ZEN V

The ZEN V and the ZEN V Plus are portable media players manufactured by Creative Technology. The user interface on this player, the same as the one on Creative's ZEN Vision:M, was patented by Creative on January 9, 2005. Creative sued Apple over the use of this user interface; Apple later settled for $100 million.

They are very small sized and feature an OLED screen measuring 1.5 inches. It is controlled using a 5-way mini joystick. The ZEN V Plus has accumulated many awards, including CNET Editor's Choice for June 2006. The players are nearly identical save for video playback and FM radio, which the ZEN V Plus supports but the regular ZEN V does not.

In August 2007, Creative introduced a 16 GB version of the ZEN V Plus, making it the first flash-based player with that capacity.

Both players

 * Dimensions: 2.7" x 1.7 x x 15.9 mm)
 * Weight: 1.55 oz
 * Display: 1.5 in OLED display
 * Resolution: 128x128 pixels
 * Battery Type: Built-in Lithium Ion
 * Music Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, WAV, Audible, and Podcasts (via ZENCast Organizer)
 * PlaysForSure (Windows Media Audio 9 DRM) Compatible: Subscription and Download
 * Photo Formats Supported: JPEG
 * Custom Wallpapers: JPEG
 * USB: High-Speed 2.0, 1.1
 * Organizer: Calendar, Contact, Task list
 * Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Up to 92 dB
 * Harmonic Distortion Output: <0.05%
 * Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
 * Voice Recording: Yes
 * Line In recording: Yes
 * Power Charging: Charges via power adapter or PC through USB
 * Album art: Supported
 * System Requirements: Windows Vista and Windows XP out of box. Works with Windows 2000 through Windows 98SE after a Legacy OS Driver update available here. Linux compatibility is possible, but unsupported.
 * Compatible with Windows Media Player
 * Bundled Software: MediaSource, Media Explorer
 * Unsupported Third-Party Software:
 * Macintosh:XNJB available here.
 * Linux:
 * Amarok, compiled with libMTP support, available here.
 * KZenExplorer, available here.
 * Gnomad, available here.

ZEN V
Colors
 * 1, 2, 4 and 8GB
 * 1GB: Black/Orange, White/Orange, White/Red (Target Exclusive)
 * 2GB: White/Green, Black/Green
 * 4GB: Black/Blue
 * 8GB: Black/Blue, Black/Orange,

ZEN V Plus
Colors
 * 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16GB
 * Video formats supported: Uncompressed AVI: Native; Most other major formats through conversion.
 * FM Tuner: Yes
 * 1GB: Black/Orange, White/Orange, White/Red (Target Exclusive)
 * 2GB: Black/Green, White/Green, Pink/White
 * 4GB: Black/Blue
 * 8GB: Black/Blue, Black/Red Black/orange
 * 16GB Black/White