Category: Android

96Boards Linaro Development Boards Initiative, $129 HiKey with Hisilicon 64bit Kirin620

Posted by Charbax – February 12, 2015
Category: Development Boards, Exclusive videos, HiSilicon, Linaro Connect, Android, Chrome OS, Ubuntu

With the first being the Hislicon Kirin620 Octa Core ARM Cortex-A53 based $129 HiKey development board, http://96Boards.org is a new open hardware specification for ARM 32bit and 64bit development boards, and a Community Program for software delivery to developers, makers and OEMs. In this video, Linaro CEO George Grey describes the standardized expansion buses for peripheral I/O, display and cameras allowing the hardware ecosystem to develop a range of compatible add-on products that will work on any 96Boards product over the lifetime of the platform.The 96Boards initiative is designed to offer a single software and hardware community across multiple vendor boards supporting a range of different features. A fixed set of minimum functions including USB, SD, HDMI and standardized low speed and high speed peripheral connectors are provided. Vendors may add customized hardware and feature sets provided the minimum functions are available. Linaro expects this to extend the platform life, increase the market for add-on hardware, and accelerate open source upstreaming of support for new SoC features.

Here is the session by Linaro CEO George Grey talking further about the 96Boards hardware at Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2015:

$99 Mele X1000 4K on Realtek 1195 now shipping

Posted by Charbax – February 11, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Realtek, Mele, Android

Mele is now shipping their 4K H265 Realtek 1195 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 based Android hard drive media player, with Dolby True HD/DTS 7.1 channel pass through, X1000 4K does full local playback, supporting most audio/video formats, includes 4K H.265, BD ISO, 3D MVC, BDMV. The Mele X1000 4K can integrate a 2.5″ hard drive of up to 2TB. Mele develops their Special MeLE Media center app for smarter local video content playback featuring movie posters, info and actors from IMBD. The Mele X1000 4K is based on Android 4.4 Kitkat, with XBMC/Neflix/Youtube, using MeLE U3 smart TV system, all GUI optimized for remote control. with Gigabit LAN, it support local network streaming up to 120Mbps, support for Miracast and DLNA.

You can contact MeLE here:
Mason Tong, Sales Director
mason.tong@mele.cn
Mobile: +86-132 6816 6362
Isaac Long, Sales Manager, Brand Developement for oversea market
sale5@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 186 7551 2024
Skype: isaac_520320
Leo Owyang, Account Manager, OEM & ODM brand for oversea market
sales13@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 159 8952 0320
Skype: leo4176
http://en.mele.cn
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/715968
http://www.amazon.com/shops/MeLEofficialstore

Allwinner H3 4K Set-top-box by Sunchip, and H8 Octa-core Set-top-box

Posted by Charbax – February 10, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Sunchip, Android

Sunchip is launching their Allwinner H3 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 based set-top-box with 4K support, it is shipping now. Sunchip is also showing the Allwinner H8 octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 TV box, also shipping now. Sunchip can do HDMI Sticks with the H3 and H8 also.

You can contact Sunchip here:
Shenzhen Sunchip Technology Co., Ltd
Kobe Chen, Sales Manager
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
Mobile: +86 13751103656
Phone: +86 755 26733959
Skype: Kobechen6132
QQ: 1191324838
http://www.sunchip-tech.com

Live Lava Lab demonstration, adding new development boards for automatic testing

Posted by Charbax – February 8, 2015
Category: Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Samsung, Linaro Connect, Android, Ubuntu

Showing how easy it is to integrate any development board in Lava. Beaglebone Black, Allwinner A20 Cubieboard2, IFC6410, Odroid-UX3 (Exynos5422). They can take any new board and just get it connected. LAVA is an automated validation architecture primarily aimed at testing deployments of systems based around the Linux kernel on ARM devices, specifically ARMv7 and later. The current range of boards (device types) supported by this LAVA instance can be seen on the scheduler status page https://validation.linaro.org/scheduler/ which includes details of how many boards of each type are available for tests and currently running jobs.

