Here’s how the http://timingpower.com RK3188 Quad-core HDMI Stick Mini PC is being assembled. The first part of the process involves attaching a components to the PCB. The next part of the assembly process involves putting the PCB in the case and attaching the cover. The next part of the manufacturing process involves testing and powering on the Android mini pcs. The final part of the process involves packaging and delivery.
Category: Android
RK3188 HDMI Stick Mini PC SMT Line
Posted by – September 25, 2013
This is how the http://timingpower.com RK3188 Android Mini PC PCBs are being made at the SMT Line. This SMT manufacturing process is highly technical despite the simple nature of the products themselves. Printer like machines are used to attach components to the PCBs. However despite the automation and highly technical aspects much of the manufacturing process much of it still done by hand such as adding male and female connectors, installing Android, or inspecting the PCBs themselves. After the SMT process is complete assembly and testing is done.
Alcatel One Touch Hero Pico Projector and TV Link
Posted by – September 24, 2013
The pico projector accessory enables one to output anything that the One Touch Hero displaying onto another surface. The pico projector is powered by the phone through the docking connector using an HDMI signal. The projector technology is a yet produced laser beam technology from an unspecified partner. The device lacks wired HDMI support and instead uses miracast for TV output. The TV link accessory provides Miracast wireless display support to TVs lack that functionality. The Miracast TV stick has a broadcom Arm processor in it. The TV link won’t be included but the price should be less than 50 USD. The price of the pico project remains unspecified.
Alcatel One Touch Hero SmartCovers with LED, Wireless Charging and BT Phone
Posted by – September 24, 2013
Another accessory for the Alcatel One Touch Hero includes a LED smart cover which can be used to display notifications and system functions such as displaying the time or music visualization. The power consumption of the LED smart cover is very low at 1mah. When no notifications or system functions are displayed the cover will not display anything and will look like a regular cover. The wireless charging cover and LED Smart cover will be included in some markets. The One Touch Hero also has it is phone accesory that connects by bluetooth and enables phone calls and SMS without using the device itself. The Phone accessory will included with the One Touch Hero. The phone accessory can also play music and find the device if it is lost.
Innos Qualcomm based Smartphones
Posted by – September 23, 2013
Innos is a Chinese producer of Android smartphones. Innos primarily targets Asian and European markets. Innos makes around 200,000 – 300,000 phones per month. Innos is a licensee of Qualcomm. Innos also makes products for other brands.
Products Include:
D10 – 5″ Full HD OGS screen smartphone with A Qualcomm processor and 3000mah (6000mah). The price should be 250 Euro.
i2 – 4.3″ QHD Smartphone with Qualcomm Quad Core processor. The price is 200 Euro.
d9 – 4.3″ QHD Dual core MSM 8225 with a 4160mah battery. The price is around 200 Euro.
i6 – 4.5″ QHD Qualcomm processor. The Price is around 200 Euros. Not much was given in the way of specifications.
More information about Innos can be found at http://www.innos.co/en/
Luckystar Tablet Factory Tour (40-minutes!)
Posted by – September 23, 2013
40-minute Tour at the Luckystar Aoson Tablet Factory. Follow this huge traveling shot around the whole Luckystar Aoson factory, workers are assembling Allwinner, Rockchip, Actions, AmLogic based tablets in several sizes, outputting thousands per day which are being sold all over the world.
Also watch these Luckystar Aoson latest product demonstration videos:
$60 7″ 1024×600 ATM7029 M2723 by Luckystar Aoson
Luckystar Aoson M739K, $54 7″ WVGA RK3168
$72 7″ 1280×800 IPS Allwinner A31s ($95 for 3G) by Luckystar Aoson
$53 A20 1024×600, 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash by Luckystar
Luckystar Aoson Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of minimum 1000 pieces) (please tell them you watched the video):
Anson Yi
Mobile: 86-13510992428
Telephone: 86-755-83495999-657
ydxgps@luckystar.com.cn
http://luckystar.com.cn
http://szaoson.com
Luckystar Offices and SMT Line
Posted by – September 23, 2013
Showing the Luckystar Aoson Sales, Marketing, Management Offices and their SMT Lines where they output more than 1200 PCBs for Tablets per day per SMT Line (they have at least 2 SMT Lines, and it can be expanded to more if needed).
