Lyra A6008 announced at CES 2008

Audiovox, which now owns the RCA brand, the former subsidiary of Thomson, announced at CES the upcoming release of Lyra A6008. An MP3 of 8GB with a color screen of 2.4 "and a paved command type slide. No further information about him except his price at around $ 200. Stay tuned.

Creative will release the Zen V Video

A new player have been listed on Creative's site called the "Zen V Video". The Zen V Plus is very good player, and an update to it would make sense.

While the ZEN tackles the higher end consumer, a 2nd gen Zen V would target those looking for a more basic player. If true, I imagine the screen size would be increased to 2.0" or higher, and perhaps an SD card slot added as well. Or, it could have just been a glitch. Like all other recent rumors, we'll find out in a matter of days.

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Creative Zen 32GB: THE WORLD'S FIRST 32GB FLASH MEMORY-BASED PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER

Last week there was a lot of rumors about that and finally the rumors become reality.
CREATIVE INTRODUCES THE WORLD'S FIRST 32GB FLASH MEMORY-BASED PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER WITH THE LATEST CREDIT CARD-SIZED ZEN.
Firstly it will be sold in Asia at the price of 550 Singapure dollars, so it should cost U$D 380 or 260€.
It's a good new for Creative to have the first 32GB flash memory based player, they probably have the best flash mp3 player, but anyway the Ipod Classic 80GB is only 240€ so they are pioneer on it but they won't break the market with that.

Via Creative Asia

Creative Zen 32GB available in Europe!

Since Monday Creative will be selling in Europe a 32GB version of the Creative Zen.
It will retail for €400 and be limited to 500 units.
There may not be too many people interested in a 32GB flash player at that price because Ipod Classic 80GB costs €240, but I think it’s a great accomplishment of Creative in that they are the first to maket with a 32GB player.

Artamyss R-RM 850: could be one of the best pmp

Zune 2 is a worthy iPod rival, but it doesn't means that the Microsoft player won't be copied by other brands.
The new Artamyss R-RM 850 PMP is a worthy Zune 2 competitor!
It uses an LG-like touch-sensitive buttons. It boasts a 2.8-inch 320 x 240-pixel TFT screen and plays AVI, XVID, WMV, RM, RMVB, DAT, FLV, MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE, JPG, BMP, GIF, TXT. It’s also equipped with an FM radio and USB 2.0. The battery on this one lasts 15 hours on music playing and 4 hours video playback. Right now the only model avaible has 2gb and the price is really competitive, around 150$.

There are several mp3 players with same features than the Artamyss R-RM 850 but they used to be manufactured with cheap materials and unkown chipsets. I don't know if this ones is one of those, but if not it could be one of the best mp3 players.