation iPod Nano, reviewed here, the gadget is available with a choice of 2GB, 4GB or 8GB of storage contents with a 16GB model available in some territories, such as the United States.

The new model doubles the capacity of the latter model, but it does not know if the price will double too. The 16GB version costs $ 250 and 200 books in the USA and UK, but prices have not yet been revealed.

Still, there is hope that the high capcity Zen won’t carry a high price: it costs ¥39,800 in Japan, just 21 per cent more than the ¥32,800 16GB model. The 32GB Zen is expected mid-December.