Gift Tip 68: Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Touchscreen Media Player

Dec 7 2009, 9:00pm CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is the first-ever touch screen digital media player from Creative. This 8 GB player offers plenty of space for your music and movies. No buttons are involved; simply let your fingers work their magic across the screen and gain access to all the player’s features instantly. The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is a second-generation device that adds touch screen and TV-out capability to the already solid X-Fi foundation.

The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is 4 inches long by 2.2 inches wide by 0.4 inch deep and weighs only 6.4 ounces. It has a built in speaker for superior listening experience. The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 restores the quality of compressed music with award-winning X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology. You'll feel as if you are listening to your music through a pair of high-end speakers. The new touch screen features a 3-inch, touch-sensitive, TFT LCD capable of displaying up to 262,000 colors. The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 carries over the excellent icon-based menu that makes this player stand out among the rest.

The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 also includes a micro SD card slot for memory expansion and a 4-pole 3.5 mm jack to support earphones and AV cable. The following formats are supported: Audio: MP3, AAC, WMA, WMA-DRM9, WAV, Audible, FLAC (Lossless), Video: WMV9, MPEG 1/2/4-SP (Simple Profile), MJPEG, Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, and PNG (conversion to jpeg by s/w). Album art is also supported. Included with the Creative Zen X-Fi 2 are a quick start leaflet, EP-630 earphones (in-ear) and a USB cable.

Great Gift For
The Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is the ideal gift for those who want a feature-laden portable MP3 and Video Player, but not an Apple iPod.

Price and Where to Buy
The 8GB Creative Zen X-Fi 2 is selling for $89.99 on Amazon.com.

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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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