Creative ZEN X-Fi3: an inexpensive player with Bluetooth

The company Creative Technology introduced the now passing the IFA 2011 new media player, Creative ZEN X-Fi3. It can not only play audio, but also demonstrate a 2-inch screen, video and images. In addition, the novelty supports Bluetooth and audio formats without losing quality, for example, FLAC. The player will be available in two versions - with 8 or 16 GB of internal memory. Also worth mentioning proprietary technologies to improve the quality of sound X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi Expand, plus apt-X codec for high quality audio over Bluetooth. Release of Creative ZEN X-Fi3 scheduled for October at a price of 99.99 euros for 8GB model and 139.99 euros - up to 16 GB. Characteristics of Creative ZEN X-Fi3:

Display: 2-inch, TFT, 262 000 colors
Memory: 8 / 16 GB
microSD-slot (cards up to 32GB)
Audio formats: FLAC, unprotected AAC (M4A), MP3, WMA (DRM9), WAV (IMA-ADPCM), Audible 4, Audible AAX
Videoformtay: WMV9, MPEG4-SP, AVI (DivX4 / 5, XviD)
Image: JPEG
Microphone, speaker
FM-radio (32 stations)
Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1
Video / audio output: PAL or NTSC with stereo sound
Battery life: up to 20 hours of audio playback and 5 hours - Video
Dimensions: 65 x 45,5 x 12,5 mm
Weight: 45 grams