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Video: Creative Zii TRINITY concept phone

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trinity_250x358CNET Asia was able to get ahold of Creative ‘s attempt to enter the smartphone market, the Zii TRINITY, and it’s looking good. The Zii Trinity is a smartphone development platform based on its ZMS-05 and ZMS-08 processors. Sadly though, this isn’t a consumer product but a reference device meant for developers and manufacturers. Just like Creative’s Zii Egg device.

Basically, it’s not that much different from the Zii Egg (the Trinity is capable of video output up to HD resolutions). What makes it different is added cellular connectivity supporting GSM and WCDMA networks. So this is the iPhone to Apple’s iPod touch.

From the videos below, you’d see that the TRINITY 001 is still in an unfinished. Of course you can expect the occasional glitch but the fact that it is run by a powerful ZMS-05 SoC more than make up for it. Manufacturers interested in rolling out a Zii-powered phone can do so in 3 months, according to Creative.

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Creative Zii EGG: First Impressions

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Um, guys, you are all aware that there are other portable music players aside from the iPod, right? And the iPod’s nearest competitor right now are those PMPs from that little Taiwanese company called Creative. I’m sure you’ve heard of them.

Well, Creative has been making pretty good music players (with features that are even better than the iPod’s, if you ask me) and they’ve started teasing us about the newest one: the Zii EGG.

… yeah, it’s a name that made me scratch my head too. But whatever, Dapreview’s staff was given a sample unit and it looks great:

Seriously, the only reason I choose the iPod over everything else is that the iPod looks really freaking styling. Screw sheep mentality, I used to say. At least I don’t look like I’m carrying cheap-looking electronics around.

But honestly, in terms of style, it looks like the world is catching up to Apple. I want a Zii EGG.

Even if the name is still making me cringe.