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 […]
ZiiLABS announces full HD capable, 1GHz ZMS-08 SoC
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 […]
Creative entering e-book market with Zii powered MediaBook
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, […]
Creative unveils touchscreen equipped Zen X-Fi2
If you’ve been looking for a cheap touchscreen enabled PMP, Creative has got something for you. It’s the Zen X-Fi2 that swaps buttons from the original X-Fi player with a decent 3-inch LCD touchscreen. In addition to the touch element, Creative claims to implement the latest X-Fi technology that will improve audio playback on […]
Creative Zii EGG gets first impression
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 […]
Creative Zii EGG announced
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 […]
Zii confirms it’s still breathing, shows up in FCC filing
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 […]
ZiiLABS shows Zii SoC running Android with HD playback
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 […]
ZiiLABS will demo 1080p HD content on Android at MWC
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 […]
Creative launches Zii Platform, predicts Nano sized computing as the future
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 […]