Creative's Zen Touch 2 gets an Upgrade to Android 2.2!

It didn't take them long.  Creative appears to be serious about the android tablet market.  Their 7" and 10" Ziio tablets have recently received update to android 2.2.  It came with additional features that make them better values than they were when first releases.  The Touch 2 is a pocket player.  It comes in three versions.  I reviewed the one with GPS a few weeks ago.

Enhancements:

• Upgrades the OS from Android 2.1 (Eclair) to Android 2.2 (Froyo).
• Adds the Audible application (for selected regions only).

So how much is the UI improved?  

• No apparent improvements to the Music app. No EQ to be found.
• The Power Widget is buggy.  After three reboots it "almost" works right again.             
• Powered down while plugged into USB shows a nice battery status display with backlight dimmed.
• 5 Home pages now, an improvement over the three available in the last version of the firmware.
• On-screen dots to indicate the current page as well as allow a tap to move to other pages.  
• The BestTube (YouTube) app runs but crashes trying to preview videos and freezes trying to download videos.

As I come across any new or broken features I'll add them here. Leave a comment if you have one. Not sure if anyone but me has bothered.

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