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It looks like the Creative ZEN X-Fi that we brought you yesterday was indeed accurate. The same device has just shown up at the FCC, but sadly the diagram was just showing off the backside, but the good news is that it does match up with the details that we have previously (see below image).

Most of the details still remain under lock and key with a clear message that the photographs are “confidential” with a message to “refer to manufacturer for details.”

So what we do know is that the device will be available in at least a 32G storage capacity, with a possibility for other and that it will be Wi-Fi enabled. But perhaps more important this does prove that the ZEN X-Fi is real and will be headed to the US retail market sooner than later.

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Still missing is the official announcement from Creative, however epiZENter is claiming the above picture of the Creative ZEN X-Fi is the real deal. Based on the image, all we can do is hope that it really is true, and wait for the official word to come from Creative.

The ZEN X-Fi will offer a lot more functionality thanks to the extra buttons off to the side of the display. The X-Fi is expected to feature built-in Wi-Fi, speaker, voice recorder, FM tuner and can handle additional storage via an SD card slot.

Although nothing official has come out, it is expected that the ZEN X-Fi will be announced within a “month or so.” As usual with early leaks, no mention was made of pricing.

Via [epiZENter]

The Korean company, Homecast, recently came out with a device that is both a Portable Media Player as well as a Portable Navigation Device. The GPS portion of this device is housed in the car cradle, and when you take it out of the car cradle, the device becomes the PMP.

The physical device itself comes with a 4.3-inch TFT LCD screen, boasts a T-DMB receiver, plays a variety of formats including AVI, MPG, ASF, WMV, OGM, DAT, MKV, DivX 3.11/4/5, MP4, WMV 7/8/9, H.264, MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, and AC3. As you can see it comes with a plethora of formats, guaranteeing you can find a way to get your videos on it.

Now, once it goes into the cradle, it delivers GPS maps from Mappy’s GPS software. It comes in two different models, the 8GB or 16GB. It it set to cost 389,000 KRW ($378) and 419,000 KRW ($406), respectively.

Via [NaviGadget]

During CES 2008, iriver announced many new and exciting PMP’s; one specifically was called the iriver Spinn. At that time, there was not that much known about it, but they have recently released some more details on it.

The Spinn will come in three different models, the 4GB, 8GB, and 16B. Additionally, it will come with a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen with a 480 x 272 pixel resolution, DAB radio in the UK, Bluetooth integration, support for Adobe Flash video, and a 3D acceleration chip. It supports a bunch of formats including MP3, OGG, WMA, MP4, and WMV. The battery life is pretty good too, you can listen to audio for 25 hours, 5 hours for video, and 4 hours for digital radio.

So far, the Spinn is expected to go on sale in the UK around August, no word on any pricing yet. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

Via [Crave]

Nope that’s not a portable GPS unit. In fact, its the latest portable media player offering from iriver, dubbed the “P.ple P10.” First introduced at CES 2008, the P10 was expected to release Q1 2008, but iriver was a little late in their delivery. Regardless, the company has now officially launched their iPod Touch rival in two forms: The iRiver P10 Standard ($328) and Pro ($398). Spec-wise, both models sport a 600MHz processor running a stripped down version of Windows CE, 4-inch TFT touch screen, 800x480 pixel resolution, e-book reader, and a 33GB hard drive. Both models also support PDF, Word and Excel files, and can playback Flash, MPEG, WMA, XivD, MP3, and WAV file formats. However, the P10 Pro adds an electronic dictionary (in English, Chinese, and Japanese) and a DMB digital TV tuner that’s only usable in Korea (so, I doubt this will make it Stateside).

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The iriver D5 multimedia e-dictionary has made it to the US market and is now available at the iriver online store. Available in either a 2GB or 4GB model, the D5 is available in black or white and retails for $299 and $349 respectively.

For those prices, you’ll get features that include a 3-inch 480 x 272 TFT display, 52-key QWERTY keyboard, digital audio support, playback support for AVI video, digital photo support for JPG, GIF and BMP files, a text viewer, FM radio and voice recorder. As for the dictionaries, the D5 offers English-English, Korean-English, Korean-Japanese and Korean-Chinese.

The D5’s price may seem a bit on the expensive side, but if electronic dictionary is your kind of gadget, you might find it reasonable since you’ll get the portable media features as well.

Product [iriver] Via [Pocketables]

The latest portable media player from iriver, the P10 may seem just like your ordinary portable media player with its 4.3-inch LCD with an 800 x 480 resolution, 33GB internal memory, as well as WMV and Mpeg video support. But aside from being a cool looking player, the P10 can also be used as an e-book reader with support for PDF, Word and Excel files. So, you can listen to music while reading your favorite novel in e-book format. In addition, the P10 also features a GUI that recognized handwriting similar to the Palm Pilot’s handwriting recognition technology, aside from having several dictionaries that include English, Chinese and Japanese languages.

The iriver P10 portable media player will be available in a DMB-less Basic version for around $310 and the Pro version with DMB for around $387. Unfortunately for us living outside of Korea, the P10 will most likely have to remain on our wish list for a while.

Via [Akihabara News]

One of Cowon’s earlier portable media player’s, the A3, originally only came in two different models, a 30GB or a 60GB model. Now, Cowon has announced the availability of a new, larger version, which features 80GB of storage. Cowon is a little slow in getting mass storage in their portable media player’s as many other companies have already added 80GB’s and more into their player’s, but hey, it’s never too late.

The specs of the newly updated A3 are pretty much the same from last time, but I will recap them anyway. It boasts a very nice 4-inch screen, 800 x 480 display, 16 million colors and comes with a FM radio. Additionally, it has a voice recorder, USB connectivity, records video in MP4, has 1280 x 720 HD output, and codec support which includes FLAC, DivX, and OGG.

The A3 is set to cost 448 Euros or around $698 US. It is pretty expensive, but considering all of the features it comes with, it’s pretty nice. No word on when exactly when the 80GB model is going to be released.

Via [PMP Today]

Portable media players with 250GB of internal storage are hard to come by, for one many people don’t really need anywhere close to that amount of storage. However, Newman has recently introduced a player that comes in a few different models with storage options ranging from 80GB up to 250GB.

The M8000 comes loaded with many nice features including 4-inch TFT screen, built-in camera, TV-Out, gaming support, a PVR and other multimedia support. It is also an HD quality portable media player and the video clarity should be really good, especially with the big 4-inch screen. The only drawback to having a portable media player with a lot of storage is that sometimes it will take a long time to turn on and to find the video you want. Hopefully that is not the case with the M8000. 

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Aigo is coming up with a new PMP dubbed the Patriot MV5920 MP5 player. This latest PMP is being touted as a breakthrough device for its dual-core technology that allows HDTV playback at 720p (1280 x 720 pixels). The device also has Wi-Fi and mobile TV support aside from its 160GB hard drive capacity. It’s also categorized as an MP5 player, which is what PMPs are typically called in China.

For around $429 you’ll have this uber-cool looking piece of hardware that comes with other powerful features including a 2.0-megapixel camera, 4.3-inch color display at 16:9 (480x272 pixel) resolution, MP3 player that supports various digital music formats and an integrated DVR recording function. And yes, it’s still portable at 6.14 x 3.23 x 0.78-inches, despite its many features.

The only question left for all of us now is when will it be available in the international market?

Via PMP Today