iNew Mobile has been selling smartphones since 2007 and adopted the brand name in 2012. iNew mobile employs around 200 people in their factory. The iNew V3 has a 5″ (1280×800) screen, NFC, 13mp camera, MT6582 processor, 16gb of storage with microsd card slot and a thinness of 6.5mm with a weight of 128 grams. The iNew V5 has a 5.5″ (1280×720) screen and a MT6592. Both the V3 and V5 have dual sim card slots. You can buy iNew V3 for $179 at antelife.com
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Gionee Elife E7 Flagship Phone
The Gionee Elife E7 is Gionee’s flagship phone. Gionee has been around for 11 years and has 3 years of experience in the international market. The Gionee Elife E7 has a 5.5″ (1920×1080) screen and a quadcore Snapdragon 800 processor, comes in either 16gb of storage with 2gb ram or 32gb storage with 3gb ram with no microsd card slot. The Elife E7 has an 8MP front facing camera and a 16MP back camera (with a high quality sensor), also comes in a variety of colors. It’s already on the market with the primary place of sale being China.
HP Slate 6 VoiceTab and HP Slate 7 VoiceTab
The HP Slate Voice Tab 6″ 1280×720 Android phablet with a Marvell PXA1088 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 with 16gb of storage plus Microsd and 1GB of ram, dual sim card slots with dual standby, priced at 249 Euros unlocked when sold in Europe to be available in May with a variety of swap-able back covers available in different colors. The HP Slate Voice Tab 7 has most of the same specifications and the Voice Tab 6 but instead has a 7″ screen. Both have front facing speakers and the ability to make phone calls, removable back cover but no removable battery. The HP Slate 7 VoiceTab sells for 229 Euros in Europe. Both devices include HP Datapass service to provide a free 250MB of 3G data per month in a select number of countries.
G-ONE Ripple Light
G-ONE makes ripple light which is a radio frequency controlled LED lighting system. G-ONE Inc is a Japanese company. The lighting system can be controlled through a mobile device such as an Android device. The protoypes have AAA batteries and the final version will have built in batteries with a battery life of 6 hours and potentially being rechargeable.
Hightail Online Storage
Hightail, formerly know as Yousendit, is a cloud storage service with 45 million users around the world. The service allows to do sharing, storing, and syncing as well as e-signature capability. The service when paid for offers unlimited storage. The pricing system for companies is based upon how many employees are using the service. Hightail offers functionality and control that isn’t found in consumer services like dropbox.
Cristiano Ronaldo Video Club
Cristiano Ronaldo video club is a club that provides access to exclusive content of Cristiano Ronaldo to his fans. The service is an official service of Cristiano Ronaldo. The video content can be anything game content to videos of his personal life. The service works on any smartphone, featurephone, or basic phone.
Fluendo Oneplay Cross Platform Multimedia
Fluendo is New York based provider of multimedia solutions and they have been in business for ten years. Fluendo oneplay can add multimedia support to any application on a variety of platforms. Fluendo oneplay is both an engine and an end user product. Fluendo oneplay enables you to use the same multimedia framework on a variety of platforms without using the different apis on each platform. Fluendo oneplay currently works on Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, and Windows. Fluendo oneplay is also hardware accelerated. Fluendo partners with large companies and can therefore use the technology and patents owned by those large companies. Fluendo’s solution is available for both developers and distributors with an unannounced price.
Company Website: www.fluendo.com
Litepoint NFC Testing
Litepoint is a provider of wireless testing technologies that ensure wireless protocols in devices work. Litepoint is a San Jose, CA and Boston, MA based company. Litepoint offers NFC testing that goes beyond the pass/no pass testing systems to better ensure that NFC works. Litepoint sells their testing technologies to manufacturers of devices such as Foxconn. Litepoint technology is meant to be a production test as well as a performance test.
Website: http://www.litepoint.com/
P2i Waterproof Nanocoating
P2i is a maker of liquid repelling coating for electronic devices. P2i’s nanocoating doesn’t absorb water but rather it repells water and makes whatever it is covering feel dry. P2i’s nanocoating is 1,000 times thinner then human hair. P2i’s nanocoating is based upon military technology. P2i offers coatings that protect against submersion and splashes. P2i will begin launching their technology later in 2014. P2i’s coating could in theory add only 1 dollar in cost to whatever device it is being added to.
