Any news of Creative's offering to rival iPod Class

I have a 60gb Zen Xtra, and it has served me well over the last 3 years ... I honestly am running out of space however. Apple's latest iPod has 60gb of space, which is like, awesome. I absolutely do not want to go to Apple if at all possible (not because of hatred, but because of how picky their software and the MP3 player is), as in comparison Creative's MP3 players give you pretty much lots of freedom.
Is Creative releasing anything in the near future to counter this 60gb beast?

*shameless bump*

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