Tag archive: Sim Wong Hoo

Based on Creative's X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio platform, the Creative Xmod improves the music quality playback for MP3, WMA, iTunes or AAC songs to beyond the origial CD quality the company reported. So what exactly is the Xmod? It's a small device that connects between your speakers, headphones and either the PC, Mac, or any MP3 player and works by upconverting the audio to a 24-bit surround audio rate. The Creative Xmod… Read More

Fresh off its settlement with Apple Computer, Creative has announced is much-rumored Zen Vison W portable media player, sporting a 4.3-inch 16:9 widescreen portable media player, with a 30 GB capacity and oodles and video, image, and music playback capability. The problem: for now, at least, the unit will only be available in Singapore, and there's no word when it may reach North American shores. "We designed the Creative Zen… Read More

In a surprising development, Apple Computer has agreed to settle ongoing patent battle with Creative Technology for $100 million, putting an end the so-called “iPod patent” dispute between the two companies. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple has agreed to pay Creative $100 million for a paid-in-full license to use Creative's “Zen” patent in all Apple products, including the iPod. Apple can recoup a… Read More

Creative Technology yesterday announced a dual-function device which integrates a standard keyboard with a PC-MIDI keyboard. The new Prodikeys PC-MIDI is priced at $39 and should be available this month. The Prodikeys PC-MIDI, which is USB compatible, features multimedia keyboard functions such as customizable

There's a hot new portable video player out from Creative today. The Zen Vision, priced at $399.99, is available for pre-order at Creative's website. The Zen Vision, said Creative, features a 30GB hard drive and comes in white or black. It offers up a 3.7" high-resolution color LCD for photo viewing and video playback. Among the many features the Zen Vision offers, the list includes MP3 and WMA/WMA-DRM audio file playback,… Read More

“”This was our second consecutive quarter of selling two million MP3 players, an achievement that further positions us as an industry leader in the explosive MP3 market,” Sim Wong Hoo, Creative's CEO said in prepared remarks. Hoo said that his company will continue to aggressively price its players, but warned that it would move profit margins lower in the short-term. Craig McHugh, president of Creative conceded… Read More

Microsoft Corp. today announced that the first Windows Mobile (TM) -based Portable Media Centers from Creative Labs Inc. will be available to the public tomorrow at Best Buy and Creative.com and inthe coming weeks from Amazon.com Inc., CompUSA Inc., Fry's Electronics, Good Guys Inc. and other electronics retailers nationwide. Portable Media Centers from Samsung Electronics and iRiverInternational will be available later this fall.… Read More

With the amazing capacity to store 16,000 songs, the NOMAD Jukebox Zen with 60GB fits easily in a pocket and can carry a huge library of music anywhere with generous disk space remaining for data storage. The NOMAD Jukebox Zen with 60GB will be available in May for only US$399.99. “Since we launched the original NOMAD Jukebox Zen with 20GB last December, it has rapidly grown in popularity and demand,” said Sim Wong Hoo, founder… Read More