Geniatech shows Android 5.0 Lollipop Android TV on AmLogic and shares strategy

Posted by Charbax – February 4, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, AmLogic, Geniatech, Android

Shenzhen Geniatech Inc. Ltd, one of the world leading Android TV ODM / OEM Platform vendor, release, demo and leaked today insider technical information, roadmap information about their Android 5.0 Lollipop and Android TV strategic deployment, migration and release strategy for 2015. Watch and follow Geniatech VP. Features include Google Cast (Chromecast protocol support!), 4K, Android TV UI and more.

For any request questions and further information, with regards to Android TV / Android 5.0,. Android TV Solution, Product and Sales Inquiries, you can visit Geniatech public website http://geniatech.com or send e-mail to sales@geniatech.com.

$110 Onda V975s with Allwinner A83T Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7

Posted by Charbax – February 1, 2015
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Android

This is the new mass market Onda V975S “iPad Air style” thin ultra light Octa-core tablet powered by the Allwinner A83T Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 with the PowerVR SGX544MP GPU selling at only $110 (699rmb) retail all over China with 1GB RAM and 16GB Flash with an IPS 1024×768 display. Onda also has 2GB RAM, 32GB Flash and Retina display Onda V989 Air for sale for about $130 (799rmb) as the mass market retail price. They both come in as thin form factors as the iPad Air, with thin and light metallic like 9.7″ display form factor. Android 5.0 Lollipop is also just about to be pre-installed shipped on these. Onda is the number 1 top selling “Tier 2” brand in China, shipping millions of tablets per year!

Vuzix next generation Smart Glass design

Posted by Charbax – January 31, 2015
Category: Wearables, Smart Glass, Exclusive videos, CES, Android

Vuzix is showing their next generation 1.4mm display engine that can fit into products that look like normal sunglasses, will support augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D. Intel just invested $25 million to buy 30% of Vuzix to help Vuzix get that next generation smart glass design to the consumer market sooner.

Sony Booth Tour with my 12-year old cousin

Posted by Charbax – January 28, 2015
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Displays, Cameras, Wearables, Gaming, Smartwatch, Smart Glass, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, IFA, Android

Sony 4K World Cup TVs and cameras, Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet, Sony Smart Glass, Sony E Ink SmartBand Talk, Sony Smartwatch 3 with Android Wear, 4K Camcorder with Sony Xperia Z3 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805, Sony Playstation 4 demos, Sony Action Camera, Sony RX100 and more.

Samsung Booth Tour with my 12-year old cousin

Posted by Charbax – January 28, 2015
Category: Laptops, Smartphones, Displays, Exclusive videos, Samsung, IFA, Android

Samsung Gear VR 360-degree panoramic video with Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, 4K TVs, curved, straight, Samsung washing machines and more.

pcDuino Acadia 1, Freescale i.MX6 Quad Development Board with Arduino Headers

Posted by Charbax – January 27, 2015
Category: PCB Design House, Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Freescale, Pcduino, Android, Ubuntu

pcDuino Acadia 1, powered by Freescale i.MX6 Quad processor with 1 GB RAM, 8GB eMMC, 2 SD card interface, 2 camera interface, other common ports, and Arduino hearders in order to connect Arduino shields to this Linux/Android board. It has IR receiver, up to 6 buttons. With Ubuntu 12.04 and Android 4.4 support for the board, as well as the usual API and development tools available for other pcDuino boards, you can read more about it here: http://www.linksprite.com/?page_id=829

You can contact the pcDuino team here:
Sky
chang.luo@linksprite.com
Mobbile: +86 186 0272 9237
QQ: 18227904
Wechat: minisky002

Pillar
baozhu.zuo@linksprite.com
Mobile: +86 18664537463
skype: pillar_zuo
QQ: 471044839
Wechat:pillar_zuo

