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Shane McGlaun (Blog) - July 28, 2009 10:47 PM

9 comment(s) - last by xsilver.. on Aug 2 at 3:11 AM

Creative Zii Egg Plaszma (Source: Engadget)

It's like an iPod touch with all that stuff you always wished Apple included

Creative has revealed its latest iPod fighting device called the Zii Egg Plaszma. Yeah that is a crappy name, but the device is sweet. If you have ever wished for an open source iPod touch you may want to look at the window and see if pigs are flying around.

The device uses the world's first flexible StemCell architecture that sports 24 floating-point processors. Creative is currently offering the device to developers as part of a SDK that sells for $399. When the Zii Egg comes to retail it will reportedly cost $199.

That is about the same, as an iPod touch so it had better be really good or Creative will have another flop on its hands. The device looks very iPhone-like with a 3.5-inch touchscreen with a 320 x 480 resolution, multi touch capability HD video camera, front facing live chat camera, 32GB of storage space AND SDHC support.

Other features include support for 1080p video out, Wi-Fi, and Flash Lite support. The PMP can even run the Android OS. Suddenly it seems pretty cool doesn’t it? Throw in the ability to make phone calls and this is everything we dreamed the iPhone 3GS would be and lacked -- if the thing works.

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Phone calls?

By oTAL on 7/29/2009 9:19:56 AM , Rating: 5

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Throw in the ability to make phone calls and this is everything we dreamed the iPhone 3GS would be...

But it doesn't, right? Or it wouldn't be marketed as a PMP...
Any plans for a phone being made out of this?

I still dislike creative for their past blunders but they do make pretty good mp3 players.

RE: Phone calls?

By axeman1957 on 7/30/2009 6:03:26 PM , Rating: 2

Well, you should be able to use voip over wifi. I assume it has a mic since it talks about video chat

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Zii?

By Rhl on 7/29/2009 3:59:28 PM , Rating: 5

Not very Creative.

RE: Zii?

By xsilver on 8/2/2009 3:11:53 AM , Rating: 2

Too fruity I think...

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Zii Egg Plaszma PMP

By drwheel on 7/29/2009 9:37:55 PM , Rating: 4

Worst... product... name... EVER.

Sexy

By Hyperion1400 on 7/29/2009 6:42:46 PM , Rating: 1

But, I would prefer an HDD version over flash. Call me crazy, but 32GB will last me about 5 seconds. I realize that HDDs aren't nearly as durable, but I am perfectly willing to accept the risks(and rewards) that come with it.

RE: Sexy

By FormulaRedline on 7/30/2009 2:04:00 PM , Rating: 2

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32GB of storage space AND SDHC support

You can expand well beyond 32GB. It's in the same sentance as the 32GB part in the article.

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nice

By Falloutboy on 7/29/2009 1:47:02 PM , Rating: 2

I can't wait till some of these get out in the wild to see if it lives up to the hype. thats basically exactly what I want atm in a nice portable device, only thing I wish it had thats not listed is Bluetooth to tether with my phone when I don't have wifi available

Not just multitouch, but 10 point Multi

By MrX8503 on 7/29/2009 5:02:00 PM , Rating: 2

The article doesn't mention it, but I believe this device has 10 point multi touch, which is impressive. But then again I'm not sure why you would need such a thing.

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