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CES 2008: Creative launches Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus MP3 boomboxes
Creative has launched new versions of its Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus MP3 players, turning them into boomboxes by adding a built-in speaker. The Zen Stone will come in 1GB and 2GB models, while the Zen Stone Plus (pictured) will come in 2GB and 4GB flavours.
Creative has sold 25 million MP3 players now, according to…Creative
For a company battling the MP3 giant Apple, 25 million MP3 player sales is extremely impressive stuff. Staff in all the Creative offices across the world are popping the Cava over the news, and Waitrose has already reported profits rising by more than 40% in the last 24 hours for bubbly.
Recognised as the second-largest supplier of the gadgets, the announcement “marks a major milestone in Creative history, as our player unit volume exceeds the combined unit sales from some of the biggest names…
Shiny Video Review: new 4GB Creative Zen
In today’s video review, Ms. Susi Weaser takes a gander at Creative’s latest Zen, in its 4GB incarnation. It costs…
Creative unveils MuVo T100 digital music player
Creative has taken the wrappers off its latest MuVo MP3 player, the T100. It’s a stick-shaped player that plugs directly into your PC’s USB port, and comes in black, white or “vibrant pink”. As opposed to mottled dusty pink, presumably.
Shiny Video Review: Creative TravelSound Zen Stone Speakers
Susi takes a look at this teeny travel set of speakers designed for the Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus…
Review: Creative Xmod
The propaganda
The Xmod is Creative’s first external sound card to implement X-Fi technology. X-Fi has been securing Creative’s leading position in the sound card market for a long time thanks to its excellent sound quality enhancing functions. The Xmod offers a similar feature set to full blown X-Fi cards, incorporating CMSS 3D and Crystalizer technologies to enhance the quality of your sound output in ways an internal sound card can only dream of.
The Xmod is a compact device that consists of one large multipurpose volume dial and a couple of 3.5mm outputs (for headphones and speakers), along with a 3.5mm input, which allows you to use the device as standalone sound enhancer. Xmod is also completely plug-and-play capable, which takes away all the hassle of installing software and fiddling around with settings.
Review: Creative Live! Cam Optia
The propaganda
The Live! Cam Optia is Creative’s latest entry to the webcam market. With so many instant messaging services offering webcam functionality and the rising popularity of video sharing sites, webcams are practically an essential piece of kit for any PC owner.
The Optia offers the standard 640 x 480 resolution, 30 FPS video capture, along with 1.3 megapixel still image capture. You can tweak the focus manually with the focus ring surrounding the lens. The body of the camera can also be twisted on its arm mount to change the angle it is pointing at. One thing that’s lacking is a built-in Microphone, but Creative does supply a little mic and earpiece combo as well as a software CD packed with a range of programs.
Zen Stone Plus – now with TravelSound speakers
Yesterday’s Zen Stone Plus announcement also mentioned there’d be an accompanying speaker set for the mini player – and here it is. The Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone docking speaker thing.
Creative Zen Stone Plus gives you a hell of a lot for 50 quid
Even though the tiny Zen Stone has only just arrived, Creative’s tireless boffins have decided to up the spec already – adding an OLED screen, doubling the memory to 2GB and including an FM radio and voice recorder. For a tiny, budget MP3 player, the Zen Stone Plus is one hell of a package.
