London, 4th November, 2005 – Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products and the number one manufacturer of MP3 players with music subscription support, today launched the Zen™ Sleek Photo, a 20GB MP3 player and photo viewer designed to support music download and subscription services. Featuring a striking 262,144-colour BriteVue™ OLED 1.7-inch screen, the Zen Sleek Photo displays bright, vibrant photo slideshows and crisp, vivid colour menus.
“The Zen Sleek Photo builds upon the successful Zen Sleek by adding photo and music subscription support out-of-the-box,” said Geraldine De Bonis, European Business Manager for MP3 Players with Creative. “The combination of FM radio, voice recording, supreme audio quality and a stunning OLED screen for photo viewing makes Zen Sleek Photo the ideal choice for anyone who wants the most from their MP3 player.”
“The Zen Sleek Photo carries thousands of songs – so you can download all of your favorite music from popular subscription services like Napster to Go, HMV Digital and Virgin Digital, and carry it all on our very cool-looking, compact player,” added De Bonis.
Encased in smooth brushed aluminum, the Zen Sleek Photo fits nicely in the palm of one hand, holds up to 10,000 songs or tens of thousands of digital photos, and delivers up to 19 hours playback from a single battery charge. The Zen Sleek Photo also offers users several new options for personalising their player. Customisable themes, including Vibrant, Earth, Cool, Peace, Romantic, Pastel, Jungle, and Fire allow users to change the overall colour scheme of menus while navigating through Creative’s patented user interface to find a particular track, playlist, artist, or album. Users can also select a favorite photo as a “wallpaper” background image on the Zen Sleek Photo and choose from a variety of coloured effects to change the look of the image.
Zen Sleek Photo MP3 players also feature:
* A mesmerising blue glow from the backlit buttons.
* Creative’s innovative vertical “Touch Pad” control enables quick and simple navigation to specific albums, artists, genres, tracks, or playlists.
* Crystal-clear high-fidelity playback at 97dB SNR, which can either be customised with a five-band graphic equaliser or by using any of the eight equalisation preset settings - including rock, jazz, pop, and classical EQ.
An optional docking cradle for the Zen Sleek Photo features a USB port for connecting to a PC for transferring digital tracks or easily attaching speakers, like the matching silver and white Creative I-Trigue® 3400s. The Zen Sleek Photo includes a carrying case, high-fidelity headphones, a USB 2.0 cable, and a power adapter. The player is bundled with Creative MediaSource™, an easy-to-use application for ripping CDs, organizing entire digital music collections, and easily transferring MP3 and WMA files.
About Creative
Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF) is a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for PC users. Famous for its Sound Blaster® sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed MuVo® and Zen portable audio players. Creative's innovative hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet, enabling consumers to experience high-quality digital entertainment -- anytime, anywhere.
