Cambridge SoundWorks’ MovieWorks HD, Not Powered By Zii

That spiffy new MovieWorks HD that Cambridge Soundworks (a subsidiary of Creative) just launched has a UI that was rumored to be the Zii’s, leading many to believe that this is the first Zii-powered device. I just recieved an email from a Cambridge SoundWorks rep and, unfortunately, it is not.

“No, it is not powered by this processor [the Zii]. Though, that’s a great idea and we wish it was.”

Disappointing, but I’m sure Creative has something coming that’s powered by the almighty Zii.

In other Creative news, epiZENter has given a very thorough look the Vado HD and came away fairly impressed- start reading it here. Nothing But Creative has also uncovered a new iPod accessory (yuck)- the TravelSound i85.

HD Demo of Android on ZMS-05

As promised, Creative unleashed their demo of the ZMS-05 running Android in high definition at the Mobile World Conference today. Currently, the video is not available in HD itself on YouTube, but sometimes it takes a while for YouTube to show that its available in HD. It does look very impressive, with no noticeable lag running the OS, and the output video to the HD monitor was not laggy at all and looked very good. It’s hard to get a good idea of what exactly it does look like, as the video was shot in standard definition. ZiiLabs says that a development platform for the Android OS will be launched in the summer of this year. Now if I could get my phone to move faster than a snail…

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ZiiLabs to Demo High Def Android/ZMS-05 Model at MWC

The heavily hyped ZMS-05 processor will finally get its first real demo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona beginning on Monday of next week. The demo unit, which will likely be just a ZMS SDK with a input device, will be the first public hands on with something other than the basic Linux architecture the chip is built on. This is big news, because Google’s open source operating system has just begun to take hold in the world market, and there are many companies coming out with Android-based phones this year. If customers like the Android OS, then it will only increase the demand for phones that run it, and thus will increase demand for chips inside them. Additionally, the demo is to prove to the world that Creative is plunging headfirst into a heavily competed in market, and they have to prove they have a superior product to compete. It’s the first Android device to have any type of HD capabilities- this will likely not be for the phone itself (seems pointless on such a small device), but it’s more than likely for playing back via a HDMI output jack on the device. We’ll be sure to post the demonstration and more information as it comes out on Monday.

ZiiLabs Press Release via epiZENter.net.