diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java b/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
index 78780ab31b..ab0c8d3746 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
@@ -95,6 +95,77 @@ public static <T> Observable<T> create(OnSubscribe<T> f) {
         return new Observable<T>(hook.onCreate(f));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an Observable that respects the back-pressure semantics. When the returned Observable is 
+     * subscribed to it will initiate the given {@link SyncOnSubscribe}'s life cycle for 
+     * generating events. 
+     * 
+     * <p><b>Note:</b> the {@code SyncOnSubscribe} provides a generic way to fulfill data by iterating 
+     * over a (potentially stateful) function (e.g. reading data off of a channel, a parser, ). If your 
+     * data comes directly from an asyrchronous/potentially concurrent source then consider using the 
+     * {@link Observable#create(AsyncOnSubscribe) asynchronous overload}.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * <img width="640" height="200" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/create-sync.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * See <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=205219">Rx Design Guidelines (PDF)</a> for detailed
+     * information.
+     * <dl>
+     *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
+     *  <dd>{@code create} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
+     * </dl>
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     *            the type of the items that this Observable emits
+     * @param syncOnSubscribe
+     *            an implementation of {@link SyncOnSubscribe}. There are many static creation methods 
+     *            on the class for convenience.  
+     * @return an Observable that, when a {@link Subscriber} subscribes to it, will execute the specified
+     *         function
+     * @see {@link SyncOnSubscribe} {@code static create*} methods
+     * @see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/create.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Create</a>
+     * @since (if this graduates from Experimental/Beta to supported, replace this parenthetical with the release number)
+     */
+    @Experimental
+    public static <S, T> Observable<T> create(SyncOnSubscribe<S, T> syncOnSubscribe) {
+        return new Observable<T>(hook.onCreate(syncOnSubscribe));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an Observable that respects the back-pressure semantics. When the returned Observable is 
+     * subscribed to it will initiate the given {@link AsyncOnSubscribe}'s life cycle for 
+     * generating events. 
+     * 
+     * <p><b>Note:</b> the {@code AsyncOnSubscribe} is useful for observable sources of data that are 
+     * necessarily asynchronous (RPC, external services, etc). Typically most use cases can be solved 
+     * with the {@link Observable#create(SyncOnSubscribe) synchronous overload}.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * <img width="640" height="200" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/create-async.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * See <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=205219">Rx Design Guidelines (PDF)</a> for detailed
+     * information.
+     * <dl>
+     *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
+     *  <dd>{@code create} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
+     * </dl>
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     *            the type of the items that this Observable emits
+     * @param asyncOnSubscribe
+     *            an implementation of {@link AsyncOnSubscribe}. There are many static creation methods 
+     *            on the class for convenience. 
+     * @return an Observable that, when a {@link Subscriber} subscribes to it, will execute the specified
+     *         function
+     * @see {@link AsyncOnSubscribe AsyncOnSubscribe} {@code static create*} methods
+     * @see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/create.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Create</a>
+     * @since (if this graduates from Experimental/Beta to supported, replace this parenthetical with the release number)
+     */
+    @Experimental
+    public static <S, T> Observable<T> create(AsyncOnSubscribe<S, T> asyncOnSubscribe) {
+        return new Observable<T>(hook.onCreate(asyncOnSubscribe));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Invoked when Observable.subscribe is called.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribe.java b/src/main/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribe.java
index d95dc82b9d..24de19c149 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribe.java
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ protected void onUnsubscribe(S state) {
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data in a protocol compatible with back-pressure.
