Ignore the Weird Name, Play the Zii Egg Game
Zii LABS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd. announced the launch of Zii Egg, a handheld stem cell computer that runs on a platform called Plaszma. Of course the fact that Plaszma is open source lets the ever growing community of developers worldwide to get their creative juices churning providing them a new medium to build applications on.
Positioned to take on Apple’s iPod touch, this portable audio video handheld device, can also run on Android and comes with a price tag of $199. Its hardware has no doubt been built to impress with front and rear facing cameras, HD playback, 1080p video output, OpenGL ES support, X-Fi audio processing, 32GB of built-in memory and a full SD slot.
Full features and specifications include:
- Capacitive 10-point multi-gesture touch display
- 3.5” 320 x 480 true-color display
- X-Fi audio processing
- Up to 32GB Internal Flash Storage
- 32MB NOR Flash (Linux kernel Boot ROM)
- 256MB Mobile DDR RAM
- Supports 720p and 1080p HDTVs via HD cable
- Composite video-out
- Dual cameras for High Definition photos and movie capture
- Forward facing VGA camera
- Rear facing HD camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Hardware GPS receiver
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- SDHC slot (supports up to 32GB of external SDHC Card)
- USB 2.0 Mini-B (MTP and Charging)
- Universal Docking connector (USB, Audio)
- Headphone socket, built-in speaker and microphone
- Supports Plaszma OS and Zii Optimized Android
- Light weight: 108g
