Zii EGG
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The Zii EGG is a handheld product platform from Creative Technology
subsidiary ZiiLABS
. According to ZiiLABS, the Zii Egg is designed for OEM sales, meaning that the device is marketed to sell to third parties rather than retail customers where they can modify it and sell it under their own brand rather than Creative or ZiiLABS. Creative is planning to introduce a consumer model, the Creative Zii
. The Egg was announced at the end of July 2009 with ZiiLABS' Plaszma OS platform and support for Google's Android OS. The EGG was shipped from ZiiLABS in the later half of August 2009. The first available firmware with Android was released on November 2, 2009.
According to the Zii website the Zii EGG can be described as follows:
Creative Technology
Creative Technology Ltd. is a Singapore-based global company headquartered in Jurong East, Singapore. The principal activities of the company and its subsidiaries consist of the design, manufacture and distribution of digitized sound and video boards, computers and related multimedia, and personal...
subsidiary ZiiLABS
ZiiLABS
ZiiLABS is a global technology company, whose ZMS media-rich application processors, reference platforms and enabling software are designed to enable OEMs and ODMs to create products that target a range of low-power consumer electronics and embedded markets, including Android based tablets.-...
. According to ZiiLABS, the Zii Egg is designed for OEM sales, meaning that the device is marketed to sell to third parties rather than retail customers where they can modify it and sell it under their own brand rather than Creative or ZiiLABS. Creative is planning to introduce a consumer model, the Creative Zii
Creative Zii
The Creative Zii is an upcoming Portable Media Player as a followup to the Creative ZEN product family by Creative Technology. The device was revealed by U.S. Federal Communications Commission filings in July 2009.-History:...
. The Egg was announced at the end of July 2009 with ZiiLABS' Plaszma OS platform and support for Google's Android OS. The EGG was shipped from ZiiLABS in the later half of August 2009. The first available firmware with Android was released on November 2, 2009.
According to the Zii website the Zii EGG can be described as follows:
Specifications
- Capacitive 10-point multi-gesture touch display
- Internal hardware GPS receiver
- 3.5” 320x480 color display
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (only A2DP is currently supported, and is not yet implemented in their Android port)
- X-Fi software support (not yet implemented in the ZiiLABS SDKs)
- 3-axis Accelerometer
- Up to 32 GB Internal Flash Storage
- SDHC slot (supports up to 32 GB of external SDHC Card)
- Ambient light sensor
- 32 MB NOR Flash (Linux Kernel Boot ROM)
- 256 MB Mobile DDR RAM
- 720p and 1080p output (this only works via a proprietary adapter which has not been sold for over 6 months, though it is available via the Zii Dock accessory which is now available for sale)
- Composite video out (this only works via a proprietary adapter which has not been sold for over 6 months, though it is available via the Zii Dock accessory which is now available for sale)
- Microphone
- 2 cameras: 1 forward-facing VGA camera, 1 rear-facing HD camera
- 1200 mAH rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Output connections
- USB 2.0 Mini-B (MTP and Charging)
- ZiiLink (a proprietary type of connector which is only available currently via the Zii Link ZiiEGG-docking station)
- HDMI (via ZiiLink)
- Component VGA(via ZiiLink)
- 3.5 mm headphone connector
- Built in mono speaker