No Creative Zii in Japan: Nintendo

If Singapore-based Creative were to launch the Zii in Japan, it would have to go by a different name. The trademark Zii has already been bought by Nintendo, the company of course responsible for the Wii gaming platform. Creative can’t do anything about this development as Nintendo has as much right to Zii (being the [...]

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Zii Trinity 1080p Mobile Platform, More OEM for Creative

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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Creative Zii Android Phone Announcement: December

Still don’t know what the Zii Egg is? Here’s the official description: The Zii EGG is an energy efficient handheld StemCell Computer based on the powerful ZiiLABS ZMS-05 media-rich applications processor. Besides its multi-touch 3.5-inch LCD screen, it can also output HD video at up to 1080p. The ZMS-05’s 24 floating-point processors deliver up to 8 [...]

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Creative Zii MediaBook Touchscreen E-Reader

Singaporean manufacturer Creative has leaked its own eBook Reader–the Zii MediaBook eReader. Surprisingly, the Zii Plaszma will throw its own set of unique features on an eBook reader. One more surprise: the Zii MediaBook will not have an e-ink display. Rather, what potential users will get is a touchscreen of unspecified size. It will be [...]

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Hands-On: Creative Zii Egg

Dapreview’s DaHarder has been lucky enough to be one among the chosen few who’ve been sent the new Zii Egg PMP from Creative. The device is very promising, and should be offering a first class multimedia experience to owners. Once it get properly branded, of course. DaHarder mentions the OLED screen and the sound quality [...]

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Creative Zii Egg Does 3D Games

People who still don’t think Creative’s new Zii Egg falls under the iPod Touch competitor category should take a look at the video below. The Zii Egg will have the new Plaszma operating system, which is a Google’s Android hybridized with Creative’s own Stemcell. The Zii Egg is not an official Creative PMP yet. It’s [...]

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Creative Zii Egg and Plazma OS Official

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?

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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