Intel and Singapore-based Creative have entered into an agreement to license patents and some assets of ZiiLABS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative. Under the agreement, Intel will pay Creative a sum of US$50 million which includes US$20 million to Creative for licensing ZiiLABS’ GPU technology and the rest US$30 million for transfer of “certain […]
Nintendo trademarks Zii in Japan, Creative frowns
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). […]
Creative Zii TRINITY conceptual phone caught on video
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 to show Zii-optimized Android Phone platform
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 […]
Zii Mediabook mockup UI video
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 […]
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 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 […]