[RedSky0]

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Creative Zii Egg Officially Announced comment: 5 | Tuesday, July 28 (2009) 10:35PM | Posted by Michael A few weeks ago we reported on an FCC leak of Creative's first touchscreen player called the Zii Egg. Well it's officially hatched, and I must say, it's simply amazing on paper. It's a 3.5" multi-touch touchscreen device capable of outputting video in 1080P. It has Wi-Fi (with full Opera web browser), X-Fi, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, an SDHDC slot, Dual cameras, and so much more. Now get this, it'll cost as low as $199US. Just as impressive is Creative's new software for the device called "Plaszma". It's an open-source OS that appears to be built on OS, and optimized for the Zii chip (ZMS-05). It's being targeted at manufactures as a market ready OS platform to implement on various devices. Zii Egg Specs: • Capacitive 10-point multi-gesture touch display • 3.5” 320x480 true-color display • Up to 32GB internal plus SDHC slot (supports up to 32GB of external SDHC Card) • Supports: MP3, WMA, AAC, WMV, H.264, MPEG-4, AVI, and MOV • X-Fi audio processing • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR • 3-axis Accelerometer • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g • Hardware GPS receiver • 32MB NOR (Linux Kernel Boot ROM) • 256MB Mobile DDR RAM • Supports 720p and 1080p HDTVs via HD cable •Headphone socket, built-in speaker and microphone • Dual cameras - Forward facing HD camera - Rear facing VGA camera • 1200mAH rechargeable lithium-ion • 115 x 62 x 12 mm (108grams)

Click here for a demonstration: YouTube - Zii Plaszmaâ„¢ - The StemCell Computingâ„¢ Platform to Innovate and Profit

I myself am pretty intrigued by this, especially considering it's competitively priced. I just hope Creative take it upon themselves to improve the sound quality on this device, and include a more powerful inbuilt amp as well.

 

[akki007]

That looks pretty nice, if only it was a phone also. I've noticed that all these new touch screen devices seem to have an OS that is a derivative of the iPhone OS. Kudos to my new friends Apple

 

[RedSky0]

Aye, in fact I'd wish they'd consider making a DAP with the added side functionality of being a phone rather than it always being the other way around. Surely if they looked at it that way, it might not be too expensive to integrate. I couldn't care less about unnecessary bloat features, if it can receive calls and send SMSs, it's good enough for me.

 

[a_tumiwa]

no FLAC and no WAV???
i think Creative is not targeting Sound Quality department...

 

[shigzeo]

flac i understand, but wav or some sort of pcm must be supported: very few players advertise support since it is usually a given.

 

[filipelli]

Man what a horrible name for that device.

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

wow....nice machine. I want it.

 

[GLdgShDjKsHT]

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Originally Posted by shigzeo /img/forum/go_quote.gif flac i understand, but wav or some sort of pcm must be supported: very few players advertise support since it is usually a given.

as it boots android i'm pretty sure it'll support flac and gapless pretty soon

anyway it looks great and it's cheap too ... i want 2

 

[Aynjell]

Looks good. I'll subscribe for updates on it as news develops. ^_^

 

[LingLing1337]

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Originally Posted by eroarex /img/forum/go_quote.gif it boots android

I just got like 5 boners.

 

[tstarn06]

Nice. Might want one of these some day. And get rid of all my other DAPs, except the Amp3 and 1GB Clip.

 

[PeterDLai]

I wonder if this will have a true line-out as in the video the guy states: "The docking connector brings out the composite video, line-in, line-out, and your HDTV connection."

 

[tstarn06]

The Creative Zen Vision M did, (I owned one once, wish I had kept it, actually) so not unusual for Creative players.

 

[PeterDLai]

It does seem likely if you look at the specifications on the ZiiLABS website as well:

"Universal Docking connector (HDMI, USB, Audio Line-In/Line-Out, Composite-In/Out, UART)"

 

[charlie0904]

andriod is good. i like. but the format still needs improvement, hopefully good developers can use andriod to do some wonders.

it could be my next portable video player IF it loads fast enough.