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creative travelsound i50 speaker for ipod shuffle

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Creative Travelsound i50 for iPod Shuffle 2G

Creative Japan today took the wraps off this cool portable speaker for the 2G iPod Shuffle. The compact speaker goes great with the brushed metal finish of Apple’s tiny media player.

Just dock your 2G Shuffle on the top of Creative’s new Travelsound i50, snap on the clear protective cover and you’re ready to go…

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posted: August 23rd, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

creative zen stone, made out of wood

filed under: hacks-mods | just plain fun | media players

Captain Odegard’s Giant Wooden Zen Stone

Somebody sure likes their Creative Zen Stone media player. In fact, this guy loves his enough that he created a mammoth wooden version of his portable media player.

Captain Ødegård’s giant-sized wood media player measures in at 8.25″ x 5.5″ x 2″, giving it about 90-times the volume of a regular Zen Stone player…

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posted: August 23rd, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

creative zen stone plus adds oled display, 2gb memory

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Creative Zen Stone Plus

Just a few short weeks after announcing their ZEN Stone mini music player, Creative today rolled out a higher-end model, the ZEN Stone Plus.
The new model takes all of the features of the original ZEN Stone and adds a bright blue round OLED display for song title and other pertinent information. In addition, the Plus bumps the memory up to 2GB vs…

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posted: June 21st, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

creative zen stone: tiny mp3 player, tiny price

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Creative Zen Stone

Creative today announced their latest MP3 player, the ZEN Stone. Aimed squarely between the eyes of Apple’s iPod Shuffle, the Stone is a small, flash-based player designed for the low-end of the market…

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posted: May 3rd, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

creative x-fi i600: one serious ipod dock

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creative_x-fi_i600

Creative has released their latest iPod docking stereo, and this one looks really substantial.

The X-Fi Sound System i600 is a complete 2.1 stereo system, with dual 2-way satellite speakers and a powered subwoofer. The speakers are each amplified at 35 Watts per channel, while the subwoofer offers 130 Watts of power for some serious bass…

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posted: April 29th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

creative announces wireless bluetooth headphones

filed under: gadgets | mobile tech

Creative SE2300 Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

In my never-ending quest to eliminate all wires, cords and other unsightly appendages from my life, I’m pleased to hear that Creative has revealed a new set of high-quality wireless headphones, designed to transmit audio using Bluetooth technology…

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posted: December 20th, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

zune price, jaws drop

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Microsoft Zune Media Player

After early assumptions that the 30GB Zune media player would run $299, it’s been reported that Microsoft’s “iPod killer” will actually launch at the surprisingly low price of $229.99.

This surprise announcement certainly shakes things up, what with both the iPod 30GB and Creative Zen:M 30GB both just reduced to $249…

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posted: September 20th, 2006 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

apple and creative price drops put the squeeze on zune

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iPod and Zen Squeeze Zune

Hot on the heels of Apple’s recent announcement to drop the price of it’s latest (5.5 generation) iPod 30gb model to $249, Creative Labs has just dropped the price on their Zen Vision:M 30gb model to $249 as well…

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posted: September 19th, 2006 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

creative announces widescreen zen vision w

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Creative Labs Zen Vision W Media Player

Creative Technology has just announced the release of their new ZEN Vision W. The new mobile media player features a 4.3 inch diagonal 16:9 widescreen TFT display (480 x 272 resolution) for video playback, and either 30GB or 60GB of hard drive storage. Creative claims that the 60GB version can store a whopping 240 hours of video or 15,000 songs…

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posted: August 31st, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

apple to pay $100 million to creative

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Apple and Creative Logos

Apple and Creative Technology, Ltd. today announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies.
Apple will pay $100 million to license Creative’s patent in all Apple products. Apple can recoup a portion of its payment if Creative is successful in licensing this patent to others…

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posted: August 23rd, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

creative announces zen neeon 2 mp3 players

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Creative Zen Neeon 2

Creative Labs has announced the release of a new version of their Zen Neeon music players, improving significantly on the original models by adding a color screen, video playback and greater memory capacity.With these specs, these players look poised to take on the Apple’s rival iPod Nano line:

1, 2, and 4GB options
1.5″ Color Display
(128 x 128 pixels)
Audio: MP3, WMA, and WAV
Video: Transcoded AVI
FM Tuner
5-band Equalizer
Voice Recorder
Line-In Recorder
20 hour battery life for audio, 8 hours for video
5 brushed-metal colors
Dimensions: 81 x 42 x 12.5 mm; Weight: 50g

Initial pricing has only been announced in Singapore, as follows: S$199.00 (appx…

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posted: August 2nd, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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