Creative has just upgraded the Zen to be the world’s first 32 GB flash-based memory personal media player. The credit card sized player is complete with a 2.5-inch display, 30 hours of music playback, 5 hours of video playback and SD card slot. All of this comes at a very decent price of about $380 USD, and will be available in Singapore mid December 2007, with 4GB, 8GB and 16GB models as well. No word on world-wide release date. Something like this is sure to push Apple’s buttons. Press release

The story goes that the screen broke on this iPod and dude decided “why not have some fun before it dies?” That’s when he “cut the frame and the body in half, I kept only the screen and the hold switch/battery/headphones module in the top half. The bottom half held the hard drive and the mother board.” This is a nice, but not easy, solution for all the people complaining about having to hold the device while watching video. Nice. More photos

Germany company Xexoo has churned out an 18k gold iPod Shuffle for those ready to shell out €14,000 EUR (or about $20,000 USD) for it. Apparently it’s shipped in a “beautiful wooden box in Piano style” and if diamonds are your thing, they will be creating a diamond clad version soon. If you encounter problems, their 24/7 support will replace it immediately. Via BornRich

Unlike Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound 2, the new Beosound 6 will feature 4GB of internal flash memory instead of relying on SD for storage. The main show is a 1.8-inch 65K color LCD on top with navigation buttons below, all within a simple but elegant design. The player comes with a leather case and B&O’s A8 earphones at a price of $800.

Tim Knowles created this Spy Box, and posted it from his studio in EC3 to a gallery in WC1 (a couple of miles from East London to Central London). It took a picture every 10 seconds through a tiny spy hole, and collected 6994 on it’s journey. He has now compiled the interesting ones into a slideshow which he is exhibiting alongside the box as an art piece.

 

The exploration of Chance and Process is core to my artistic practice. Akin to scientific experimentation and investigation, the results of my projects [although operating within carefully developed controls and parameters] are unpredictable and outside my control. It is the wind, postmen, the motion of a vehicle, or players of a game that unwittingly determine the outcome.

A new sleek DAP from Samsung, it’s the YP-U3, supporting MP3, OGG and WMA formats. The 4GB version comes in white or black, and the 1GB/2GB versions come in blue, green or pink. It also sports an FM tuner, 128×64 OLED, and retractable USB connector on the bottom. More Images [akiba-gadgets.com]

Yesterday we sneaked a peek at Sony’s new PMX-M70 PMP, and today we’re looking at their other fresh released PMP, the PMX-U50. Capacity on this is 512MBmb, 1GB, 2GB or 4GB with a 2.4-inch TFT display. For audio you’ll get MP3, WMA, and AAC playback and for video support, MPEG-4, AVC, and AVI. It’s also loaded with an FM tuner, voice recorder, built-in speaker and Memory Stick expansion slot.  Battery life is about 12 hours, and you can get this in Black, White, and Pink, in China at least for now. More [Sony]

With a nice 4.3 inch wide displaySony’s best PMP yet is equipped with 2GB, 4GB or 8GB of flash memory. Playback support for MP4, AVI, MP3, and WMA media formats. It’s also loaded with an FM tuner, voice recorder, built-in speakers, TV-out, direct video encoding, and audio encoding. Also, the battery life isn’t bad lasting 20 hours for audio and 5 hours for video. The PMX-M70 comes in red and black, no word on pricing or a release date for the U.S., although it’s currently floating around in China. More images [I4U]

Here’s the latest on the new Haier AOL MP3 Player collaboration. This “Smartscreen Media Device,” as it’s also known, comes with a 30GB hard drive, WiFi and Bluetooth. It’s also a Linux-based device, and PC Mag covered back in January at CES, so read more details here. Video after the jump…

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LG just announced their new “Touch Me” PMP that has…you guessed it - a touchscreen. A 2.4-inch (320×240) touch sensitive LCD to be exact. You’ll also get your choice of 2GB or 4GB of memory, and playback support for all your favorite audio and video formats: MP3, WMA, OGG, WMV9, and MPEG4. Pricing will be about $320 for the 4GB, and $250 for the 2GB. CrunchGear says “look for it next month.”

Thanks for the tip Greg!