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Gadgets

Creative Zii MediaBook Could Combine eBook And PMP Features

6:45AM Jack Loftus | Details are sparse at the moment, but we do know this afternoon that Creative is hard at work on developing a “MediaBook” device that will combine video, pictures and text with what’s being described as an eBook form factor. More »
Music

The PMP Is Dead, Long Live The…PMP

9:00AM Matt Buchanan | The portents have hung in the air for a while, but it’s clear now that the traditional dumb PMP is dead, like a dull and rusted Swiss army knife. In their stead we’ll have…smart PMPs. More »
Music

Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons For Touchscreen

2:01AM John Herrman | It’s a new model name, sure, and the distinctive button panel has been booted in favour of a touchscreen, but the most important part of the X-Fi update has nothing to do with hardware, and everything to do with dollars. More »
Cameras

New Creative Vado HD Pocketcams Feature Direct Transfer To iMovie

9:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Creative today announced their second-generation line of Vado HD pocket camcorders. The most interesting tidbit is the new Mac-friendlier Vado Central software, which allows for easy direct transfer to iMovie. Even better, that software will also work for older Vados. More »
Games

Creative Teases Luminous WoW Headset

3:10AM Mark Wilson | It’s not an official announcement but an announcement for an announcement to come. Later this week at Blizzcon, Creative will unveil their wireless World of Warcraft headset. And it glows. More »
Music

Creative Zii Egg Android PMP Makes Its Hands-On Debut

4:50AM John Herrman | Creative’s Zii, which is either an extremely exciting platform for Android PMPs or a boring developers’ tool (nobody knows!) has turned up in CNET Asia’s offices. As you can imagine, it didn’t take long before they got a little handsy. More »
Music

Creative Zii Egg Plaszma: Android-Wielding iPod Touch

12:23AM Mark Wilson | Spotted in a recent FCC filing, the now-revealed Creative Zii Egg Plaszma boasts some of the world’s first “flexible StemCell architecture” that uses 24 floating-point processors. But you may care more because it’s basically an open source iPod Touch. More »
Music

Creative SoundBlaster Wireless For iTunes And GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review

8:00AM Wilson Rothman | The Gadgets: Creative’s new SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes dongle, that shares music to little receivers around the house, and also to the GigaWorks T20W wireless-receiver speakers. More »
Music

Creative “Zii” Moniker Resurfaces On Touchscreen Media Player

8:35PM John Herrman | Creative hasn’t really been doing much at all for the last year. Except this, apparently: here’s an FCC filing for a Zii touchscreen PMP, which shares a name their mysterious system on a chip from January. More »
Peripherals

Creative’s Fatal1ty-Branded MKII Headset Won’t Make You a Better Gamer, but It Probably Sounds Nice

5:00PM Adrian Covert | Creative says their Fatal1ty Gaming Headset is professional grade gaming equipment, with 40mm neodymium drivers and 20-20,000 Hz range. Respectable specs, sure, but I’m not sure it will transform you into a headshot god. More »