16GB Creative Zen V Plus in stock

It's been well under a week since DAPreview discovered a 16GB version of the Creative Zen V Plus listed on the company's Singapore Web site, and yet the player has already made its way onto the U.S.-based online store--and in this country, it's actually in stock. You can pick up the capacious flash-based MP3 player for $249.99, which is the same price as the 30GB Zen Vision:M. Still, I think it's a small price to pay to get your hands on that roomy flash chip. For those that are counting, that's 5.8GB of memory per cubic inch of player. Sweet.

[kickenchicken]

this is great,

this is JUST fantastic, as i predicited, Creative released it somewhat cheaper than its Singaporean twin.

[ajb176]

What about the Vision:M?

Don't get me wrong, the Zen V plus is cute, but it seems that all of the MP3 manufacturers (including Creative and Apple) have given up on high capacity players with decent screen sizes. I own a 30gb Vision:M and I love it, however I'm running out of space and find the screen somewhat small. I know Creative released the Vision:W earlier, but it's rather bulky and really not much of an improvement over the original Vision with the exception of the glare issues. I would love to see a more compact version of the W that pretty much takes the look of the M and puts the screen in landscape mode. Until they start to sell 30gb or greater on flash drives, I'm quite okay with non-flash higher capacity drives (the bulk is worth it). I know it's just a matter of time before these are releases, but in the meantime don't forget about some of us who are looking for more for our money.

[kickenchicken]

thatd be great

just wait for the vision:m succesor, over at epizenter, one of the creative employs says creative isnt giving up on hdd just yet as i thought from listening there financial report.