The Micro Photo is a 6gb hard drive device which is the same small and compact footprint of the MP3 playing Zen micro but the Zen Micro Photo as its name suggests has an extra weapon. Imagine a sharp colour rich screen embedded in the face of your Zen Micro and you will get some idea of the 260 thousand-colour OLED display with 130x130 pixel resolution screen, the OLED technology impressed all who saw it at the recent CES show in Las Vegas, so much so that the device won the "audio to go" category.

The same intuitive control interface is used as the Zen Micro with the large chunky buttons and centre slider for track scrolling and selection, of course the colour screen means a better user experience even in playing MP3 / WMA tracks. The increased 6gb disk means a possible 3000 tracks can be hoarded on the little device and this could be used to hold 7,500 Jpeg images, it wasn't easy to get a preview of creative little baby at CES but from first looks the photo browsing seems to follow the same simple yet effective menu system.

The Zen Micro Photo retains all of the good features of the MP3 only device, like the 12 hour battery life, FM radio and the USB 2.0 interface to allow for uploading of images and tracks to the device, as the micro mounts as a USB drive it can also act as a 6gb removable drive.

In terms of style the Zen Micro continues to make the Ipod Mini look decidedly cold and lifeless, available in 10 vibrant colours the photo edition looks as stunning and even more impressive with the 1.5" OLED screen glowing brightly from the front. Quite why you would choose to lug the bulk of an Ipod photo around compared to this is beyond us.

Expected to retail at around the £199 mark the arrival of the Zen Micro photo in early Summer 2005 looks set to be one of those "must pre order" items, we hope to get a full review here at Lordpercy.com prior to the UK release date..

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