{"id":87324,"date":"1999-12-31T00:23:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/tabs-on-cheap-299-10-creative-ziio-android-8gb-audio-hub\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:23:00","slug":"tabs-on-cheap-299-10-creative-ziio-android-8gb-audio-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tabs-on-cheap-299-10-creative-ziio-android-8gb-audio-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabs-On-Cheap: $299 10&#8243; Creative ZiiO Android 8GB Audio Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZiiO: Creative&#8217;s new audio Android tab is going cheap.<\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">The 10&#8243; ZiiO &#8220;pure android audio&#8221; touch slate on Froyo 2.2 is a music lovers dream bringing high end sound to all multimedia with X-Fi &nbsp;technology, Bluetooth and apt-X capabilities to create &#8220;breathtakingly&#8221; realistic sound.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">Stream movies, high-fidelity tunes and listen to games music at the touch of a button via wireless Bluetooth technology and X-Fi Crystalizer and Expand for crisper sound. ZiiO&#8217;s apt-X codec and lossless audio format support also brings &#8220;seamless, high-quality experience.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">And connect it to speakers creates a pure wireless entertainment hub says its Singapore based maker.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">The tab also allows viewing of content in HD on a 1024&#215;600 res screen and also features HDMI out, allowing connections to HDTV to stream movies and images to the big screen, SD card for gamers and supports Wireless LAN for web browsing and access to mobile hotspots.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">And the 10&#8243;&nbsp;<\/font>ZiiO&nbsp;has just had it price slashed from $369 to $299 for the 8GB model while the 16GB is only $30 more at $329 &#8211; 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