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New from Creative - the Cutting-Edge X-Fi Technology

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Creative today launched a collection of Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity enabled products for the home at the "X-Fi Your Home" press event.

X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity is the new audio standard from Creative that is designed to dramatically enhance any music or audio. It features the X-Fi Crystalizer that restores the detail and vibrance to compressed music and movies and the X-Fi CMSS-3D that expands stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Taking the X-Fi technology to a new level, Creative shows how the collection of X-Fi products may be integrated into the home setting and in every lifestyle. From the living room to the study room to the bedroom, users can now enjoy great sound quality with Creative's award-winning X-Fi technology.

You can also watch favourite movies through the iPod or ZEN Vision:M with the Creative X-Fi Sound System i600 or Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 in the living room and enjoy the experience in surround sound.

You can also dock the iPod onto the Xdock or connect a MP3 player to the Xmod Wireless and stream favourite music in Xtreme Fidelity wirelessly in different rooms through the X-Fi Wireless Receivers.

As part of the collection, the 2 new iPod docking products, the Creative Xdock and Creative X-Fi Sound System i600, are set to tap the full potential of iPod by bringing the X-Fi experience to iPod users. Together with other audio products, users are able to transform the iPod into an entertainment centre for their home with Creative's Audio Essentials for iPod.

The "X-Fi Your Home" press event showcases the new Creative Xdock and Creative X-Fi Wireless Receiver, making their first appearance since their announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January this year. Also premiering at the event are the Creative X-Fi Sound System i600 and Creative Xmod Wireless. The collection also includes the Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 and Creative Xmod.

Creative Xdock - X-Fi Dock for iPod with Wireless Streaming

The Creative Xdock is more than just a dock for the iPod. It lets users play music in the iPod in X-Fi sound quality. Add the Creative X-Fi Wireless Receiver that can be purchased separately, users can enjoy the music anywhere, up to four receivers, in the home wirelessly. Connect any external audio players to the Creative Xdock and users can enjoy the music wirelessly in Xtreme Fidelity. Featuring video output and DTS interactive, iPod users can enjoy their movies on the LCD TV with 5.1 surround sound by connecting to an external DTS receiver.

Creative X-Fi Sound System i600

The stylish Creative X-Fi Sound System i600 is integrated with the award-winning X-Fi technology and allows users to dock, charge and playback music content in their iPod player simultaneously.

Creative Xmod Wireless

Based on its predecessor, the Creative Xmod, the Creative Xmod Wireless can be connected to the computer or an external audio player while the Creative X-Fi Wireless Receiver placed strategically in any room in the home let users indulge in hours of non-stop music no matter where they are.

The new Creative collection of X-Fi products will be available at the following prices:

The Creative Xdock will be available for S$329.00.
The Creative X-Fi Wireless Receiver will be available for S$159.00.
The Creative X-Fi Sound System i600 will be available for S$599.00.
The Creative Xmod Wireless will be available for S$369.00.

The above products will be available for sale in May 2007.

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Apple to pay 100 million to Creative Technology

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Apple & Creative Announce Broad Settlement Ending Legal Disputes Between the Companies

Apple and Creative Technology, Ltd. today announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies.

Apple will pay Creative $100 million for a paid-up license to use Creative's recently awarded patent in all Apple products. Apple can recoup a portion of its payment if Creative is successful in licensing this patent to others. In addition, the companies announced that Creative has joined Apple's "Made for iPod" program and will be announcing their own iPod accessory products later this year.

"Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "This settlement resolves all of our differences with Creative, including the five lawsuits currently pending between the companies, and removes the uncertainty and distraction of prolonged litigation."

“We're very pleased to have reached an amicable settlement with Apple and to have opened up significant new opportunities for Creative,” said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative. “Apple has built a huge ecosystem for its iPod and with our upcoming participation in the Made for iPod program we are very excited about this new market opportunity for our speaker systems, our just-introduced line of earphones and headphones, and our future family of X-Fi™ audio enhancement products. We expect that the one-time licensing payment of $100 million will contribute approximately $.85 of earnings per share to our current quarter, ending September 30, 2006."

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Creative DiVi CAM 516 Review

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0000

Creative, has launched DiVi CAM 516, a stylish mini digital camcorder which offers video recording in the latest MPEG-4 format and video playback on TV in addition to a 5.1 Megapixel digital camera, MP3 player, voice recorder and webcam.

The cam can record high quality videos in VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolutions up to a maximum of 30 frames per second. So with this digital device you can play your captured moments on any TV for you to cherish your fond memories with family and friends.

With the new 5.1 Megapixel sensor, you can capture high resolution images that are fine in details and vibrant in colours. It can even capture images up to 12.0 Megapixel interpolated resolution. For the amateur photographers, the cam provides the necessary ease-of-use and shooting modes such as as Normal and Macro and a 4X digital zoom.

If that wasn’t enough, hold your breath because you are sure to be thrilled by its array of features. In addition to digital video recording, it also functions as a MP3 player, voice recorder and even a webcam. Apart from enjoying digital music on the move, Creative DiVi CAM 516 can be used to record lectures, meetings or seminars. Creative is Kind and smart enough to provide the camcorder with a USB port so as to enable the users to share their media content. The cam runs on only 4 AAA batteries and has 32MB of internal memory which can be upgraded using its SD slot. Users can make room for their digital content up to 1 Gb using the SD memory cards.

The camcorder is sleek enough to easily fit in your palm and its stunning looks are complimented by the stylish color options of Black, Silver and Light Blue. Creative DiVi CAM 516 is available at the COMEX 2006 in Singapore from 31 August 2006 at the suggested retail price of $ 156

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