Creative announces Zii Egg will support Opera browser

The multifaceted Creative Zii Egg comes with a load of interesting features. Unfortunately, not much is known about the device partly because it is so new and isn’t ready for prime time action. However, today, Creative announced that the Zii Egg would be running the Opera Devices SDK 9.7 mobile browser.

The Zii Egg, with its ZMS-05 chipset and Plaszma OS, will be the first of its kind to support this type of an Opera browser along with that specfic chipet and OS.

Currently, a fully integrated version of the Opera browser is offered by ZiiLABS for Devices on their ZMS-05 applications processor. The Zii EGG is the first device to use the ZMS-05 chipset complete with the company’s freshly launched Linux-based Plaszma operating system. The open Opera browser is a clear fit for the open Plaszma and Android OS Zii Egg, as it can run “news feeds, Web mail, weather updates, social networking and other advanced Web applications.”

In addition, Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera, had this to say about the unique opportunity to work with ZiiLabs:

“We are excited to introduce our mutual customers to the power of Opera running on the Zii EGG StemCell Computer, based on ZMS-05. Opera has made it a priority to work closely with silicon vendors in order to create winning solutions that not only exceed customer expectations, but help them get their devices to the masses even faster. ZiiLABS shares Opera’s vision of delivering valuable solutions that will reduce time-to-market and make a positive impact on the device ecosystem.”

Overall, it looks to be a good fit for Zii Egg as developers create apps for the device; it should be able to integrate seamlessly with the Opera browser.

Read [Creative Zii Egg Press Release]