The Creative Ziio 7 is one of just a few big-name tablets to arrive ahead of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread and 3.0 Honeycomb waves of devices set to square up to the iPad 2 later this year. This tablet runs the Android 2.1 operating system, but retailing for around £199 it significantly undercuts the £329 clearance price for the first-gen iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The Creative ZiiO 7 is a device that seems to be trying too hard to be a jack of all trades — and unfortunately ends up being merely mediocre at all of them.

Testergebnis: "befriedigend" (3,18); Preisurteil: "günstig

Bei Tablets ist das iPad natürlich die Referenz und so muss sich das ZiiO mit dem Apple-Gerät vergleichen lassen. Mit seinem 7-Zoll-Display (480 x 800 Pixel) ist das ZiiO deutlich kleiner und leichter als das iPad. Es misst 20,7 x 13,3 x 1,4 Zentimeter und wiegt 415 Gramm, während es das iPad mit seinem 9,7-Zoll-Display (1024 x 768 Pixel) auf 24,3 x 18,9 x 1,3 Zentimeter und ein Gewicht von rund 700 Gramm bringt. ...

The offer of available tablet computers is becoming continually vaster. In the meanwhile, tablets below a price of 300 euros are on the market. Creative is also among them with a few models in the tablet division. Creative calls this division "Entertainment Tablets", which already indicates what these models from Creative have been made for. The ZiiO family currently consists of two models, a 10 inch model and a 7 inch model. Both models are available with a memory capacity of 8 GB and 16 GB. We have taken a closer look at the 7 inch model, Creative ZiiO 7", in this review. ...

7 Zoll Entertainer. Creative bringt mit der ZiiO Reihe Unterhaltungs-Tablets für kleines Geld. Trotz günstigem Preis sollen sich die Tablets für die Wiedergabe von HD Medien eignen, immerhin arbeitet in den kleinen Geräten eine 1 GHz CPU.

Media players used to just play music, and in general they worked just fine. Then they added video and things continued without much ado. But now the temptation to base a media player on the Android operating system is proving irresistible. The trouble is, unless it's done properly, that can cause more problems than it solves...

We’re at a junction in Android tablets, with last year’s announcements coming to market, just we we’re getting excited about the next influx of tablets. The Creative ZiiO 7 is a little late to the party, typical of the types of device we saw towards the end of 2010, offering basic Android functionality in a medium-sized device, but for a tempting price. ...

The Creative ZiiO does things a little differently to most. A 7in Android 2.1 tablet from a manufacturer with plenty of media expertise, it boasts enhanced audio features and a price of only £200 inc VAT. In the current tablet deluge, we could be looking at a real bargain...