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Creative Zii building steam? New 3G Dev board & peripherals; Android support by March

, Feb 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

Creative have been talking up their Zii platform for quite some time now - the HD-capable system first showed up at CES 2009, and then more recently sprouted a smartphone reference design in December last year - but beyond the initial developer device there's little to show from the whole project.  Over at epiZENter, however, they've spotted what could be some movement: the Creative site has gained a few new peripherals, including a development kit supporting 3G modules, and an insider has tipped Android customization for Zii as being on track for a March 2010 completion. Read The Full Story

ZiiLABS TRINITY demos 1080p HD skills [Video]

, Dec 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

As video demos go we'd have preferred to see a little bit more of the ZiiLABS TRINITY smartphone, but a brief splash of the ZMS-05 based handset outputting 1080p High Definition video is not something to be sniffed at.  While the current TRINITY reference design has a proprietary docking connector on the bottom, Creative have already said that it's a simple matter to switch that to a mini HDMI and microUSB pair. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

ZiiLABS TRINITY smartphone gets video demo

, Dec 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

ZiiLABS' TRINITY is designed to draw the attention of smartphone lovers to the ZMS-05 platform, just like its ZiiEGG predecessor did for PMPs, and it seems to be doing a pretty good job.  Crave Asia grabbed some hands-on time with the smartphone - which is capable of 1080p HD video playback, has a 3.1-inch 800 x 480 OLED capacitive touchscreen and triband WCDMA/HSDPA connectivity - and came away reasonably impressed. Video hands-on after the cut Read The Full Story

Creative ZiiSOUND D5 iPod speaker dock eschews anything ZiiLABS

, Dec 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Looking for a guaranteed way to confuse press and customers alike, and dilute your new brand?  Creative have a good example: they've called their latest iPod speaker dock the ZiiSound, which you'd expect to thus include some of the clever ZiiLABS "StemCell Computing" magic they've been discussing this week.  Instead it's a bog-standard speaker dock, with nary a whiff of a Zii processor. Read The Full Story

Zii TRINITY 3.5G ZMS-05 dev smartphone announced

, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

As promised last month, the ZiiLABS team have revealed their first smartphone development platform, the Zii TRINITY, based on the company's StemCell ZMS-05 processor and throwing in quadband GSM and triband WCDMA/HSDPA.  As before, 1080p Full HD is supported together with accelerated OpenGL ES 3D graphics, while up front the TRINITY has a 3.1-inch 800 x 480 OLED capacitive touchscreen.  In the future, ZiiLABS say, there'll be a 4G version supporting the even higher-speed mobile networks. The Zii TRINITY also squeezes in WiFi b/g, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera (plus a front-facing VGA camera for video calls), along with a microSD card slot.  Wired connectivity includes micro USB 2.0, mini HDMI and composite video output.  The battery is a 1,130mAh pack, and the TRINITY will run both Creative's own Plaszma OS or Google's Android platform. Read The Full Story

ZiiLABS promise Zii Android smartphone demo in December

, Nov 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

ZiiLABS' ZMS-08 chipset was certainly enough to get us interested last week - the promise of a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, Blu-ray quality video playback and parent company Creative's X-Fi audio tech will do that to a geek - and now they've gone and got us hot under the collar with the promise of an Android smartphone.  Set to be demonstrated at the Zii Summit 2009, to be held in China on December 1st, the device is described as a Zii Optimized Android Phone platform, albeit based on the (still pretty impressive) ZMS-05 chipset. Read The Full Story

Creative Zii MediaBook breaks cover

, Nov 2nd 2009 Discuss [1]

Creative got us all excited when it unveiled its Android-powered Zii Egg last month. Creative has now announced the coming of the next device in the Zii family called the Zii MediaBook. The MediaBook is the company's first entry into the eBook market. The device will compete alongside the Barnes & Noble Nook and the Amazon Kindle. Read The Full Story

Android arriving on Creative Zii EGG next week

, 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 Zii FCC report released: full breakdown & manual

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

, 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]

, 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

, 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
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