They make some LCOS pico projectors, they are now also experimenting with including Android in the pico projector.
Category: Exclusive videos
Jiayinking turntable player, encodes to Mp3
Posted by – April 14, 2011
Retro LP turntable players with upgraded digital features like record to USB or SD card, CD burner/player, and some other stuff.
Hello Kitty in Hong Kong
Posted by – April 14, 2011
OK, now look forward to having hello kitty on all your home appliances. Prepare to be surprised!
Commax 7″ 4:3 Telechips ARM11 9902 $155 tablets
Posted by – April 14, 2011
Here’s http://commax.cc they also do Telechips ARM11 based tablets.
Archos 7c Home Tablet, RK2918 Capacitive
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Welcome to Archos Shenzhen offices, Sandy Chen is Archos OEM sales director, she introduces the new Archos 7c Home Tablet, an updated Archos Home Tablet with capacitive screen and RK2918 ARM Cortex-A8 performance chip inside.
HKTDC Electronics Fair – Day 1
Posted by – April 13, 2011
Category: Exclusive videos, HKTDC Electronics Fair
The first day of the Hong Kong HKTDC Electronics Fair is over, it’s huge, gigantic, I filmed a bunch of videos that I am now going to upload and publish as soon as possible. Look for cool new ARM Cortex-A9 products, new ARM Powered tablets, Smartphones and much more coming up. Make sure to subscribe to my RSS feed and subscribe to my YouTube channel to keep updated with my latest upcoming videos.
Review: $120 Hero H2000 MTK6516 Android Froyo Powered iphone4-copy
Posted by – April 13, 2011
I actually found this being sold at 780 renminbi ($120) at the Shenzhen Electronics Market the day after I bought it. So the price for this is actually as low as that. Also see my video review of the similar but even cheaper $87 FG8 3.5″ capacitive MTK6515 HTC Desire clone. And my video interview with Karasnn.com the probable manufacturer of this $120 MTK6516 Hero H2000 smartphone.
Here are the specs for this cool $120 Android Powered iphone4-copy:
Hero H2000
MTK6516 ARM9 460Mhz + 250Mhz DSP
Android 2.2 Froyo
2GB Flash storage, MicroSD expansion
3.5″ HVGA Capacitive touch screen
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Dual-SIM card slots (no 3G)
WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm stereo heaphones, 2 Megapixel back-facing, 0.3Megapixel front-facing cameras
I bought one of my H2000 from Sinoteck for $149 (969 renminbi) at http://bysino.net a partner of http://dhgate.com (they were exhibitor at the Shenzhen Electronics Fair) and the other I bought for $131 (850 renminbi) on the Shenzhen electronics market, then finding it being sold for $120 (780 renminbi) the day after.
Rockchip RK2918 for Smartphones
Posted by – April 13, 2011
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.
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 MT6516 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
Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, AmLogic, China Sourcing Fair, Geniatech, Android, Google TV
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
Shenzhen Behind the Scenes 2: utopiacn, Apad Android Tablet maker
Posted by – April 12, 2011
See how this small Chinese Android tablet maker makes it happen, how they do it, see UtopiaCN’s boss show his new 10″ Freescale i.MX51 powered Android tablet, with tea and cigarettes, meet the creator of the famous Apad Android Tablets line, he says he was the first to introduce the ipad-copies and that everyone else copied his copies. They specialize in making Freescale i.MX51 and later i.MX53 tablets, and they also have some AmLogic PCBs lying around. Find more information about them and order their products at http://utopiacn.com
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
Shenzhen Behind the Scenes 3: Richtechie.com, Freescale i.MX51/53 PCB designer
Posted by – April 12, 2011
The PCB is the motherboard, it includes the ARM Processor, all the main components of an ARM Powered device. The PCB designer designs that PCB according to plan to fit a certain amount of functionality into a given price point. They take the ARM SoC and puts it on a compact motherboard design, one that fits in Android tablets, Smartphones and more. In this video you can see some of the young engineers working at http://richtechie.com on the current and future Freescale i.MX51 and i.MX53 designs that this PCB makers customers want to release to the market.
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
Best of Shenzhen: $87 Android 3.5″ capacitive phone, MTK6516 FG8
Posted by – April 11, 2011
Here’s my initial video- and photo-review of this $87 Android smartphone that I found at the Shenzhen electronics market. It’s based on the ARM9 Mediatek MTK6516 processor, with Dual-SIM (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) support, Android Froyo 2.2 installed (seems smooth!), AGPS, 2Megapixel Camera, Bluetooth A2DP, the screen is a great 3.5″ capacitive touch screen, seems super! You read this right, this one now sells on the Shenzhen market for only $87 (565 Chinese Renminbi).
Here are the specs for this Mediatek MTK6516 ARM9 Based so-called FG8 Android phone:
MTK6516 ARM9 460Mhz + 260Mhz DSP (that can do certain video playback and other UI acceleration)
3.5″ Capacitive HVGA 480×320 screen
256MB RAM
Froyo Android 2.2 supported
Dual-SIM Card slots GSM Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz works worldwide on GSM/GPRS/EDGA (no 3G HSDPA data speeds though)
WiFi, FM, Bluetooth A2DP, AGPS, 2Mpix Camera, Microphone, MicroSD card slot (up to 32GB), Mp4 playback support claimed, 3-4 hours talk time and 200 hours standby time claimed (I haven’t tested yet).
Here are some pictures of this awesome product (click thumbnails for the bigger photos on Google Picasaweb):
Let me know in the comments what features you would like me to test in my next videos of this device. If you can find links for realiable-looking online Shenzhen exporters for where to order, post the links to export stores in the comments, so interested people can try to order with worldwide shipping.
