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60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod

Posted by timothy on from the ipod-wins-on-visual-appeal dept.

war3rd writes "According to an article in BetaNews, Creative is going to be releasing an upgraded Nomad Zen at the end of the month that is not only larger than the iPod, but cheaper too. At $400 for 60G ($100 less than the 30G iPod), the new Zen will sport more features, although it may be slightly larger than the newer generation of iPods. I have been putting off buying an MP3 player until I felt that the arms race was settling down, but the new Zen is making my mouth water. So what does the /. community think, are Creative and Apple going to be the top players in this arena? Is it time I jumped onto the bandwagon? One thing is for certain, I am going to be watching the reviews closely."

3 of 649 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Viva la Zen!!! by ChaoticChaos · · Score: 3, Funny
    Ever been to http://www.ipodlounge.com/ and the 1000+ pictures of iPod around the world?


    Wow! That's definitely worth the extra $100. ;-)
  2. Re:This isn't that complicated... by aarku · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's bullshit. The iPod doesn't have an FM tuner for the same reason it doesn't have a goddamn calender in it... oh wait.

  3. Re:Should add AAC by yomegaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is a rather amusing message I saw over at hydrogenaudio.org about AAC support on the Nomad series.

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    ...wearing a skin-tight topless leather jumpsuit, with cutaway buttocks and transparent crotch panel.