Ultimate Portable Audio Entertainment Device

For those who want the ultimate portable audio and visual entertainment device, comes the Creative Zen Portable Media Center. The Zen Portable Media Center lets you watch up to 85 hours of video, listen to over 9,000 songs and view tens of thousands of photos on a handheld device with a 3.8-inch color screen. Its Microsoft interface gives you familiar, easy access to favorite digital media and the freedom to take it anywhere.

The Creative Zen Portable Media Center's rechargeable Li-Ion battery is removable, which means you can carry a spare battery and have many more hours of digital entertainment at your finger tips. Plus, Zen connects to your computer with a USB 2.0 port, giving you high-speed transfer for all your media.

Zen supports all popular audio, video and picture formats including MP3, WMA, WMV and JPG. $499.99; www.cambridgesoundworks.com