Amazon.com started to take pre-orders of the new Creative Vision:M, which supposedly should still ship in December.

Creative announced their answer to the new iPod Video a week ago. The Creative Vision:M is available in 5 colors and comes with a 30GB hard-drive.

Amazon.com offers the Creative Vision:M for $329.99.

Creative is bundling an AC adapter valued at $29.99, which is apparently the excuse to charge more than Apple for their 30GB iPod. In my opinion this is a wrong move, and will keep undecided buyers picking the iPod and not the Vision:M, even if it has more features. Creative would need to attack on the price to gain some market share from Apple.
The following Vision:M players are available:
Green Creative Vision:M
Black Creative Vision:M
Pink Creative Vision:M
White Creative Vision:M
Blue Creative Vision:M

More cool MP3 Players.