Also watch these Luckystar Aoson videos:
$60 7″ 1024×600 ATM7029 M2723 by Luckystar Aoson
Luckystar Aoson M739K, $54 7″ WVGA RK3168
$72 7″ 1280×800 IPS Allwinner A31s ($95 for 3G) by Luckystar Aoson
$53 A20 1024×600, 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash by Luckystar
Luckystar Aoson Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of minimum 1000 pieces) (please tell them you watched the video):
Anson Yi
Mobile: 86-13510992428
Telephone: 86-755-83495999-657
ydxgps@luckystar.com.cn
http://luckystar.com.cn
http://szaoson.com
Toshiba Excite Pro and Toshiba Excite Write
Posted by – September 22, 2013
Toshiba presents their latest Excite Pro Android tablet. The Toshiba Excite Pro features a 2560×1600 resolution and a Tegra4 processor. The price for the Excite Pro is 429 Euros and 479 euros for the version with a keyboard. The Excite Pro is available in Europe soon after IFA is over. The Excite Write is Toshiba’s Other Tablet with features similar to the pro but it has a Wacom digitizer added on. The Excite Pro is 599 Euro. The Excite Pro is also available as a keyboard bundle.
iDoit Gaming and Multimedia Products
Posted by – September 21, 2013
Idoit is a Korea based producer of consumer electronics such as gaming and multimedia products. The Gam.r is a game console attachment for Android smartphones. The Gam.r was demonstrated using a Galaxy Note 2. The Gam.r controller attachment is also available for the Galaxy S3 or S4. The Gam.r should retail for 60 Euros including the miracast dongle. The Cliq.r acts a remote control for your smartphone enabiling it to be used as a set top box. The iDuo is a Bluetooth adapter that outputs your phones screen to HDMI. The iDuo Vu acts as a second screen for any MHL compatible smartphone. Idoit’s core business is making TV sattellites.
MT6589 7″/7.85″ 3G Tablet Factory Tour, Next Generation Communications
Posted by – September 16, 2013
Here’s a tour at the $120 7″ 1280×800 and $130 7.85″ 1024×768 3G-enabled tablet factory in Shenzhen China. You can watch the presentation of these two tablets that are being manufactured here:
$120 7″ 1280×800 3G MT6589 by Next Generation Communications
$130 7.85″ 1024×768 MT6589 with 3G by Next Generation Communications
Next Generation Communications Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of at least 1000 units) (please tell them you watched the video):
Joanna Guo
Mobile: +86 15920043784
Telephone: 86-755-3661-5168
joannaguo@nxtgen.com.cn
http://nxtgen.com.cn
Bright Future’s latest Mediatek Smartphones
Posted by – September 16, 2013
Bright Future is a Shenzhen based maker of consumer electronics. Bright Future bases their smartphones on Mediatek platforms. The price difference between 6589 and 6589T is 2.5 USD. Bright Future sells about 80,000 phones every month. Bright Future mostly targets Europe and South Asia.
Products Include:
B645 – a 6.45″ Full HD screen smartphone with a MTK 6589t processor. The price is 243 USD in bulk.
B608 – 6″ HD (1280×720) screen smartphone with a MTK 6589 processor. The price is 168 USD in bulk.
H602 – 6″ HD (1280×720) screen smartphone with a unspecified MTK dual core processor. The price is 120 USD in bulk.
H572 – 5.7″ HD (1280×720) screen smartphone with a MTK 6577. The price is 135 USD in bulk.
H53 – 5.3″ HD (1280×720) screen smartphone with a MTK 6577. The price is 110 USD in bulk.
B501Q3 -5″ HD (1280×720) or QHD (960×540) screen smartphone with a MTK 6589m processor. The price is 138 USD for QHD or 158 USD for HD in bulk.
B5012F – 5″ (1280×720) OGS screen smartphone with MTK 6589m processor. The price is 158 USD.
B4513 – 4.5″ QHD (960×540) screen with MTK 6572 processor. The price is 74 USD in bulk. The design resembles a HTC One.
