The Creative Zii Egg- THE TOUCHSCREEN ZEN! Is Finally Here!
Engadget has it for officiality.
The bombshell Creative has been holding over us for quite some time was finally dropped today, as the touchscreen ZEN we’ve been waiting for has finally appeared in black and white form, thanks to the ineptness of the US Government (wow long sentence, but it’s that important!). It seems time to bring out a trumpet or two and hearld the entrance of the Zii Egg, the newest device coming out of the little company that could. It definitely has a touchscreen front, plays MP4 files, has a high definition camera on the front (as opposed to its fruity touch competitor), and is powered by the omnipotent Zii chip that has been dragging down Creative’s financials since the buyout of 3DLabs. The exact same Zii chip, mind you, that demonstrated high definition playback and Android OS support. As more information comes to us, we’ll post it here. Stay tuned!
Confirmed:
Touchscreen
High Definition Camera on back
Zii-Powered
Called the “Zii Egg”
Wireless Internet 802.11 b/g
Li-Polymer battery (Lithium Ion methinks)
Bluetooth (see below for confirmation)
Two versions: Creative Zii for consumers and Creative Zii Egg for developers.
Unconfirmed:
HDMI Out: bottom of drawing looks suspicious, and previous ZMS-05 (the processor’s official name) demonstrations of HD output to TV
SD Card: left side of drawing suggest as much
Android operating system
CNET’s MP3 Gurus, Donald Bell and Jasmine France discuss the player for the first few minutes:
Creative Vado HD Firmware Update; Windows 7 Gaming Headset Beta Driver
Creative’s released a new firmware for the Vado HD for the first time since early January. In it are some interesting updates, though no new features. The update is supposed to rectify jerky video while transitioning from darkness to light. Additionally, the update addresses issues in battery display while connected to USB. Download directly from Creative here, or for archived purposes, on my Windows Live Skydrive here.
Also updated this week by our friends in Singapore is the Creative Headset drivers. These aren’t the simple green/pink plugs, but rather the USB connected variety. This update only includes a beta version of the Windows 7 drivers for the aforementioned headset. As with all betas, it is unsupported by Creative. Download directly from Creative here, or on my Windows Live Skydrive here.
Keep reading for the official scoop.
Creative Console Updated; SoundBlaster Audigy Windows 7 Drivers
Vista and XP users, a massive update has been released for your X-Fi sound card software, Creative Console. You can download it directly from Creative at the Support page for your respective sound card model, or archived here.
For the SoundBlaster Audigy and Live! audio card series, there is a beta release of Windows 7 drivers. As with all beta software, none of this is official and is to be used at your own risk. They’re also at the Support page, and archived on SkyDrive.
Continue reading for the entire lowdown on the Console update.
