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Android arriving on Creative Zii EGG next week

Chris Davies, Oct 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative's Zii EGG developer unit has been on sale for some time now, but it's taken the company a little time to deliver the promised Android update. However, according to a Twitter message from the Zii team, ZiiLABS will be releasing the Android installer "next week". Read The Full Story

Creative Vado HD Gets Upgraded With Memory, Mac Support, and New Colors

Evan Selleck, Sep 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative's Vado HD has been out for quite some time now, and it looks like they're finally getting around to giving the small HD video camera some extra attention. Especially in the looks department. We're sure it has something to do with the fact that the competition's prices are dropping, and obviously this just goes to show you that a little competition never hurt anybody. Especially our wallets. Read The Full Story

Creative Zii Egg Nests in Developer’s Hands

Evan Selleck, Aug 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Android is a venerable Operating System, whether you prefer to use it or not, and it's popping up on all sorts of peripherals. One of the good ones coming down the pipe line, is Creative's Zii Egg. We're still excited about this thing, even if there isn't even the faintest of words about an official, consumer-based release for the device yet. But, if you're a developer, then you can start to get excited, because Creative is starting to release its first shipment. Read The Full Story

Creative Zii FCC report released: full breakdown & manual

Chris Davies, Aug 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative's Zii has now made a full appearance at the FCC, complete with break-down images and a user guide. The document refers to the device - which uses Creative's new ZMD 05 Plaszma module - as the Zii and not the Zii EGG, the developer edition, and that along with the language of the user guide has led to suggestions that this could in fact be the upcoming consumer version of the device. Read The Full Story

Creative Inspire 2.1, 5.1 speakers get update

Brenda Stokes, Aug 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative has announced two new speakers this week that are intended for use with your computer set up. They include the T6160 and the T3130, both of which offer multiple features and top-notch sound quality. Read The Full Story

Creative Zii EGG gets hands-on; company hope to harness knock-off developers

Chris Davies, Jul 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

We're indecently curious about Creative's imminent Zii EGG developer design, what with its iPhone-like looks, 10-point multitouch display and potent ZMD 05 "Plaszma" module, so it's interesting to see the first of the hands-on reports from over in Asia. HardwareZone and CNET both stopped by the Creative offices to take a look. Read The Full Story

Creative demo Zii EGG gaming, ZMD 05 Plaszma module [Video]

Chris Davies, Jul 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative have been showing off some of their new Zii EGG developer device's 3D gaming skills, with a video of the iPod touch-like handheld running a 3D OpenGL ES enhanced racing game complete with accelerometer control. The company has also released a more technical video about their StemCell Computing platform, demonstrating some of the abilities of the ZMS 05 System Module at the Zii EGG's core. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Creative Zii EGG Android “Stemcell Computing” developer device launched

Chris Davies, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [1]

Creative have announced their Zii EGG developer platform, the test hardware for coders to get to grips with their freshly "Plaszma" branded Stemcell Computing system. The Zii EGG runs Google's Android OS on top of Creative's ZMS-05 chipset, and promises not only WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a 3.5-inch 320 x 480 10-point multitouch display, but 1080p video output, HD playback and OpenGL ES support. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Creative Aurvana Air earphones announced

Brenda Stokes, May 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Is it just me or were quite a few headphones announced today? Regardless, this latest pair from Creative is certainly interesting. Called the Aurvana Air, these headphones live up to their namesake with a super lightweight form factor. Read The Full Story

Creative ZEN MX audio player introduced

Brenda Stokes, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Creative announced a brand new audio player today that adds an entry-level offering to their line up called the ZEN MX. This player is in keeping with the company's current ZEN line up, but offers a few changes that are worth noting. Read The Full Story

Cambridge Soundworks MovieWorks HD X-Fi iPod dock

Chris Davies, Feb 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Cambridge Soundworks - a subsidiary of Creative - have announced the MovieWorks HD, a docking station for the Apple iPod range that can output high-definition video and digital audio to a connected HDTV or audio system. The MovieWorks HD also has an integrated X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity chip onboard, together with Creative's X-Fi Crystallize and X-Fi CMSS-3D technology, and connects via HDMI. Read The Full Story

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CES 2009: Creative Zii ‘Stemcell Computing’

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2009 Discuss [2]

Creative have been demonstrating their new Zii platform this week at CES, catchily titled “Stemcell Computing”, which is promising a huge shift in how multimedia is handled by mobile devices. Zii comprises a number of scalable Processing Elements, or PEs, each of which can be individually re-tasked to different tasks. In that way, rather than a device having a set amount of video decoding, encoding or high-definition processing capability, it can selectively assign generic PEs to whatever the task at hand.

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