Bright Future also makes a variety of devices MTK 6577a processors a downgraded version of the MTK 6577. The prices start at 49 USD.
Archos Childpad
Posted by – September 16, 2013
The Archos Childpad is a 10″ or 8″ rugged tablet aimed at the younger audience. The Childpad has a toy bear Mp3 player attached to it for the purpose of playing audio files away from the tablet, it works by having music dragged to it. The Bear Mp3 player charges through the tablet. The price is targetted to have a retail price of about 160 Euro for 10.1″ and 130 Euro for 8. The 8″ version lacks a handle and lack the bear MP3 player. Expect the product to launch around October or November.
E Ink SmartCover for Alcatel One Touch Hero
Posted by – September 15, 2013
The Alcatel One Touch Hero has a E Ink display cover which can display system functions and can act as a second screen for reading ebooks. The E Ink cover attaches to the device using a docking pin on the side of the device. The E Ink screen by displaying content rather than having the LCD do it you save power. The final version of the cover will have the ability to magnetically clip to the back. The E Ink cover at this time only supports the built in e-reader app but 3rd support should come in the future. The One touch hero has a 6″ full hd screen with pen support, the MT6589T 1.5Ghz Quad-core processor, 8gb and 16gb options with Micro SD expansion, 2gb of ram, and 3400mah battery.
$30 Allwinner A13 7″ Android Tablet Factory Tour, ZXS ZhiXingSheng
Posted by – September 15, 2013
ZXS is a 7-year old electronics factory in Shenzhen, selling many Tablets and Car DVR’s at the moment. The market is USA, Baltic countries and the middle-east. This is a tour of the $30 Android Tablet ZXS factory. Shows sales staff working on the computers. Next, the unpacking of PCBs. Allwinner A13 based PCBs. Then filming the final assembly only to go back to other parts of the assembly. After the factories receive the PCBs, screens are attached. After screens are attached touch panels are attached. After touch panels are attached batteries are attached soon after. The camera module is then attached next. Then Android is installed on all the different devices using a boot firmware install MicroSD card. After Android is installed the Wifi module is tested. The final part of the manufacturing process is packaging and sending the products to other parts of the world. Last shown is the warehouse with all the components arriving for use in the manufacturing of tablets. ZXS expects to manufacture 90,000 tablets per month by next year.
You can contact ZXS for enquiry about bulk or 5-sample orders here:
1)
Sales & Marketing Vice manager
Shenzhen Zhixingsheng Electronic Co.,Ltd
Add: F/4, East Zone No.8 ,F Building ,High And New Industrial Park ShangXue, Ji Hua Road, BanTian, LongGang District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-89390389
Mobile:+86 13392875348
Fax: 86-755-89390139
Skype: robert.wongzxs
Wechat: +86 13392875348
E-mail: sales03@sz-zxs.com
Web: www.sz-zxs.com/en
Alibaba website: http://sz-zxs.en.alibaba.com/
2)
Shenzhen Zhixingsheng Electronic Co.,Ltd
Add: F/4, East Zone No.8 ,F Building ,High And New Industrial Park ShangXue, Ji Hua Road, BanTian, LongGang District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-89390389
Mobile:+86 133 9287 6348
Fax: 86-755-89390139
Skype: zxs-bernice
Wechat: zxsbernice
E-mail: sales04@sz-zxs.com
Web: www.sz-zxs.com/en
Alibaba website: http://sz-zxs.en.alibaba.com/
Latest ZXS ZhiXingSheng Android Tablet Range
Here are the latest products being made by the ZXS ZhiXingSheng factory. There’s a 7″ Android tablet with a Allwinner A13 processor. Another version of the A13 product is available with 2g Dual sim functionality and is available for 60 USD in bulk. A single sim 2g version is available for 50 USD in bulk. A 3G model of the A13 tablet with a single sim card is also available for 60 USD. A smaller version of the Allwinner A13 model is available with a thinner bezel. The Allwinner A13 tablet is also still available in 9″ size. The 9″ model sells for about 50 USD in bulk. The 9″ also has a 2g model for 78 USD. Another tablet that was shown was a 7″ 1024×600 MTK6577 based Android tablet with dual sim functionality. An 10″ tablet with a dual core Allwinner A10 was also shown. A 7″ Allwinner A20 tablet was shown available for 60 USD. The MTK model has a 3800mah battery that can last 4.5 hours on video playback. The MTK models sells for around 70 USD in bulk. The MTK model is available in multiple colors and finishes. ZXS mostly targets the US and European markets with their products. Prices of products show here are just for reference and are not final and can be negotiated. ZXS also makes car DVRs.
