Does the iSod play mp3 or only .apple files?

How much in UK pounds is this?

Inq, could you guys make a "search for your posted comments here" tool? Or one of the readers make one, I'd like to see my comments occasionally, even if you wouldn't!

329.99 Euros in Europe, while in the US this toy costs only 299.99 dollars? Is that correct? Anybody in Europe who buys this device for that much money certainly deserves to be ripped off.

Today's exchange rate is 1 US dollar = 0.6296 Euro. $299=188.87 EUR

This device does not have enough capacity to store the complete work of Bach (160 CDs) and Mozart (170 CDs), encoded as MP3 with VBR up to 320 kbit/s. I bet neither Bach nor Mozart would be impressed.

Yes, it was the first and here's the proof ...

http://asia.creative.com/corporate/pressroom/releases/welcome.asp?pid=12867 - "CREATIVE INTRODUCES THE WORLD'S FIRST 32GB FLASH PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER WITH THE ZEN" ... Dec 3rd 2007

http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=4061 - "SanDisk Sansa View Jumps to 32 Gigabytes" - Jan 7th 2008

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/02/05iphoneipodtouch.html - "Apple Adds New iPod touch Models 32GB" - Feb 5th 2008

come on, please give Rob Kerr a break, seems like he just came out of a WWII bunker and that was the first notice he has. I one or two months he will say that TOYOTA and HONDA will make hybrids cars...

3 good reasons why this revue should never have been written

1 - it's not the first
2 - it's limited formats
3 - it's Creative

zen was indeed the first 32gb flash player.. it was out around dec last yr much earlier than ipod touch

I suspect when when he says "first flash mp3" he's referring to the removable 32 gig SD card expansion, which is kind of cool.

I have an old 30 gig, or is it 60 gig I don't recall, ipod "classic"

... the reason they sent a 4gig version rather than 32 is very simple - a lot of players crawl to a halt when you fill them up ... 4GB of tunes is ooooh about 8 times easier to play with than 32GB.

Demand a play with the 32GB or knock a couple of stars off just in case.

The 32 GB ZEN was released 1-2 weeks before the iPod touch 32 GB, but as all the products without a bitten fruit in the back, no one seems to remember

After some research (aka. Look up in Wikipedia) It seems that the INQ are correct. 

The 32Gb Creative ZEN portable media player was announced on 29th August 2007.

The Apple iPod-Touch was announced on 5th September.

Assuming the dates in Wikipedia are correct (which they are may not be).

The Creative ZEN is also the first UPGRADABLE 32Gb portable media player.

Personally, I'd buy the ZEN pmp cos its upgradeable rather than the iPod-Touch, mainly due to being sick of touch screens.

No mention of what type of battery is used, and how easy it is to replace. This is really my only question.

First 32GB flash MP3 player? I've been carrying around such a device for two months, and I sure wasn't the first. A simple matter of upgrading my old iRiver H120 from its 20GB hard disk to a 32GB CompactFlash card (using a CF-IDE adapter).

Ok, the original firmware can't deal with such a change. But then I'm using Rockbox anyway. Ok ok, there were some compatibility issues and Rockbox's IDE driver needed some tweaking, but it's open source and has helpful developers :-)

Apart from Apple, that is.

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch?mco=MTE3MzI

After reading this, my mind start thinking "How can Creative be the first to deliver a 32GB MP3 Player?"
Now when you look at it this way, everything that Apple has made and came out with based on flash memory are: Shuffle
Nano
iTouch 
iPhone
Has anyone clued in that Apple brought out a 32GB iTouch (based on Flash Memory?)
Me thinks Creative is a tad jealous that Apple is pretty much dominating the MP3 Player market.


Not to be a cliche, but Apple 32gb iPod Touch.... not Creative.... first to 32gb.

Ahem...iPod Touch 32GB anyone?

You realize that the ipod 32gb has been out for quite a while?

What about the ipod touch in 32gb format??? surely that was the first announced and shipped product. ***Not an Apple fanboi**** just saying i read about that here months ago.

Did i dream my brother and dad both buying 32Gb iPod Touches months ago?

Apple's Ipod Touch is based on Flash and comes for months now with 32 GB storage.

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/
looks like 32GB of flash to me..

There has been a 32GB flash based ipod touch available for months so how can they call this the first 32GB flash based mp3 player?

surely the headline is incorrect as the apple iplod touch has been available as a 32Gb flash version for some months now