Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100:

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Creative announces Android-based PMP platform, goes head to head with Apple’s iPod touch
In all areas the Zii EGG matches or beats Apple’s iPod touch, the product it’s clearly designed to compete with. But what’s interesting is that Creative have decided to do this with the help of OEMs rather than going it alone.

Why Sony is embracing the ‘open’ ePub eBook standard
If Sony can’t stop Amazon owning the eBook standard on its own, then embracing an open format along with other players in the market seems like the best way to prevent the online retailer becoming the dominant force in the e-publishing industry.

INQ’s mass market ‘Twitter phone’ takes aim at overpriced QWERTY touting smartphones
It addresses two demands: A low cost QWERTY device. And one that offers the key applications of Facebook, Twitter, IM, Skype and push email. Oh and the INQ Chat 3G has another trick up its sleeve – iTunes syncing.

SugarSync comes to Android phones (it’s very good)

I took the Android version for a test drive and found it to work really well. I could access all of my backed up folders from my Macbook and, quite brilliantly, when you try to open a particular file you’re prompted to select which application on your Gphone should handle said file