The Creative Zen Micro has been available in black since before Christmas. Colors have been slower to be released due to a "production problem" (their words, not mine). And pretty much everything is backordered. I would encourage you to go for another MP3 player, though. I just had my second defective player in 2 weeks...it freezes and won't shut off.
Do any of you guys know if the zen micro is going to be available before the 24th? thx..

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