Creative Technology has announced the updated ZEN NEEON series with three flash memory-based models of 512MB, 1GB and 2GB

The Neeon mp3 player weighs in at 55g (iPod Nano mp3 player - 42g), and the statistics are 8 x 4.7 x 1.6cm and 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.7cm, respectively. Creative claims a 32-hour playback period (Nano - 14 hours) for on a single charge.

The Neeon sports a two-colour, 128 x 64 OLED screen. The Neeon mp3 player connects to a host PC using USB 1.1 or USB 2.0, and according to Creative, operates as a USB Mass Storage device, so there’s no need to install file-transfer software. It should also connect up to Mac and Linux-based systems.