One of the most common annoyances of mobile/netbook users is that high definition video - particularly the one streamed through a Flash player - isn't as smooth as it's supposed to be.
Well, thanks to this media accelerator chip ZiiLABS ZMS-08, upcoming gadgets should have no problema dealing with it: it allows encoding and decoding of FullHD 1080p video at 24fps, HD video conference with 720p simultaneous encoding/decoding, 3D supports with Open GL ES 2.0, integrated HDMI, X-Fi audio, and last but not least: Flash acceleration support!
You'll find it in "web tablets, netbooks, and connected TVs" next year.
How can this be? Something good and exciting coming from Creative?
If you thought it was impossible someone could come up with an iPod Touch better than the one from Apple, just look at this strangly named but amazing Creative Zii Egg Plaszma.
Besides the physical resemblance with the iPhone/Touch winning looks, it carries pretty much everything you could hope for (and probably more) a 3.5" 320x480 LCD with multitouch touchscreen, accelerometer, a HD camera, a front-facing VGA camera, 32GB + SDHC slot, Flash Lite support, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and... thanks to its Stemcell architecture with 24 floating-point processors, its capable of playing back Full HD 1080p video.
What makes it tick? Couldn't get better: Android, which guarantees you won't have to pray for someone at Apple's App Store approval center being in a nice mood to allow you to have the Apps you want.
And best of all, it's supposed to cost a mere $199 when it becomes available to the public! What more could you ask for?
... well, I would ask for them to spend $50 more bucks and make it a cellphone as well.
And then I would be hard pressed to find a reason for Apple to try and sell its iPhone at those prices!
