Creative restores FM recording to MP3 players

Cory Doctorow 8:56 am Mon Nov 20, 2006

Creative has restored the ability to record FM radio on some of its MP3 players. Last month, Creative shipped an "update" to its FM-recording players that disabled the record-from-radio feature (they hid this information in the fine-print on the update, focusing instead on the fact that they'd added new languages to the interface). Now, about a month later, they've restored the feature, after great outcry from their customers.

The newest firmware for the Vision:M is now up and we have FM recording again. This is a great move by Creative as many people here were really losing faith in them, and the MP3 player industry as a whole because of this removal. Creative weren't even adding the FM recording feature to their newest players (Zen Vision W, Zen V Plus, etc..) so hopefully that will also change. I congratulate Creative in making their wrong a right.

Link

(Thanks, Futwick!)

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