via Digital Music
It's only fair, since we covered Creative crippling some players' ability to record FM, that we mention that they've brought it back with a new firmware update. It would be nice if they made any mention at all as to the reasons behind it; we can can surmise that it's because the user backlash wasn't worth the phantom risk of RIAA litigation, but Creative just announces firmware updates with a bullet list and little else. Creative has a good rep for enhancing the functionality of their players with firmware updates, but when one of those updates removes functionality, Creative risks whatever position they have in their niche spot behind Apple.