Creative Zii Egg

[iPoo]

Sounds good, but damn that looks exactly like an iPhone.

But... is it a PMP or a phone? I mean, it's running Android so a phone is plausible.

[CrowdAds]

[vote_pedro]

As far as I know they have no intentions of making it a phone, but I'm guessing that with the Android OS it wouldn't be too difficult if they wanted to.
This is looking far better than I dared to expect, and I feel I probably should remain skeptical, but the idea of an mp3 player with all those feature which supports drag and drop would be great. Oh and I hope to god this time they make the SD cards useful!

[fuzzypits]

Originally Posted by vote_pedro

As far as I know they have no intentions of making it a phone, but I'm guessing that with the Android OS it wouldn't be too difficult if they wanted to.
This is looking far better than I dared to expect, and I feel I probably should remain skeptical, but the idea of an mp3 player with all those feature which supports drag and drop would be great. Oh and I hope to god this time they make the SD cards useful!

AGH!!! Why do they keep flooding better and better look touch screen DAPS to the market! I don't know which to buy... Although, without SD card integration this won't be a buy for me.

Edit: There's a video of it in the link.

You might wanna check it out.

[vote_pedro]

Originally Posted by fuzzypits

AGH!!! Why do they keep flooding better and better look touch screen DAPS to the market! I don't know which to buy... Although, without SD card integration this won't be a buy for me.

Edit: There's a video of it in the link.

You might wanna check it out.

Thanks, seems it lacks some of the "polish" of the ipod touch and iphone OS but at such an early stage that can be forgiven. I was going to get the Zune 120, then the Zune HD, and now this comes. Why do I have to be so indecisive!

[a_tumiwa]

no FLAC and no WAV...
oh my....
dont hope too much for the sound quality

[vote_pedro]

Something else I'm wondering is, why so much secrecy about the quality of the camera? All they've said so far is that it's "HD" which isn't particularly useful.

[fuzzypits]

Oh, guys you can preorder it now.

The preorder cost of a 32GB one is $399 US. :S

Edit: Nevermind, it's to buy the SDK And the Zii Egg

https://secure.zii.com/Developer/BuySDK.aspx

[vote_pedro]

Is that a developer kit or a consumer version? I can't believe it would be ready for sale already. Maybe my ZVM can finally be laid to rest

Edit: You beat me

[eroarex]

The Zii EGG | Developer Edition, is a sleek, handheld development platform that enables Integrators, Developers and OEMs to create customized applications and devices supporting Linux-based Plaszma OS and Android development. The rich feature set of the energy efficient Zii EGG provides a powerful platform for creating compelling solutions that benefit from its advanced UI capabilities, multi-format audio and video processing, web browsing, OpenGL ES 3D graphics, content streaming and up to 1080p high-definition video output.
Feature Highlights
3.5" 320x480 true-color capacitive 10-point multi-touch display
X-Fi audio processing
Up to 32GB internal NAND Flash
256MB RAM
HDTV support via HD Cable
Composite video In/Out
Forward facing VGA camera
Rear Facing HD camera
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Hardware GPS receiver with antenna
3-axis Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Full size SDHC slot (supports up to 32GB of external SDHC Card)
USB 2.0 Mini-B (MTP and Charging)
Universal Docking connector (HDMI, USB, Audio Line-In/Line-Out, Composite-In/Out, UART)
Headphone socket, built in speaker and microphone
1200mAH rechargeable lithium-ion battery
FCC and CE certification
Supports Linux-based Plaszma OS and Android
115 x 62 x 12 mm
Light weight: 108grams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6It...layer_embedded
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...1&d=1248797687
http://www.ziilabs.com/products/platforms/ziiegg.aspx

[eroarex]

it's official and it's here
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...ad.php?t=45568

[curiouswonderer]

Just saw a video of it on Gizmodo. If it turns out to be everything it claims to be, I think we have a winner here.

What I don't understand is why they had to blatantly rip off the iPod Touch/iPhone.

[eroarex]

well i believe that is an universal design ... simple and efficient, i really like it
and it's cheap too and it dual boots ... can't wait to have one :P

[electron]

man, I wish I hadn't gotten a new player... this totally fits exactly what I want! Can't wait for this to finally come out!!!

[Dreamnine]

I trust they'll have sorted out their SD problem?

[Scarpad]

Who knows it would'nt surprise me if they had'nt alot of companies don't intergrate the card, they figure its for extra memory and seperate.

[kasrhp]

I didnt realize how legit that thing really is. And its running a version of Android? Im very interested to see how this plays out. Creative is trying to get back in the mix.

[eroarex]

Originally Posted by Scarpad

Who knows it would'nt surprise me if they had'nt alot of companies don't intergrate the card, they figure its for extra memory and seperate.

it's still better than nothing
wondering how many mpx will that camera have? and i love the hd playback

[Olley]

Specs look like I was right. The back camera can record HD video up to 1080p. It supports HDMI output too. There's a front VGA quality camera for video chat. They've throws in GPS, accelerometer, and the kitchen sink too!

[Andreas]

Its creative. theyre incapable of making anything but utter crap that will surely fail in some epic way.

[eroarex]

we'll see ...