Creative transcends conventional music player "Zii" announced, up to 64 GB capacity, HD video playback, Android compatible

At the beginning of this month, the sound card for PC "Sound Blaster" series and creative that deals with DTM products for professionalWe plan to release a high-performance music player "Zii" using touch screenWe announced, but the official announcement was done at last.

Portable audio player combining high sound quality and high function "CREATIVE ZEN X-Fi"In addition to adopting the high-quality sound technology" X-Fi ", GPS, dual camera, wireless LAN, Bluetooth etc. are carried, the recording capacity also supports 64 GB playback of high definition movies It has become a model that transcends conventional music players, such as doing.

Also, we support Google 's Android OS for mobile phones, and demonstration movies are released.

Details are as below.
Zii.com

According to the official page of the creative's wholly owned subsidiary ZiiLABS, the company's three-dimensional graphics display and up to 1080p H.264, MPEG 1/2/4, WMV and VC-1 format full high definition movies It seems that music player "Zii" equipped with media processor "ZMS - 05" supporting playback will be released.

"Zii" is a half-VGA (320 × 480) 3.5-inch LCD compatible with up to 10 multi-touch, in-camera capable of self-shooting corresponding to VGA size shooting and HD movies and still images shooting Supported back camera, 3 axis acceleration sensor, microphone and speaker, wireless LAN compatible with IEEE 802.11 b / g, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Furthermore, by installing the SDHC memory card slot, the maximum recording capacity of 64 GB is realized together with the built-in memory of 32 GB maximum.

This is "Zii". The size is 115 × 62 × 12 mm, the weight is 108 g, the capacity of the lithium ion battery is 1200 mAh


Media processor "ZMS - 05" used for "Zii"


Explanation of each part


In addition to being able to enjoy music with high sound quality by adopting the creative's high sound quality technology "X-Fi", it is also possible to output HD size movies on Hi-Vision TV, as well as the function to read letters taken with the camera Also correspond.

The OS supports two kinds of intuitive gesture operations developed by ZiiLABS, Opera 9.7 browser, Linux 2.6-based "Plaszma OS" supporting Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 or Google mobile phone "Android" I will.

A set of "Zii" set. Apparently the player body seems to be named "Zii EGG".


State of actual machine demonstration
YouTube - ZiiLABS Android on Plaszma Demo


Demo movie using Android
YouTube - ZiiLABS HD Android Demonstration


By the way, although it is an interesting price, the price of the bulk model omitting the built-in memory is said to be 199 dollars (about 18,800 yen).

The press release of "Zii" is from the following.

ZiiLABS - Pioneering Digital Media Processing