Recently got to fiddle around with Creative’s iPod mini killer, the Creative Zen Micro. Yes, I am impressed — Creative said that they would come out to produce an iPod killer and they did just that - after a failed attempt though (the digital war still has its casualties) with their Creative Zen Touch.

The Micro (left) got the formula right this time, adding more memory, more features and get this - more colors than the iPod mini, and to top it all off, threw everything into the shrinking machine ot produce something waaaay smaller than Apple’s mini.

Some notable features that the Zen Micro has which the iPod mini doesn’t: (1) removable batteries, (2) FM tuner, (3) voice recorder, (4) a slightly cheaper retail price!

Wow, finally — something that can unseat the iPod?

Stay tuned for the next issue of m|ph for the complete show down.