Archive for the 'Creative Technology' Category

Creative intros Wi-Fi capable ZEN X-Fi (MacNN)

Thursday 10 July 2008 @ 8:47 am

Creative on Thursday took the wraps from the ZEN X-Fi, the company's first-ever wireless player and its first competitor to the iPod touch and Zune. The device succeeds the original ZEN and includes a new, nine-point control pad key to using the device online over Wi-Fi: Wireless LAN versions can use a phone-style text entry system to chat online ...

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Creative’s next ZEN packs touchscreen, X-Fi? (MacNN)

Sunday 2 March 2008 @ 12:55 am

Creative may finally be launching into touchscreen media players with its rumored ZEN Share player, say tips from alleged insiders. While the name is no longer certain, the device is claimed to be the first to rely on touch navigation. The new player would also break ground as the first Creative player to sport the company's X-Fi sound processing...

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Taking On The iPod (Forbes)

Tuesday 11 September 2007 @ 10:35 am

Everyone knows Apple is No. 1 in digital media players. Number two will surprise you.

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Posted in Zune, Apple iPod, Sandisk Sansa, Samsung, Creative Technology

Creative’s Zen masters art of girls in bikinis (The Inquirer)

Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 12:18 pm

I'M NOT exactly an iDiot longing for an iPod or queing overnight for an iPhone - even though I did play with an i486 in my younger days - but, being here in Singapore, I couldn't miss Creative's launch of yet another iPod competitor, the newest Zen video multimedia play gadget, whose news release we covered earlier today.

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Hasbro, Creative Labs Team for MP3 (AdWeek)

Sunday 12 August 2007 @ 8:06 pm

WASHINGTON Hasbro's Playskool and the digital entertainment company Creative Labs formed a partnership to introduce a new MP3 player targeted at the parents of infants from birth to 3, which will hit store shelves Sept. 1. (Editor: they have to be kidding.)

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Creative blames Q4 losses on iPod, Zune (MacNN)

Thursday 9 August 2007 @ 11:30 am

Creative, most famous for its sound cards and media players such as the Zen V Plus, is blaming newly-reported fourth-quarter losses on competition from Apple and Microsoft. Losses in the period ending June 30th amounted to $19.3 million, a substantial increase over the $12.7 million lost in the same period last year. Sales have fallen 28 percent ...

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Creative Technology reports wider quarterly loss (International Herald Tribune)

Wednesday 8 August 2007 @ 6:12 pm

The company's shares hit an 11-year low after competition from Apple's iPod and other music players widened the Singapore company's fourth-quarter loss.

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology

Data Doctor - Zen, Zune, iPod cater to different tastes in music players (East Valley Tribune)

Monday 27 November 2006 @ 1:58 am

Q: Can you tell me the differences between the Zen, the iPod and Microsoft's new MP3 player? - Jonathan A: The portable digital music player category is starting to heat up with some new competition from Microsoft.

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Posted in Zune, Apple iPod, Creative Technology

Creative, Losing Share to IPods, Has $21 Million Loss (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 10:40 pm

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Creative Technology Ltd. reported its third straight quarterly loss after its music players were outsold by Apple Computer Inc.'s iPods 23 to one in the U.S. The shares fell.

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Posted in Zune, Apple iPod, Creative Technology

Creative launches media player to challenge Zune (Sydney Morning Herald)

Tuesday 19 September 2006 @ 12:33 pm

While Microsoft's Zune MP3 player remained only a promise today, Creative Technology launched a competing device - designed with movies in mind. -

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Posted in Zune, Creative Technology