Yanny
yunyan.guo@linksprite.com
Moile: +86 13036151639
QQ;1345355689
Wechat:54168580
http://twitter.com/pcduino
http://facebook.com/pcduino

TI DLP Pico Projectors at CES 2015, ultra-mobile and immersive computing

Posted by Charbax – January 24, 2015
Category: Projectors, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, CES, Android, Windows

Frank Moizio, manager of the TI DLP Pico business unit, demonstrates new end products incorporating DLP Pico technology which enable a broad range of bright, efficient HD projection display applications from compact form factors, including screenless TV, immersive computing, embedded pico projection and ultra-mobile HD projectors. DLP Pico technology is supported by a robust third party ecosystem to help developers speed time to market. You can visit http://www.ti.com/dlparm to learn more.

Android 5.0 Lollipop on Allwinner A33/A83T/A80, Allwinner A64 ARMv8 64bit at sub-$5

Posted by Charbax – January 21, 2015
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, CES, Android

Allwinner is one of the fastest vendor to support Android 5.0 Lollipop, having an engineering team dedicated to updating to the new version as soon as Google releases it. Allwinner H3 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 for entry-level OTT boxes, Allwinner H8 octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 for higher end Set-top-boxes and Allwinner A80 octa-core big,LITTLE ARM Cortex-A15/A7 is the top high end Allwinner chip for the Set-top-box market. Then Allwinner lauches the Allwinner A64, an entry-level ARMv8 64bit Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor with 4K H265 decode, to be available in big bulks soon to device makers at a sub-$5 price point: http://www.allwinnertech.com/plus/view.php?aid=527

superMHL 8K 120fps, USB Type-C, 40W, more bandwidth

Posted by Charbax – January 20, 2015
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Smartphones, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Projectors, Displays, Cameras, Wearables, Gaming, 4K UHD, Cars, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Samsung, CES, Android

The MHL Consortium has outdone itself with their latest technology mega specification, now perhaps setting the spec at a very future proof level (shall we say at least until 2020?), supporting up to 8K at 120fps, with up to 40W for power charge, delivering higher resolution, faster frame rates, support for the upcoming USB Type-C (dual side reversible) connector for up to 8K 60fps output from a phone (wow wow!). For the first time, MHL also introduces a new superMHL connector for 8K TVs (as in the first 8K TV from Samsung shown at CES). The SuperMHL spec is for mobile devices, set-top boxes (STBs), Blu-ray players, Audio/video recorders, HDMI sticks and other source devices to TVs and monitors, as SuperMHL should be included in most future FHD/4K/8K TVs, PC Monitors, MHL has shipped in over 750 Million devices thus far. The new SuperMHL spec is also offering wider color gamut, deeper colors (to reduce color banding), high dynamic range (HDR) supported through signaling and through higher bandwidth.

YoBox labels: Personal RFID/NFC/QR-code Storage Management

Posted by Charbax – January 18, 2015
Category: Internet of Things, Exclusive videos, CES, Android

YoBox labels help organize ones personal storage (now on Kickstarter!). Each YoBox label is uniquely numbered with NFC and QR code. Users take pictures or/and write keywords to describe everything that is stored in each storage box. YoBox labels are color coded to help easily identify each box in the storage room. The idea is to never go through endless boxes to find something in ones personal storage again! This is industrial strength personal storage management on mobile, the YoBox app is compatible with both Android and iOS. Battery free, RFID-enabled YoBox label can be read by NFC reader built into many Android smartphones. For iPhones and other phones not yet equipped with NFC, users can scan the QR code on the YoBox label to retrieve the info.

Read more about it on Kickstarter campaign still going on for 12 more days!

Nvidia shows fastest most accurate ARM Powered speech recognition

Posted by Charbax – January 17, 2015
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CES, Android

Professor at Carnegie Mellon shows how Nvidia is using the Kepler GPU in Nvidia Tegra K1 to accelerate the offline accelerated voice recognition feature. The use is for faster, smoother speech recognition in the car.

