We have never been too fond of Creative MP3 players personally, but Zen V is different; it's quite a charming thing - not only to look at but also in features.
The Zen V features a 1.5" OLED display (OLED's are brighter than LCDs, which makes it really good for vidoes and photos), one-touch navigation, 8 graphic equaliser presets (including a custom one), a voice recorder and a "line-in" for recording straight from a CD player or any other source. That's super-cool, because you won't really need a computer to transfer your songs; you can just press record. The screen also can be flipped in any angle; even upside down.
The Zen V is available in 3 versions (1GB/2GB & 4GB) in five colors and they work for about 15 hours straight using a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery. The Zen VPlus is the same specs but with an added functionality of FM-radio and video playback. Both the babies weigh about 43 gms and supports MP3, WMA, IMA, WMA DRM, Transcoded Video Format (on Zen V Plus) & JPEGs. The Zen V is priced at US $199.99 for 4GB model, US $149.99 for the 2GB and US$ 119.99 for the 1GB model and all of them are available from here. Pricing and availability information for Zen VPlus however is not yet released.
We like it and it could be one of the iPod killers everyone has been waiting for. Small is definitely the new beautiful.