Category: Chip provider

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

Posted by – September 15, 2013

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.

$329/299€ 8″ Toshiba Encore on Intel Atom

Posted by – September 11, 2013

The 8″ Toshiba Encore uses a 8″ 1280×800 touchscreen and an Intel atom processor. The encore is very similar to the Acer Iconia W3. The Toshiba Encore runs x86 Windows 8 OS with Microsoft office included. The Toshiba encore has dual cameras a 2mp on the front and a 8mp on the back. Storage options include 32gb or 64gb with microsd expansion. The Price should be 299 Euros and other sites mention a price of 329 USD.

Toshiba Satellite ND15t

Posted by – September 11, 2013

The Toshiba Satellite ND15t offers a conventional laptop form factor with a touchscreen. Specs include a 11.6″ HD (1366×768) Touch screen, Intel Pentium or Celeron processors and a variety of full sized ports. Expect pricing to be around 399 Euro which would make it one of the cheapest touchscreen laptops on the market. Includes HDMI, USB 3.0, and an 802.11n Wi-Fi.

$53 A20 1024×600, 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash by Luckystar

Posted by – September 11, 2013

Here’s a cheap Allwinner A20 1024×600 tablet being sold by Luckystar Aoson for $53 each in bulk.

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

Henry’s LG IFA 2013 Booth Tour

Posted by – September 10, 2013

Henry goes and sees LG Latest products such as mobile products including the LG GPAD and LG G2. Henry also looks at LG TV products such as the TV covered wall and as well various kinds of 4K and 3D televisions. You can subscribe to Henry’s own YouTube channel at: http://youtube.com/TechToThePeopleVideo and watch his other IFA Booth Tour videos:
Henry’s Samsung IFA 2013 Booth Tour
Henry’s Toshiba IFA 2013 Booth Tour

Archos 50 Oxygen

Posted by – September 9, 2013

Archos 50 Oxygen is the high-end MT6589T 5″ 1080p IPS phone from Archos, featuring two cameras, a 5mp camera on the front and a 13mp camera with dual LED Flash on the back. The targeted retail price is around $350€.

Archos 80/97/101 Platinum Tablets, aluminium case, full IPS, RK3188, 2GB RAM

Posted by – September 9, 2013

Archos shows latest products in their platinum range. The Archos 97 platinum features 2048×1536 IPS screen “exactly the same as in the latest iPad”. The Archos platinum range also has dual band wifi, a Quad Core RK3188 processor clocked at 1.6ghz with 2GB RAM. The Archos Platinum range has a aluminium shells rather than plastic. The 97 platinum will be priced in retail at around $300€. Archos platinum range also comes in 8″ (I think $200€ maybe $150€) and 10.1″ (probably at $250€).

Archos 101 XS2 Generation 11

Posted by – September 8, 2013

Archos is showing the Archos 101 XS2 the successor to the Archos 101 XS thin 10.1″ tablet with keyboard dock. The Archos 101 XS2 has a 10.1″ 1280×800 “real full IPS” screen. Like the previous generation the 101 XS2 comes with its own keyboard cover, here included at the 250$/€ targetted retail price. Upgrade from last year’s dual-core OMAP4470 Archos 101 XS the XS2 uses a Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 28nm HKMG Rockchip RK3188 CPU with Mali-400 GPU along side 2gb of ram.

Lenovo S5000 1280×800 MediaTek MT8125 199€ (MT8389 for 3G 249€ version)

Posted by – September 8, 2013

Lenovo shows their latest range of 7″ Tablets, here’s the Lenovo S5000, one of the lightest at 247 grams, 7.9mm thick, quad-core MediaTek (MediaTek 8389 in the 3G model, MediaTek MT8125 in the Wi-Fi-only version), with a 1280×800 IPS screen, retailing at 199 Euro retail for WiFi version and 249 Euro for the 3G version. Lenovo also shows their other latest and upcoming tablets S1000, S3000 and more in this video.

To21 Co Ltd shows CAVIUM CNW6611 Powered Miracast Dongle RTSD5000

Posted by – September 8, 2013

Korean To21 claims that their CAVIUM CNW6611 ARM926EJ-S 378MHz Miracast dongle has the best yet Miracast performance on the market, the price is about 30 Euros for 10K bulk.

Henry’s Toshiba IFA 2013 Booth Tour

Posted by – September 7, 2013

My 11-year-old cousin Henry from Denmark walks around the Toshiba booth at IFA 2013, testing out the new Toshiba Tegra4 tablets, checking out the latest Toshiba 4K Upscaling Blu-ray player, Windows 8 touch-screen devices and more.

Lenovo Vibe X, MT6589T ultra-slim 1080p Smartphone

Posted by – September 7, 2013

The Vibe X has a Full HD 5″ screen and is one the smallest devices with a 5″ screen. The Vibe X has a polycarbonate design that looks like metal. The vibe X has a 5mp front camera which is good for self portraits. The Vibe X has the latest Mediatek 6589T processor at 1.5ghz and 2gb of ram. Unfortunately the device has no removable battery and a fixed 16gb of storage. Lenovo puts their own custom user interface on top Android 4.2 similar to MIUI in that it removes the app drawer called Lenovo Launcher. The Vibe X Should be available in China in October and outside of China in December and the price is yet to be announced.

Lenovo shows 7 new MediaTek smartphones at IFA 2013

Posted by – September 7, 2013

Lenovo mostly targets Asia, Russia, the Middle-east, developing countries particularly with its smartphones and has yet to announce plans for Europe or the USA.