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  Nintendo has trademarked the word “Zii” in Japan. Don’t know what new it brings to the table but this bit of news won’t go well with Creative. The Singaporean-based company has its Zii line of products and also owns the copyright and trademark of the name (in US and presumably in other countries too). [...]

  Since the Zii TRINITY concept phone is just a reference design for handset manufacturers, it really doesn’t matter how it looks. Nevertheless if you wanted to have a look on how it performs, CNET Asia has got the device on video that was shown at the Zii Summit few days back. The TRINITY 001 [...]

  Creative and ZiiLABS are hosting a Zii Summit in Shenzhen, China in December and though they’ll be showcasing technologies what we’ve already seen, there’s an interesting one that has never been seen or talked of. They’re planning to show a mobile platform that will harness the power of Zii system-on-chip and Android OS. Creative [...]

  Zii powered products are yet to be seen in the real market but ZiiLABS, creators of Zii chips and Creative’s subsidiary is continuing its domination in the SoC sector. They’ve announced the 3rd generation media applications processor, ZMS-08. The Stemcell processor offers quite a number of features that diminishes the difference between the capabilities [...]

  Someone attempted a brave move by capturing supposedly secret UI presentation of the Zii Mediabook, which we told you yesterday. Though it’s difficult to tell if the Mediabook is powered by Android, the UI does emphasize on three areas – Explore, Experience and Engage, hinting a user will get a lot of interactivity options [...]

  The e-book reader market is about to get hotter as Creative has announced their entry by showing a working prototype at an AGM held in Singapore. Unlike most of the e-book readers in the market, Creative’s attempt will be very different as its e-book reader will do more than books. Tentatively named as MediaBook, [...]

  Zii EGG is not yet ready for public consumption but Creative has started sending units plus SDK to developers. Dapreview’s staffer was amongst the first ones to get it and he has posted his first impression about the device. He reckons even though the dev units are not as brushed up as the final [...]

  Here it is fellas. The Zii EGG has been given the official treatment by Creative. The PMP is powered by ZiiLABS ZMS-05 SoC and really packs a punch to give iPod Touch and Zune HD a tough time. Before going through the full spec list some notable features it boasts are its 3.5-inch capacitive [...]

  After promising to change everything we know, Creative’s Zii suddenly flew into thin air with no updates for about five months or so. But the good thing is that it is back and looks as if Creative employees were working hard to justify the claim. They are working on a new powerful PMP powered [...]

  Now ZiiLABS is talking business. The hyped launch at the CES didn’t help much Creative to pitch its Zii SoC. But the above video explains it all, why are they competent. The video, as promised shows ZMS-05 running Android and video content at 720p. We anticipated some 1080p hotness but maybe their press release [...]

  Remember Zii? Yea, the SoC from Creative that was endlessly hyped to ‘change everything’. Well, to show how worthy their chip is, they will be demonstrating their ZMS-05 media processor to run up to 1080p content on the Android platform. Now if ZiiLABS’ ZMS SoC can do the full HD trick with ease, Qualcomm’s [...]

  As promised, Creative has announced Zii. To fully promote its Zii platform, Creative has floated a new firm by the name of ZiiLABS that will develop chips for Zii. The first initiative from them is the ZMS-05 SoC (System-On-Chip) which is nothing but a media-rich processor with dual ARM cores and integrated I/Os as [...]

  Creative’s been teasing Zii as a silicon chip that will ‘change’ everything. While the full details will be unveiled at the CES, Epizenter brings up some screenshots that is alleged to be the UI of ZEN Zii. The images still bear resemblance with the old Creative user interface which makes us to believe that [...]

  Creative sent their first email newsletter regarding Zii today. Creative is emphasizing Zii as ‘Stemcell Computing’, which is nothing but Stem cell-like silicon (chip) that is “able to grow and multiply into different solutions and ecosystems.” Another statement from the newsletter says that “even in the midst of these turbulent times, you will discover [...]

  Update: Read our take on the Zii. Creative has got a teaser website running about its new technology called Zii. Of course, it does sound like our beloved Wii, but this one’s not about gaming. Zii as Creative puts it, is about Stemcell Computing. Though it looks more of a marketing terminology to attract [...]