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Zune HD 4.5 Firmware Update is Imminent

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Just announced by Microsoft: a new software update for Zune HD will bring new features and  more codec support. The 4.5 software update for the Zune HD will feature Smart DJ music discovery (an iTunes Genius rival) and an on-TV streaming feature for Zune Marketplace. You can browse or stream the Zune Marketplace while docked on [...]

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Google, Spotify teaming up to rival Apple iTunes

Monday, January 4, 2010

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It looks like Google is really serious is taking on Apple head on. Based on this latest rumor, they are now in talks with Spotify, an online music service that already has apps available for the iPhone, Android, and Symbian platform. We’ve got very little information right now as to what their future working relationship [...]

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Zii Trinity 1080p Mobile Platform, More OEM for Creative

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Singaporean manufaturer Creative is obviously very ambitious. Before the iPhone and iPod Touch, they were the undisputed cheap iPod alternative. Now after the game changed for all mobile manufacturers, they have their eyes set on bigger things. They want to out-OS the iPhone. They may also be developing an iTunes competitor. The Zii Trinity is [...]

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Palm webOS 1.2.1 firmware re-enables iTune syncing

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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Joining the ranks of the iPhone Dev team, Palm is now the latest thorn in the backside of Apple. Refusing to give up iTunes support on their Pre, Palm has once again re-enabled this feature in webOS firmware 1.2.1 for the Palm Pre. Apple disabled Palm Pre syncing when they released iTunes 9, but with [...]

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Creative Zii Egg and Plazma OS Official

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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It’s also official that Singapore’s Creative is back with a vengeance. Let me just say this on the get-go. As a manufacturer, Creative is wiser than Meizu, waiting until it has a product ready for launch before leaking anything. The Creative Zii Egg is a definite iPod Touch competitor with goodies like WiFi, capacitive 10-point [...]

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Creative Zii is a Touchscreen PMP for Zii Stemcell Computing?

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Singaporean manufacturer Creative has just unveiled (sort of) a touchscreen PMP. The device is dubbed Zii and there will be a developer’s version codenamed Zii Egg. From the photo, it will have an iPhonesque form factor and an HD camera. Hopefully, it will also have an OLED screen and a good OS like a version [...]

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Apple iPod Rules PMP Market (Literally) Says SanDisk

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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As you may know, non-Apple portable media players have long operated under the iPod’s shadow. Even before the multi-featured iPod Touch, Apple PMPs have been selling counterparts with better features. The obvious answer is that iPod has become a product that far outweighs the PMP market in its entirety. So not only can’t second placer [...]

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BlackBerry App World Launched

Friday, April 3, 2009

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RIM’s iTunes rival is now available as per its announcement a few days ago. The BlackBerry App World, as would be expected, is enterprise focused. The applications already number a thousand but availability is limited for now to the U.S., U.K and Canada. As we mentioned before, you’ll have to be a PayPal client to [...]

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Creative Zii Stemcell Computing: an iTunes Genius Rival?

Monday, January 5, 2009

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No one has an idea what Creative is up to. Obviously, it has something new lined up but what is Zii exactly, hardware? software? a new music store? Sounds to me like a version of Pandora, Rhapsody and Apple iTunes Genius. EpiZENter, a website and forum dedicated to everything Creative believes it’s a chip but [...]

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Two Dell MP3 Players Powered by Zing to be Announced

Friday, August 15, 2008

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Dell is getting close to announcing its iPod rival and it’s not going to be one but two models with a new iTunes-rivaling software on board. One will be for under $100 and is WiFi enabled and the other may be a higher end MP3 player. Zing will be given the role of an iTunes [...]

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