Rockchip is moving strongly into bringing high-end smartphone functionality into the $200-$300 mid-range smartphone pricing, with 3G support and more. They are also providing their RK2818 series for sub-$100 Android smartphones with ARM9 performance.
Month: April 2011
EkenInd.com new tablets
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Eken shows their newest Android tablets, they also have a nice looking Honeycomb logo at their booth, but no Honeycomb actually in sight. I guess we’re all just waiting waving the honeycomb flags until the Google decides to bring it to us all.
Chang Jiang Android Smartphones
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Chang Jiang make some of the Mediatek 6516 based Android phones available in the Shenzhen market.
Karasnn.com Hero Android MTK6516 Smartphones
Posted by – April 13, 2011
They seem to be the guys making my Hero H2000 Android 3.5″ capacitive $120 iPhone4-copy smartphone.
ZXD $79 Android Phone
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Cheap Android smartphones based on Mediatek 6516 dual-sim GSM.
iida mobile makes Android Smartphones
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Here are some Android Mediatek 6516 smartphones, they have different designs, resistive and capacitive.
Erathink.com Intel z550 Windows tablet
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Some thin looking Intel Atom x550 tablets, but they are still heavy, probably expensive, and probably don’t get very long battery runtime.
Geniatech explains their AmLogic Cortex-A9 Single Core Set-top-box
Posted by – April 12, 2011
Shenzhen Geniatech shows a pretty impressive ARM Cortex-A9 AmLogic (Single Core 800Mhz) Set-top-box which they have told me can actually be sold in bulk starting at $70, here I interview their product manager about their status, where they want to bring this product, if he thinks they could be getting Google TV software for this.
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- Geniatech Android TV Set-Top-Box (armdevices.net)
Rayology.com $135 ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-Core 7″ Capacitive Tablet
Posted by – April 12, 2011
This is the first tablet that I have seen that is using the Renesas/NEC 1.2Ghz ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-Core processor platform (Renesas and NEC are collaborating on this ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-Core processor targeted at consumer electronics devices). I wonder how good this $135 Dual-Core Cortex-A9 tablet performs, I’ll try to get a sample to review further for you later during the next few days. Let me know what needs to get tested on this in the comments.
Shenzhen Behind the Scenes 1: Hongda Factory tour
Posted by – April 12, 2011
See how Intel Atom netbooks are being manufactured in a small sized factory in Shenzhen. They also sometimes manufacture Android tablets, it depends what there is demand for, usually they manufacture one thing during each day. What I heard from someone, is that their salary may be around $300 per month working like this 6 days a week. And that the Government some times passes regulation to increase salaries of the workers. It is interesting to consider that relatively small factories can be setup to assemble consumer electronics products, I wonder how those compete with the gigantic Chinese consumer electronics factories.
Also watch my other videos in my series “Shenzhen Behind the Scenes“:
1: Hongda Factory tour
2: utopiacn, Apad Android Tablet maker
3: Richtechie.com, Freescale i.MX51/53 PCB designer
4: Walking around the Shenzhen smartphone market
5: 3Gnet Factory Tour