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data in a protocol compatible with back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> AsyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             final Action3<? super S, Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next) {
         Func3<S, Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, S> nextFunc = 
                 new Func3<S, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, S>() {
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ public S call(S state, Long requested, Observer<Observable<? extends T>> subscri
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> AsyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             final Action3<? super S, Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next, 
             final Action1<? super S> onUnsubscribe) {
         Func3<S, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, S> nextFunc = 
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ public S call(S state, Long requested, Observer<Observable<? extends T>> subscri
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> AsyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             Func3<? super S, Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, ? extends S> next, 
             Action1<? super S> onUnsubscribe) {
         return new AsyncOnSubscribeImpl<S, T>(generator, next, onUnsubscribe);
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator,
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> AsyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             Func3<? super S, Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, ? extends S> next) {
         return new AsyncOnSubscribeImpl<S, T>(generator, next);
     }
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator,
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateless(final Action2<Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next) {
+    public static <T> AsyncOnSubscribe<Void, T> createStateless(final Action2<Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next) {
         Func3<Void, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, Void> nextFunc = 
                 new Func3<Void, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, Void>() {
                     @Override
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ public Void call(Void state, Long requested, Observer<Observable<? extends T>> s
      *            {@link #next(Object, long, Observer) next(S, long, Observer)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return an AsyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateless(final Action2<Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next, 
+    public static <T> AsyncOnSubscribe<Void, T> createStateless(final Action2<Long, ? super Observer<Observable<? extends T>>> next, 
             final Action0 onUnsubscribe) {
         Func3<Void, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, Void> nextFunc = 
                 new Func3<Void, Long, Observer<Observable<? extends T>>, Void>() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/observables/SyncOnSubscribe.java b/src/main/java/rx/observables/SyncOnSubscribe.java
index f8cda8dde0..910a5acddb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/observables/SyncOnSubscribe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/observables/SyncOnSubscribe.java
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ protected void onUnsubscribe(S state) {
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see {@link #next(Object, Subscriber)
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data in a protocol compatible with back-pressure.
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data in a protocol compatible with back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> SyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             final Action2<? super S, ? super Observer<? super T>> next) {
         Func2<S, ? super Observer<? super T>, S> nextFunc = new Func2<S, Observer<? super T>, S>() {
             @Override
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ public S call(S state, Observer<? super T> subscriber) {
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> SyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createSingleState(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             final Action2<? super S, ? super Observer<? super T>> next, 
             final Action1<? super S> onUnsubscribe) {
         Func2<S, Observer<? super T>, S> nextFunc = new Func2<S, Observer<? super T>, S>() {
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@ public S call(S state, Observer<? super T> subscriber) {
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> SyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             Func2<? super S, ? super Observer<? super T>, ? extends S> next, 
             Action1<? super S> onUnsubscribe) {
         return new SyncOnSubscribeImpl<S, T>(generator, next, onUnsubscribe);
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator,
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see {@link #next(Object, Subscriber)
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
+    public static <S, T> SyncOnSubscribe<S, T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator, 
             Func2<? super S, ? super Observer<? super T>, ? extends S> next) {
         return new SyncOnSubscribeImpl<S, T>(generator, next);
     }
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ public static <S, T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateful(Func0<? extends S> generator,
      * @param next
      *            produces data to the downstream subscriber (see {@link #next(Object, Subscriber)
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateless(final Action1<? super Observer<? super T>> next) {
+    public static <T> SyncOnSubscribe<Void, T> createStateless(final Action1<? super Observer<? super T>> next) {
         Func2<Void, Observer<? super T>, Void> nextFunc = new Func2<Void, Observer<? super T>, Void>() {
             @Override
             public Void call(Void state, Observer<? super T> subscriber) {
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ public Void call(Void state, Observer<? super T> subscriber) {
      *            next(S, Subscriber)})
      * @param onUnsubscribe
      *            clean up behavior (see {@link #onUnsubscribe(Object) onUnsubscribe(S)})
-     * @return an OnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
+     * @return a SyncOnSubscribe that emits data downstream in a protocol compatible with
      *         back-pressure.
      */
     @Experimental
-    public static <T> OnSubscribe<T> createStateless(final Action1<? super Observer<? super T>> next, 
+    public static <T> SyncOnSubscribe<Void, T> createStateless(final Action1<? super Observer<? super T>> next, 
             final Action0 onUnsubscribe) {
         Func2<Void, Observer<? super T>, Void> nextFunc = new Func2<Void, Observer<? super T>, Void>() {
             @Override