Jason Dunn
08-02-2006, 07:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=214&product=15609&nav=0' target='_blank'>http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=214&product=15609&nav=0</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Be bold, be brave, and show everyone who you are! The all new ZEN Neeon 2 gives you infinite freedom to confidently express your individuality. Personalize your player with exciting new Stik-On™ themes, and a matching backplate color. Just as gorgeous as its predecessor, it comes with more power-packed features and personalization options, while maintaining slender dimensions. View your videos and photos in full color on the sharp 1.5" screen, and enjoy up to 20 hours of continuous audio playback. You can also record songs directly in WMA format from a CD/MD player or anything else with the integrated mic."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/zen-neeon2.jpg" /><br /><br />20 hours of audio or 8 hours of video is impressive, though on a 1.5 inch 128 x 128 pixel display, I can't imagine watching video would be all that pleasant. The Neeon 2 is available in 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB flavours. I think the design looks fantastic, but there's nothing in the hardware that really makes it stand out from the iPod Nano. Maybe if this was available in a 6 GB format it would stand out more. The direct-to-WMA recording is quite interesting though - that's the first I've heard of a feature like that being offered (usually it's direct to MP3 or WAV).