ZiiSound D5

Another “Zii” announcement at the Summit, is the ZiiSound D5 and D3. A speaker dock which allows you to plug your ipod or ZiiEgg device into to playback music on. The D5 dock is slated for a price range of $299 upon release and no statement yet as to the price for the D3 but will probably be at the same price point, unless Creative/ZiiLabs wants to put their devices at a lower price point to encourage consumers to move towards the ZiiEgg. There are a few different methods to connect your ipod or Egg to the dock, but the default method is to transmit your music via Bluetooth.

But wait… it’s a “ZiiSound” device?!? Is it running a ZMS-05 chip inside?  Not at all. The ZiiSound is only borrowing the Zii name for what we can assume as a marketing technique to start getting the Zii name out at the consumer level for the ZiiEgg public release in the future. Of course, it’s just a speaker with some communication processing.

Here’s a picture that was captured of the D5 with an ipod connected to it at the Summit.