Creative MediaBook ereader (& more?)

Tell me if this sounds familiar. A full color tablet device that displays text, photos, audio, video, and surfs the Internet, all with a touchscreen interface. Creative is touting this just-announced device as the company’s entry into the ebook reader market, but it sounds to me more like a direct competitor to Apple’s long-awaited iPad.

Creative calls it the MediaBook, and though what details we have are low on specs, we know that it has an SD card for storage, and it runs on Creative’s “Zii” technology (which sounds an accessory for Nintendo’s Wii, but in reality is a subsidiary technology …read more