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- Android 2.1 , ZMS-08
- 8 GB of memory
- 7-inch screen (480 x 800 pixels) offers a sharp color display
- WiFi 802.11 b/g, front facing camera
- 14.1 oz
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REVIEW: Enjoy exceptional wireless audio playback for all your music, movies, and games with the ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet from Creative. The compact touch-screen tablet not only offers convenient mobile computing, but it also lets you stream lossless audio to Bluetooth-compatible wireless speaker systems or headphones. It features a vivid 7-inch color display as well as an HDMI-out for enjoying movies on a big-screen HDTV. It also offers 8 GB of memory and an SD expansion slot for storing all your favorite media content. The tablet runs on the Android operating system and features built-in Wi-Fi capability. It also includes Pure Android Audio for easy management of paired wireless audio devices.
Creative ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet
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Pure Android Audio for Exceptional Wireless Playback
Ideal for streaming music, watching movies, and playing video games, the ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet lets you experience wireless audio playback with the help of Pure Android Audio. Simply touch the onscreen Pure Android Audio icon to manage paired audio devices and wireless-connectivity settings. The suite of applications makes it easy to choose a wireless speaker system or headphones and begin streaming lossless audio.
X-Fi Technology Restores Audio Detail
Pure Android Audio incorporates Creative's X-Fi technology, which enhances your digital audio content and brings games and movie soundtracks to life with immersive surround sound. X-Fi Crystalizer restores detail that is often lost in compressed audio files, such as MP3s. X-Fi Expand improves the depth of field for especially immersive audio when gaming or watching movies.
Like all Creative products, each ZiiO Tablet is subjected to a rigorous series of in-house critical-listening tests against high audio benchmarks.
Bluetooth Wireless Technology with apt-X Codec
Utilizing Bluetooth 2.1 wireless technology, the ZiiO Tablet offers seamless Bluetooth pairing, so you can stream high-fidelity stereo wirelessly to compatible stereo Bluetooth speakers and earphones. And, as the world's first apt-X-enabled touch-screen tablet, the ZiiO allows you to transmit your audio content to apt-X-enabled Bluetooth speakers and headphones.
Enjoy Movies, E-mail, Internet, Apps, and More
Besides delivering wireless audio, the ZiiO Tablet lets you connect to the Internet, send emails, watch movies, and more. It runs on the Android 2.1 operating system, enabling you to easily install any of thousands of applications from the Internet.
Access the largest selection of the most popular books with Kindle for Android and a paid app for free every day in the Amazon Appstore --- both pre-installed on ZiiO.
7-Inch Touch-Screen for Vivid Web-Browsing
The tablet's 7-inch color screen (480 x 800 pixels) offers a sharp display for viewing movies, video clips, and photos, as well as web-browsing. To see video on a larger screen, simply connect the tablet via the HDMI port for HD resolutions of up to 720p (HDMI cable sold separately).
Processing Power and Built-In Features
ZiiO tablets utilize Creative's in-house ZMS-08 processor, which is engineered to deliver the high-performance, media-rich processing required of next-generation devices.
Equipped with 8 GB of RAM, the ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet also contains a number of built-in features, including a front-facing camera, a microphone, a stereo speaker, an accelerometer, high-definition video out, Wi-Fi capability, and a microSD card slot for up to 32 GB of additional memory.
The tablet is compatible with PCs that run Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
Compact, Lightweight, and Portable
The ZiiO measures a compact 8.2 by 5.2 by 0.5 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 14.1 ounces, so it easily slips inside a bag or briefcase. It offers 25 hours of audio playtime and five hours of video playtime on a single charge.
The ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet comes with a stylus, USB cable, and universal power adapter, and is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty.
Protect Your Tablet with Optional Accessories
Also available from Creative is the ZiiO 7-Inch Tablet Screen Protector (sold separately), which helps keep the tablet's screen free of dust and fingerprints while preventing glare. Additionally, the black ZiiO 7-Inch Leather Protective Case (sold separately) provides easy access to all interfaces and buttons, and also doubles as a desktop stand.
