The new Creative ZEN Stone Plus is a featherweight 2GB MP3 player with a rich selection of features, including FM radio, a clock and stopwatch, voice recording. Like the Creative ZEN Stone, the Creative ZEN Stone Plus comes in six high-gloss colours: black, white, red, blue, pink and green, and features a smooth contoured design. The player comes with a built-in battery which provides power for up to 9.5 hours of music playback from a single charge. You can also use the Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone portable speaker system with your new ZEN Stone Plus if you are on the go. The Creative ZEN Stone Plus MP3 player is available in Singapore at a suggested retail price of USD $99.00. The black, white and pink players will be available from 22 June 2007 onwards. The red, blue and green players will be made available soon.

Creative has released new drivers that provide Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic/XtremeGamer, X-Fi Platinum, X-Fi Fatal1ty and X-Fi Elite Pro series of audio devices. Click here for the full list of fixed issues.

Download: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.15.0002 (51.09 MB)

SINGAPORE - May 3, 2007 - Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today introduced the Creative ZEN Stone, the tiny, featherweight 1GB MP3 player priced at only S$69.00, available by May 4.The Creative ZEN Stone features a smooth contoured design, so it feels naturally comfortable in your hand. It is so light that at first, you might not believe it is an MP3 player. The Creative ZEN Stone allows you to rock in color; pick your favorites from black, white, red, blue, pink and green, to fit any mood or fashion.

Creative Technology Ltd., today introduced the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF webcam, the world's first webcam to offer auto focus technology and a true 2.0 megapixel CMOS sensor. Finished in glossy black, with a new multi-element Precision Lens, Creative Live! Cam Optia AF raises the bar and sets a new industry benchmark for webcam video quality.

Auzentech Inc., developer of the world's first Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect PCI sound card, announced two days ago a new sound card series based on the Creative X-FI chipset. The Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1 is scheduled for release near the end of May 2007. It will fully support EAX 5.0 and have the same expandability as the Auzen X-Meridian 7.1. Support for Dolby Digital Live real time encoding for Vista is scheduled for Q4 of this year. The Auzen X-Fi Prelude marks the first time Creative has permitted a third-party soundcard vendor to use the Creative X-FI chipset in its own soundcard design. "We're excited to provide Auzentech with our award-winning X-Fi audio chipset and technology to provide an outstanding audio experience for Auzentech's customers," said Steve Erickson, VP of audio for Creative. I'd like to thank our forum members for this story.

SINGAPORE - April 11, 2007 - Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced a new lineup of state-of-the-art docking speakers for iPod players with the Creative X-Fi Sound System i600, Creative PlayDock i500 and Creative TravelSound i docking speakers. Combining elegant designs with exhilarating acoustic performance, these audio solutions allow users to get seriously creative about entertainment and unleash the fullest potential of their iPod players.

Incorporating the critically-acclaimed X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technology that restores all the vitality, definition and bass of MP3 music to the X-Fi standard, the Creative X-Fi Sound System i600 features a powerful 2.1 docking speaker system and uncompromising X-Fi audio quality that is sure to impress any music enthusiasts. The multi-purpose Creative PlayDock i500 and Creative TravelSound i docking speakers will instantly transform iPod players into vibrant entertainment hubs in homes or outdoor environments.

Stylish and Versatile Home Studio Monitoring Headphones For Pure Music Enjoyment

SINGAPORE - 4 April, 2007 -- Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced the Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones. Sophistically designed with brushed metal and diamond-cut finishing, these powerful headphones offer precise audio reproduction for discerning music listeners, DJ mixes and home studio monitoring use. Built for ultra-comfort using high-grade acoustic components, the Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones are ideal companion products for any MP3 or portable media players with a regular headphone jack. It also perfectly complements Creative's latest range of X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio systems, offering a truly remarkable listening experience.

