Zii EGG

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Zii EGG Stemcell Computer
Manufacturer ZiiLABS
TypePlatform developmental device, Portable Media Player
Release dateAugust 2009;13 years ago (2009-08)
Media Flash Memory, SD Card
Operating system Android
ZiiLABS' Plaszma OS
Both based on the Linux kernel
CPU Zii Labs ZMS-05
Memory0-32 GB (flash memory)
Support for up to an additional 32 GB via SD Card slot
Graphics Zii Labs ZMS-05
Input Multi-touch Touchscreen
CameraTwo, one High Definition, and one VGA
Connectivity USB
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.0
HDMI
Dimensions115 x 62 x 12 mm
Mass108 grams
Predecessor Creative ZEN

The Zii EGG is a handheld product platform from Creative Technology subsidiary ZiiLABS. According to ZiiLABS, the Zii Egg was designed for OEM sales, meaning that the device was 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 later introduced 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. [1] 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.

Contents

According to the Zii website the Zii EGG could provide 1080p video, and the media engine for video codec, media processing and 3D graphics acceleration is an array of floating-point processors (most likely some kind of digital signal processor cores) called StemCells. The ZMS-05 used in the Zii EGG has 24 of these processing units. [2]

Specifications [3] [4]

Output connections

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References

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