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Creative has confirmed that its Zen player will be offered in a 32 GB flash flavor, making it the highest capacity flash player on the market.  Currently, Apple offers its iPod in a maximum capacity of 8 GB, the Zen comes in a max of 16 GB, and the Sandisk Sansa View is available up to 16 GB.

Word is out that Sandisk is countering Creative with a 32 GB flash model of their own, that will top out at $330.  Nothing is confirmed, and no release date has been issued according to Engadget. 

This has the potential to be great news for consumers.  Flash players use less power than hard-drive based players.  They are lighter, smaller and not affected by shaking or falls to the extreme that hard-drive players are.  The only negative is that flash memory is far more expensive than hard drives.  For example, an 80 GB iPod Classic costs $250, the same as the Zen 16 GB flash player.

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