@Dr. Evil Genius: Did you guys hear about the bacon Nintendo & Creative fanboy bacon who had trouble bacon breathing? He was a little bacon WiiZii bacon.
Wasn't Zii supposed to be the revolutionary computing technology that would finally bring peace and harmony to the world, provide endless clean water and free energy for the masses, cure the common cold, and taste more like sugar because it's made from sugar? So all we get is an Android PMP which from a quick glance is indistinguishable from the iPod Touch, or some other touch screen device? What am I missing here?
An overlooked feature here is that regardless of the orientation of the device, about 70% of the screen will exhibit glare/reflection, while the remainder is non-reflective. The two areas will always be separated by a neat diagonal line.
@kineticarl: Well obviously the engineering team got word that 70% of all user like glossy screens, while the remaining 30% prefers the old matte ones.
@vladdybear: If by copying you mean putting out better, higher spec'd, more versatile products offering me more choices as a consumer and by sad you mean awesome, then yes, it is sad that everyone is copying apple.
Finally a decent device that lives up to current technology. I wonder what the power consumption of that (or those?) new chip(s) is. That may be why they haven't built in any cellular capabilities, or the chip's architecture is not built for it, altough the ARM core should be able to handle it (as far as my understanding goes).
Well, I'm just happy it sports a swiss power plug =) (pic 3) wonder what it will cost here!
@ElijahIdomeneus: Considering it can run 1080p and is compatible with Android, I'm crossing my fingers this thing is using Nvidia's Tegra. If so, expect great battery life to be a standard feature.
Face it, giz - if this would have an apple in the back, it'd be 'featured' and 'braking'. 1080p output? HD camera? That's revolutionary... And it comes from a person that loves his iphone...
My guess is that it doesn't have a gsm chip built in because of some law or licensing problems.
@Monoik: Don't bitch at Gizmodo. Bitch at Creative.
Do you know how iPod and iPhone became everyday parlance? Or why everyone and their brother has or wants an Apple product?
It's because Apple spends over $250 million per year on advertising. A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS. EVERY YEAR.
Creative could have been on top. But they were too cheap to advertise. If They had advertised the Zen on television instead of the inside cover of PC Magazine, they'd have stood a chance.
Apple is on top because everyone else fucked up. Sony wasted a billion-dollar brand name. Microsoft wasted a computing platform. Creative wasted a compelling product at the beginning.
Gizmodo didn't make everyone care about iPods. The industry's errors did. Creative is an also-ran because it wouldn't pay money to make money.
Attractive gizmo, but if Creative treats it like it treated much of its Zen line, it's dooooooooooooooomed, even though it has some things I sorely wish that my iPod adopted, like expandable storage.
Do you guys remember the front plate that was *purportedly* off of the next generation iPhone (now known as iPhone 3GS) before the 3GS was announced? Now we know that was not true, but I believe THIS (the faceplate on the Creative Zii Egg) was it...
@OMG! Ponies!: But if they ran adds people might know they exist and then buy their products. Then they wouldn't be underground cool! Then where would Creative be?! Hunh?
@edison234: I think they should stay cool and rebellious
Like James Dean
They can then stay brilliant at what they do
Like James Dean
Then they can die in a huge fireball
Like James Dean.
07/30/09
that framework around the edge of the player shure looks like the leaked frame from the iphone awhile back does anyone else think so?
07/30/09
07/30/09
this needs some work
07/30/09
How's that?
07/30/09
07/30/09
07/30/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
08/01/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
08/01/09
07/28/09
Well, I'm just happy it sports a swiss power plug =) (pic 3) wonder what it will cost here!
08/01/09
08/01/09
07/28/09
My guess is that it doesn't have a gsm chip built in because of some law or licensing problems.
07/28/09
Do you know how iPod and iPhone became everyday parlance? Or why everyone and their brother has or wants an Apple product?
It's because Apple spends over $250 million per year on advertising. A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS. EVERY YEAR.
Creative could have been on top. But they were too cheap to advertise. If They had advertised the Zen on television instead of the inside cover of PC Magazine, they'd have stood a chance.
Apple is on top because everyone else fucked up. Sony wasted a billion-dollar brand name. Microsoft wasted a computing platform. Creative wasted a compelling product at the beginning.
Gizmodo didn't make everyone care about iPods. The industry's errors did. Creative is an also-ran because it wouldn't pay money to make money.
07/28/09
Attractive gizmo, but if Creative treats it like it treated much of its Zen line, it's dooooooooooooooomed, even though it has some things I sorely wish that my iPod adopted, like expandable storage.
07/28/09
EDIT: Oh, I see I'm not the only one who remembers things. Why wouldn't Giz mention this in their post?
07/28/09
I answer: Give me a 120 GB iPhone for the same price as the 3GS and I'm in.
A question comes to my mind. Do you really need 1080p on a 3.5" screen? Or is that for hooking it up to your TV?
07/28/09
07/28/09
My answer to mark's question: AT&T can suck it where the sun don't shine.
07/28/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
Like on television.
Like a normal company interesed in competing in the marketplace.
07/28/09
07/28/09
07/28/09
Like James Dean
They can then stay brilliant at what they do
Like James Dean
Then they can die in a huge fireball
Like James Dean.
Awesome.