Creative today announced the launch of the Creative ZEN X-Fi3 music, photo and video player with X-Fi audio technology-enabled Bluetooth wireless audio playback and support for lossless audio and a wide range of other music formats. Just 65 x 45.5 x 12.5 mm in size, the Creative ZEN X-Fi3 is packed with features including a microSD card slot, video-out, and 2" TFT screen with touch-buttons, and it is priced from €100. T

Key Features of the Creative ZEN X-Fi3

- Wireless Connectivity with Bluetooth 2.1 and apt-X Creative claims that the built-in apt-X codec allows users to enjoy wireless Bluetooth music transmission that sounds as good as a wired connection when Creative ZEN X-Fi3 is used with all compatible stereo Bluetooth devices.

- With X-Fi Crystalizer, users will experience their digital music with lost details restored.

- X-Fi Expand moves a conventional left/right earphone stereo source away from a user's ears, virtually expanding it for an audio experience with a realistic depth of field. U

- Creative ZEN X-Fi3 allows users to enjoy their music even in lossless audio formats (FLAC files) besides accessing all their content and music in various formats such as MP3, WMA and Audible 4. In addition, the player also supports iTunes Plus - also known as unprotected AAC (.m4a)

- Users can add up to 32GB of music on top of the player's built-in memory

- Users can enjoy movies or share images with family and friends on a larger screen, when they connect Creative ZEN X-Fi3 to a TV via the player's video-out connector (A/V cable available separately)

Specifications

Display: 2" TFT with 262K colors
Capacity : 8GB , 16GB
Wireless: Bluetooth 2.1 (supports apt-X, AVRCP & A2DP)
Audio formats: FLAC, non-protected AAC (.M4A) from iTunes Plus , MP3, WMA (DRM9), WAV(IMA-ADPCM), Audible Format 4, Audible AAX
X-Fi Audio Enhancement : Adjustable Crystalizer / Expand effects
Video formats : WMV9, MPEG4-SP, AVI (DivX4/5, XviD)
Video / Audio out : PAL or NTSC / Stereo (via A/V cable sold)
Photo formats: JPEG
Built-in Microphone for Voice Recording
Built-in FM Radio with 32 station presets
Built-in Speakers for sharing music out loud

Battery Playtime:
up to 20 hours of audio (mp3,128kbps)
up to 5 hours of video (640x480, stereo(128kbps))

Dimensions: 65 x 45.5 x 12.5mm (est.)
Weight: 45g (est.)

The Creative ZEN X-Fi3 portable media players will be available at the online store at creative.com/shop from end Oct 2011.