What's in the Box
ZiiO 7-Inch Wireless Entertainment Tablet, universal power adapter, stylus, USB cable, and bundled software (includes ZiiMusic player, ZiiVideo player, ZiiPhoto viewer, ZiiExplorer, and Pure Android Audio application with status control bar).
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Customer Reviews
First up - I've been looking for a tablet to watch my movies without bringing my Macbook along. I'm a real TV/Movie buff, and i have tonnes to catch up on. That's a huge reason why i didn't want to get the iPad; It's expensive, required tiresome video conversion, and i thought it was too heavy after playing with it in the stores.
The Good:
- Supported movie formats are more than what i need: Most of mine are in the usual .avi formats, and i used to spend about 6 minutes on each episode using Mac's iSquint to convert them into accepted .mp4 formats. With this tablet, all i need to do is to just drag and drop it. Everything just works and plays great.
- MicroSD Card Slot: I have a 32GB MicroSD to go along with the 8GB Zii O. It's really convenient because 32GB can hold alot of videos and music, and the tablet allows direct playback from the microSD. You don't need to copy it to the on-board memory in order for it to work.
- Apps: Here's a key point - You'll need to go into Settings > Apps to allow installation for non-Android Market Applications. It wasn't enabled by default. Once you enable this, just google around for Android installation files (.apk) and you'll be able to install stuff smoothly. So far, i've installed Evernote and Kindle; Everything syncs and works perfectly.
Some of you may have concerns about there not being support for the Android Marketplace. It wasn't that big of a deal for me because a friend pointed me to getjar.com, and there was a whole lot of .apk files to download. Just use the Zii O browser to access the site, download, and they'll prompt you for installation. No need to use your computer at all. (If getjar prompts you to select your device, just select any mobile device. It'll work fine.)
- This may be controversial, but i like the resistive screen. It's not fancy like those capacitive touch, but it works with my gloves on, and even better with the provided stylus, so i'm happy about it.
- Other stuff i like: Audio quality is really good. HDMI TV-Out to my 42-inch screen works, though the video looks a little pixelated, something to blame on my original source file.
Things Which Can Be Improved:
- No Android Marketplace integration. (A small issue, but solvable through my above-mentioned point)
- A little stingy on the package contents; I appreciate the stylus, but would have been nice to include a pair of earphones, or even the TV Out cable.
- There are 4 touch-buttons at the bottom for easy access to "Home", "Back" etc buttons. They should be backlit so that i can see more clearly in the dark.
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I hope i've provided everyone with an objective pro/cons list. Personally, i like it, and i think it's great for anyone who's looking for a low-cost tablet which just works.
Pros
- My media files do not need to be processed by iTunes, I can just drag and drop to the ZiiO after it was recognized by my PC as a USB drive.
- I can play all the video files I loaded to it, even up to 1080p trailers, play it back on the HDMI on my large LCD TV and it looks great.
- The player is much lighter than the iPad.
- The micro SD card slot is very convenient, after loading it with media from my PC, pop it in and had no problem browsing through the files.
Cons
- Resistive touch. I got used to it, it was not that bad.
- Display is not as good as iPad. But then given that the unit is about half of what an iPad sells for, it is very usable.
- Android 2.1 only, I expect they will offer an upgrade to Android 2.2 in the future.
Ran the Quadrant benchmark and got a score of 2037! That is more than the Moto Droid X 2.2+.
I was able to run Kindle and download books on it. No problem with Maps and Street View either.
I am a happy camper!
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Updated: April 8, 2011
I upgraded my ZiiO to the latest firmware release(Froyo) and I am still a happy camper as it supports Flash now. I hope they will release an accelerated Flash plug in soon then it will be awesome for the value of this tablet!
Oh, I just bought an iPAD2, still frustrated that there is no Flash support. Probably will return it or put in on eBay as it is not such a big improvement over the first gen iPAD.
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Updated: Sept 22, 2011
Looks like Creative finally posted a new firmware (2.00.14) and the accelerated Flash Player to go with it. I upgraded it and it works fine.
I bought mine 9 months ago. I was a lot more interested in the music than anything else. Read more
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