Comments on: Zii Optimized Android Phone Platform

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:42:48 +0000

Guys don’t get too excited about this yet. I fell into Zii hype and bought their Zii Egg developer edition, and let me tell you, as great as the ZMS processor is, their Software is a one nasty bug-fest. I have used other dev versions of devices, but this thing hardly works. And the worse is Zii insists on using their proprietary linux: PlasZma OS, but doesn’t provide any source code so that devs can fix things.

Every single device driver on their system has so many bugs that its almost unusable. So don’t get your hopes too high on this. Now if they only sell ZMS and its microcode for third party to build their own Systems, then it may be Big.

By: userfriendlyme

userfriendlyme — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:26:14 +0000

the phone specs seem hot. i will make a bet that it wont even show up in the US anytime soon. lol as far as phones US customers are the furthest behind.

By: phoenix

phoenix — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:56:47 +0000

-rofl @ the thought of metropcs getting this

-ok, ok, maybe verizon did have crappy phone selection. i’m just bitter that tmobile keeps getting screwed over.

-can someone explain to me what a stemcell processor is?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:49:37 +0000

This looks very interesting, I wonder if the GPU is a homebuilt design or licenced technology.
The Creative DSP is probably based on the EMU20k (X-Fi) architecture, which is just perfect for decoding/encoding audio and video.

Hopefully these devices will have HDMI-out.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:05 +0000

@ku.nundrum:

I say it’s going to Verizon, because I’m on the internet and therefore an expert. XD Seriously, though, you do make a salient point: we have no idea where this is going. For all we know, US Cellular, Cricket or MetroPCS will get this thing.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:56 +0000

@phoenix:

Seriously? How long is it that you’ve been following the cellphone industry? 1 month? Verizon has had the _worst_ phone selection for the past 8 years. The Motorola Droid marks the only time I ever remember Verizon having a decent phone within a reasonable amount of time.

Even if they got the Zii Phone first, it would still not be enough to make up the lost ground.

By: ku.nundrum

ku.nundrum — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:10 +0000

Who says it’s coming to Verizon??? GEEEEZZ!! STOP SPECULATING!!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:48 +0000

@Santamoose, phoenix:

No, it’s not BS. Us VZW folks have been putting up with craptacular phones for years. It’s about time we got some love.

By: Santamoose

Santamoose — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:16 +0000

Whether or not it’s been modified, it will still have the StemCell proc set. Which is a ridiculous technology.. I was always under the impression that the Zii was only a dev project. :\ this is really disappointing.

I JUST got the Droid, and now they’re thinking of releasing a StemCell phone already?

By: phoenix

phoenix — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:42:19 +0000

reading up about this, i’m guessing that the phone will not be a modified zii egg, since that has been confirmed as a media player. there is a chance that it could be something similar though, isn’t there?

By: phoenix

phoenix — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:07:27 +0000

santamoose, me too. it’s bullshit that verizon keeps getting these great phones.

By: Santamoose

Santamoose — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:27 +0000

I knew it. If this comes to Verizon I’m going to throw a fit. =(