Newest Konka 4K TVs, they make 8 million TVs per year

Posted by Charbax – January 14, 2015
Category: Displays, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Mstar, CES, Android

Konka shows their newest 4K TVs, glasses free TVs, they have luxury 4K 55″ for $1800, they also sell a much cheaper half-priced 4K TV. 65″ Curved 4K for $5000. Curved OLED. All of Konka’s 4K TVs now ship with HDMI 2.0, using an Mstar processor inside they run Android Smart TV UI.

Archos 50 Diamond Lollipop on Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core ARM Cortex-A53

Posted by Charbax – January 13, 2015
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Internet of Things, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, MediaTek, Qualcomm, CES, Archos, Android, Windows

At $199/199€ with 5″ FHD, runs Android 5.0 Lollipop on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 which Archos says is about 25% more performance than an Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 smartphone. It has LTE dual-sim, NFC, MicroSD, 2GB RAM, removable 2700mAh battery. Archos also shows their 69€ Windows Phone, 119€ MT6582 Archos 50b Platinum, Archos 101 Oxygen with FHD 10.1″ aluminium casing on RK3288 with 7000mAh at 199€. Archos 101 Platinum 10.1″ HD and their 7″ Windows Intel Tablet at 119€.

Enplug Digital Signage Software

Posted by Charbax – January 13, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, Displays, Software, Exclusive videos, CES, Android, Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Windows

Enplug, winner of CES’s ShowStoppers Startup Competition, is the developer of the first public computing platform. Enplug’s software turns any display into a public computer, enabling businesses to seamlessly engage with their audience. Businesses with displays of all sizes use Enplug to show interactive and live social media feeds, news, games, and many other apps developed by third-parties. Enplug wants to partner with display and set-top box makers to have its software pre-loaded for free and revenue-share with the hardware maker. It is looking for other display and set-top box makers to work with you can contact them here by phone: +1-855-536-7584 or email: Hello@enplug.com

Netronix shows 13.3″ flexible E Ink digitizer sub-400gr i.MX6 Solo Lite Android note taker

Posted by Charbax – January 8, 2015
Category: E-readers, Freescale, CES, Android

The coolest product in the world is back, this time by Netronix, it’s their ultimate E Ink device, it has better specs than last year’s 13.3″ Sony E-reader device as it runs a faster i.MX6 Solo Lite Android platform, and it can be sold significantly cheaper than the $1000 Sony device. Netronix is right now looking for distributors around the world and they are still optimizing the weight and performance just a little bit more before releasing this ultimate note taking and document collaboration device. Hopefully it won’t be long and the ultimate Android APK for document notes real-time and deferred collaboration will be available, one that lets groups of lawyers collaborate on annotating a same court document, on that lets several students and teachers easily annotate and read large learning documents, one that easily enables note taking and stylus based creativity on top of text, in a connected way, as a side-kick to Laptop productivity. When this device is sold to mass markets below $500, even massively mass produced and sold below $300, things will change. For that E Ink also needs to drastically lower the price of the display, hopefully some big orders come in from Governments and from massively courageous brands who are ready to bring it to all people!

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Smartphone and Tablet Development Platform reference designs

Posted by Charbax – January 5, 2015
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, Android

6″ 2K OLED, Octa-core 64bit quad-A57 quad-A53, fingerprint, 13megapixel camera, it’s a special development phone for developers to optimize their apps for 64bit big.LITTLE ARM by Qualcomm, with Snapdragon 810 devices to be available soon (check back for more on Snapdragon 810 soon), Qualcomm also has a reference Snapdragon 810 Tablet with a 4K display, with 4 speakers, 9 microphones, ultrasound, HDMI, USB3, dual-3D infrared gesture cam for 3D scanning, first mobile device with DDR4 ultra high speed RAM memory. This is the Snapdragon 810 Mobile Development Platform for $999. You can read more about the 810 Smartphone and Tablet development platform here: https://developer.qualcomm.com/mdp-810-tablet-mdp-810-smartphone