60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod

war3rd writes "According to an article in BetaNews, Creative is going to be releasing an upgraded Nomad Zen at the end of the month that is not only larger than the iPod, but cheaper too. At $400 for 60G ($100 less than the 30G iPod), the new Zen will sport more features, although it may be slightly larger than the newer generation of iPods. I have been putting off buying an MP3 player until I felt that the arms race was settling down, but the new Zen is making my mouth water. So what does the /. community think, are Creative and Apple going to be the top players in this arena? Is it time I jumped onto the bandwagon? One thing is for certain, I am going to be watching the reviews closely."

Re:Viva la Zen!!!

[ChaoticChaos]

<blockquote> Ever been to http://www.ipodlounge.com/ and the 1000+ pictures of iPod around the world? </blockquote>

Wow! That's definitely worth the extra $100. ;-)

Re:Price

[Scrameustache]

What about us who want a good MP3/OGG player that is under 100bucks?

You have to ride a unicorn to Shan Gri La to get one...

Re:Or get an Archos + OSS Rockbox!

[ChaoticChaos]

I seriously considered the Archos until I found out that it won't play WMA files.

No sale.

Re:This isn't that complicated...

[aarku]

That's bullshit. The iPod doesn't have an FM tuner for the same reason it doesn't have a goddamn calender in it... oh wait.

Re:Viva la Zen!!!

[jx100]

Of course, the Nomad is made by Creative....

Re:Should add AAC

[yomegaman]

Here [hydrogenaudio.org] is a rather amusing message I saw over at hydrogenaudio.org about AAC support on the Nomad series.