Website: www.p2i.com
Latest Hasee Laptops, Phones and Tablets
HASEE is a 20 year old company. HASEE makes laptops, smartphones, and tablets. HASEE employs 3,000 – 4,000 people in their factories. HASEE has a 4.5″ phone for 69 USD and a 5″ phone 99 USD and 139 USD and a 6″ phone for 159 USD all for retail price.
Company Website: http://www.hasee.com/en/
LG 4K Ultra HD TV
LG makes 4k TVS anywhere in the ballpark of 49″ to 105″. LG TV’s have upscaling technology so that HD videos can be watched in 4k. LG plans to release the 49″ 4k television during 2014 at unspecified date with no announced price. Netflix plans to offer 4k movie streaming and the LG TVS will be compatible with it.
MT6582 and MT6572 phones from Shenzhen Go East Electronics
Go East Electronics from Shenzhen shows their 2014 range of phones. Go East sells around 20,000 phones per week and 80,000 per month. Go east has a factory that employs around 300 people. Go east has a 6″ WVGA (800×480) android phone with a MTK 6582 processor for 30 USD. Go East has another model with a a 5.3″ screen and MTK 6582 processor for an unspecified price. GO east has a 4″ WVGA with a MTK 6572 processor for 52 USD.
Toshiba launches 13.3″ Chromebook For $279
Toshiba’s first Chromebook is 13.3″ (1366×768 resolution). Sadly it uses an Intel Haswell Celeron processor. The Toshiba Chromebook has a fullsized laptop keyboard. In terms of storgage you get 16gb internally and 100gb of cloud storage. The Toshiba Chromebook contains most basic ports such as an HDMI and SDXC slot. The battery life is 9 hours. The Chromebook will sell for $279 and it will be on the market next month.
Panasonic Wearable 4K Camera
Panasonic shows their 4K wearable camera that attaches to your head. The wearable camera is waterproof at 6 feet and dust resistant. Panasonic HX-A100 is the 1080p version of the camera available now for 199 USD with the 4K version to be available later this year. The wearable camera can be controlled through a smartphone or tablet. The Panasonic presenter is Cassandra Bodzak and here is her YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/gosweetandskinny
Toshiba 4K Laptop
Toshiba will release laptops with 4K screens starting later this year. The 4K screens enables you to display amazingly sharp text and can do more for the readability of multi-window multi-tasking and a lot more. The price and specifications of the laptop itself are to be announced with summer being the target. The laptop itself is still considered an ultrabook despite its large screen and graphics card.
Sony AX100 4K Camcorder for $1999
Sony FDR-AX100 Handycam is the world’s first sub-$2000 4K consumer camcorder. Can film 4K XAVC S 24p and 30p at 60mbitps and also film a 3mbitps Mp4 file simultaneously. This is perhaps yet the most affordable high quality 4K camcorder in the world.
MokiMobility real-time analytics for Android app developers
MokiMobility is a cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) platform and development company which specializes in single-purpose iOS and Android devices. MokiMobility is the first cloud-based platform for managing, monitoring, and securing tablets and smart phones.
Reach Tech Smartphones and Tablets
Reach Tech is a Shenzhen based company of smart phones and tablets that both manufactures and develops products. Reach Tech currently employs 100 people for research and development. Reach Tech is a Qualcomm partner. Reach tech makes a 5.5″ (720p) smartphone with Qualcomm MSM8225Q processor. Reach tech makes a much smaller 3.5″ device. Reach Tech also makes a tablet with an iPad Mini screen. Prices on all the devices are unspecified.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2013
Carbon Design Systems architectural analysis and pre-silicon firmware development
Carbon Design Systems is a seller of virtual prototypes for ARM Processor makers in partnership with ARM to enable architectural analysis and pre-silicon firmware development. Carbon Design Systems has been around for 12 – 13 years. Carbon Design Systems employs around 40 people. Virtual prototyping is the process of creating a computer designed prototype before a physical prototype is created. Carbon Design Systems helps ARM processor manufacturers by doing virtual prototyping for them. Carbon Design Systems provides its design systems for major companies such as Samsung.
Intrinsic Snapdragon 800 APQ8074 Dragonboard
This new Intrinsic Dragonboard uses as Snapdragon 800 processor and has an optional display. The Dragonboard is capable of playing 4k video. The Dragonboard can even run Ubuntu. The dragonboard is already available for a price of 499 USD. INTRINSYC makes both system on module designs for 200 USD as well as development boards.