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[30 Jul 2009 | Comments | 441 views]
Creative Zii Officially Launched, Not for You

Awhile back there was a story about Creative shooting an application across the FCC’s big desk.  Now it appears as though they have something to actually show us.
The Creative Zii Egg has launched and you can have a 32GB version for around $400 but don’t look for it to be the perfect portable media player.  That $400 is covering the SDK, the device is free.  The touch-screen, HD device is a developers edition that Creative is hoping developers will run with.
The Android driven device features multi-touch, HD video playback …

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[8 Jul 2009 | Comments | 179 views]
FCC Gives Hints at Creative Zii

It seems that we don’t have to wait for Creative to announce their new portable media player.  Filings with the FCC show a bit of detail and it looks as though the company is getting ready to go head to head against the iPod Touch and the forthcoming ZuneHD.
The device shows a music and video player, will sport and HD camera and support wi-fi B and G.  A, what is not becoming standard, touch screen is a give-in.
All that’s available so far is a rough outline of the device …

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[20 May 2009 | Comments | 151 views]
Creative Releases New Zen Players

This one almost slipped by me until I caught the post on Gearlog.  Since starting The DMZ, I’ve been trying to keep on top of the news when it comes to portable media players (PMPs) so I was a bit surprised by this one.
Seems that Creative has just announced the new line of Zen players.  First up is the Zen Mosaic EZ300.  Priced at $59.95 for the 4GB model and $79.95 for the 8GB, it features a 1.8 inch LCD which runs at 128×160 pixels.  Not a lot of …