Creative Technology, presented today the latest addition to its Fatal1ty gaming series - the Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset. This gaming headset has two large 40mm Neodymium drivers (frequency response: 20Hz~20kHz - 110dB/mW) with plush velvet padding, a flexible and detachable noise-cancelling microphone and in-line volume control, to control the sound level or mute the microphone. The Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset uses high-purity Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) wires and gold-plated plugs for maximum conductivity. Creative recommends using the Fatal1ty headset with the X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series sound card which allows users to enjoy superior audio performance and the most realistic, intense sound effects in all their games. The Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset is now available in retail stores in Singapore at a suggested retail price of $79.00. For more information, please visit www.creative.com.

Creative's X-Fi series of sound cards, despite their flaws and criticisms, are among the best available to normal consumers. Creative is now making a new version of the card for laptops, which will utilise the Express Card interface (the updated PCMCIA). This card offer great sound for anyone using a laptop, and is set to replace Creative's Audigy 2 ZS, although there are no real specs for it yet, just a few pictures.

Creative releases final Windows Vista drivers

There has been a lot of turmoil around Creative and Vista support for the company's soundcards. There have been Beta drivers available for some time and the firm has released the final 32-bit and 64-bit Vista drivers yesterday. The drivers can be downloaded from the company website here.

Creative has responded to the Inquirer reguarding their article on Creatives Lack of vista support. Story can be seen here. The creative PR responded "We have been working on the Vista project for quite some time, having released beta drivers late last year for the beta community and endeavored to keep our customers up to date regularly via our Vista update site and forum feedback."

For those who wish to have a timeline for the release of more polished creative drivers here are a few dates to look for. March 5th, and March 8th. On March 5th Creative targets delivery of the Audigy series drivers, this is suprising to many seeing that the X-Fi series is newer than the Audigy Series and is being released at a later date.

Throughout the beta testing of Vista creative has had well beta drivers. For some they work fine, but for others they cause large issues. The problem with Vista we are now begining to see is not actually Vista, but we see the problems with key drivers that are essential to the use and functionality of a machine. This also leaves us to question Vista itself, Why are so many companies slow to produce Vista drivers? Back to Creative, Creative still lacks a non-beta Vista driver, while this dosen't leave anyone in the dark it does leave them with handicapped functionality.

Many have been wauting for card manufacturers to make good use of the PCIe x1 or x4 slots available on modern mainboards - especially with the number of traditional PCI slots diminishing rapidly. Creative will be offering the X-Fi as a PCIe x1 variant for $129 Dollars. The PCB is kept in blue which goes against the usual black color of PCI based X-Fi cards. The card carries one relatively small X-Fi chip, an unknown audio codec, the lack of onboard memory buffer, relatively small number of capacitors, the absence of MIDI port and the presence of S/P DIF connectors and five analog connectors to attack 7.1-channel audio system.

Creative announced the availabilty of it's latest bluetooth headset. The SE2300 works by plugging into any 3.5mm headphone jack. It then beams the received signal to the actual headphones using bluetooth technology. The headphones come with rechargeable batteries that offer 8 hours of continuous playback, and will retail for $100 (£51/€77) very soon.

Creative, today introduced the Creative Xdock Wireless, which docks an iPod and plays music in Xtreme Fidelity - music beyond CD quality - via Creative X-Fi Wireless Receivers in any room in the home. The Creative Xdock Wireless also connects directly to a powered speaker system or home theater system to play video, photos and music in DTS surround-sound. The Creative Xdock Wireless is designed to work seamlessly with the iPod and has been certified by Apple under the Made for iPod programme.

Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced the Creative Wireless Headphones SE2300. For added convenience, the Creative Wireless Headphones SE2300 features a cool lightweight design, user-friendly controls and advanced Bluetooth technology. The trendy Creative Wireless Headphones SE2300 is great for MP3 music on the go, as it is designed for maximum flexibility and portability. With a lightweight clip-on design, users are given a greater sense of style and comfort without the hassle of a headband.