You can contact ZXS for enquiry about bulk or 5-sample orders here:
1)
Sales & Marketing Vice manager
Shenzhen Zhixingsheng Electronic Co.,Ltd
Add: F/4, East Zone No.8 ,F Building ,High And New Industrial Park ShangXue, Ji Hua Road, BanTian, LongGang District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-89390389
Mobile:+86 13392875348
Fax: 86-755-89390139
Skype: robert.wongzxs
Wechat: +86 13392875348
E-mail: sales03@sz-zxs.com
Web: www.sz-zxs.com/en
Alibaba website: http://sz-zxs.en.alibaba.com/
2)
Shenzhen Zhixingsheng Electronic Co.,Ltd
Add: F/4, East Zone No.8 ,F Building ,High And New Industrial Park ShangXue, Ji Hua Road, BanTian, LongGang District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-89390389
Mobile:+86 133 9287 6348
Fax: 86-755-89390139
Skype: zxs-bernice
Wechat: zxsbernice
E-mail: sales04@sz-zxs.com
Web: www.sz-zxs.com/en
Alibaba website: http://sz-zxs.en.alibaba.com/
Allwinner A23, optimized dual-core ARM Cortex-A7, lower power consumption and lower cost
Posted by – September 14, 2013
Here’s Eva at the Allwinner booth announcing the launch of the new Allwinner A23 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 with Mali-400MP2 GPU, they claim it to be the most efficient dual-core in the world. The new Allwinner A23 offers lower power consumption, better performance and a lower more optimized cost compared to the previous Allwinner A20. Allwinner products support Android up to version 4.2.2 with 4.3 coming later. The A23 will be mass produced in October to be shown in devices here on ARMdevices.net in the weeks to come. Allwinner claims to be the largest producer of ARM SoCs for tablets in the world.
Qualcomm Toq Smartwatch uses Mirasol display
Posted by – September 14, 2013
Qualcomm shows off their new Mirasol for smartwatch prototype, the Qualcomm Toq, they are releasing a few hundred “good yield” smartwatches to some limited amount of people who will be able to order, pre-order it online. Does this mean the Qualcomm Mirasol screen can be mass produced? Qualcomm does say that this smartwatch prototype is only going to be released in a limited amount to a limited amount of people.
More information at: http://toq.qualcomm.com/
Alcatel One Touch Idol X, 5″ 1080p MT6589T, 300-400€
Posted by – September 13, 2013
Alcatel One Touch Idol X is a 5″ 1080p IPS with super narrow bezel, 0.8″ thick, 110 grams, MediaTek MT6589T 1.5Ghz, HSPA+, 13MP camera with custom Android UI. Price is to be around 300-400€ in Europe depending on the market, perhaps $300-400 in the USA.
Alcatel One Touch Idol S 4.7″ 720p with LTE and Idol Mini 4.3″ WVGA on MT6572
Posted by – September 13, 2013
Alcatel One Touch launches Idol S an LTE-capable 4.7″ 1280×720 phone using Qualcomm processor, and the Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini is ultra-cheap 4.3″ WVGA on the MediaTek MT6572.
Alcatel One Touch Pop C1/C3/C5/C7 3.5″/4″/4.5″/5″ entry-level, cheaper smartphone range
Posted by – September 12, 2013
Alcatel One Touch shows their entry-level range of smartphones, starting with C1 HVGA 3.5″, C3 4″ WVGA, then C5 4.5″ and even the C7 5″ Full HD MT6589 phone. The price range of the Alcatel One Touch Pop C-series should be among the most affordable on the European market when they get released.
