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by mmjaa 2402 days ago
The more I see these kinds of products coming out, the more I realize that Creative Labs, of all people, had something right when they designed the Zii Egg .. if only they'd put some weight behind the platform and finished PlaszmaOS, which was a Linux OS on par with iOS at the time - but alas cancelled "because Android":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zii_EGG

I really have to wonder what could have been if CL had the balls to finish this project and make it available to all and sundry to serve as the basis for commercial products. It was a delightfully cheerful little system for the time ..