Video: Hands-on Creative X-Fi2, you get what you pay for

Look, you can't expect a cheap, touchscreen media player to cut through polygons like a hot knife through butter. That's just not how it works. And that 3.0-inch screen on Creative's new X-Fi2? Resistive. We had a chance to go hands on with Creative's little stop-gap (until the Zii can make it to product) touch-screen player here at IFA and it's pretty much exactly what we expected... or maybe a little worse. The touchscreen responded so poorly to touch mashes that we asked Creative to reshoot the video out of embarrassment on their behalf. We're not exaggerating. Still, it's not a final product (there's still tweaking to be done to the firmware) and you do get a lot of play for the buck (32GB for $230) if that's all you're looking for when it drops later this month. Watch the demo after the break -- do it!

[runner50783 Posted Sep 2nd 2009 3:44PM]

Looks like a cheap Chinese MP4 player, Creative, for the good of you and your share holders, don't release this to market. Stick with the Zii and put all your resources there, that's a worthy project.

[aubreyq Posted Sep 2nd 2009 4:10PM]

Seriously. I got scared when he said it will ship this month. It looks like it needs a couple of more months of testing/tweaking.

[Ha Posted Sep 2nd 2009 5:11PM]

umm... 230 euros not dollars...

[Millah Posted Sep 2nd 2009 6:50PM]

Why would anyone buy this thing? I'd rather get a Zune HD or iPod Touch even if its half the space, as I'm sure most other people would as well.

[DariaMorgendorffer Posted Sep 2nd 2009 7:25PM]

god this thing looks fugly

[victorstuber Posted Sep 2nd 2009 8:16PM]

remember when Creative used to be competitors? I used the love them. But seriously? Resistive screen? You might as well throw it away.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2009 11:31PM]

Creative is dying....

[VLangs Posted Sep 3rd 2009 1:29AM]

is it wrong that i still want the cowon Q5W?

that thing amazes me no matter what else I see!