pcDuino is an Allwinner A20-based development board targetted at education and hackers, it can run Android and Ubuntu among other. It has HDMI, Wi-Fi, 1GB RAM, 4GB Flash, and hardware headers interface compatible with Arduino (14xGPIO, 2xPWM, 6xADC, 1xUART, 1xSPI, 1xI2C). pcDuino can be used to teach Python, C and other things. pcDuino provides a Maker Space in Shenzhen where hackers and enthusiasts can come to hack some things based on the pcDuino. The pcDuino team will also be releasing an Allwinner A80 based development board in May. You can learn more about it at http://pcduino.com and http://learn.linksprite.com
Category: Android
Sunchip RK3288 HDMI Stick and Set-top-box
Posted by – April 22, 2014
Shenzhen Sunchip shows their RK3288 based HDMI Stick and Set-top-box PCB, the hardware is ready, they just need another month or so for the software to be ready and optimized. We’re talking Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 (according to Rockchip and posters), Mali-T674 GPU. Sunchip sells about 30K HDMI Sticks and Set-top-boxes per month. I will look for the Chrome OS based RK3288 HDMI Stick, check http://ARMdevices.net for news on that. You can also watch my videos filmed at the Sunchip HDMI Stick heaquarters in Shenzhen (2, 3, 4)
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2014
You can contact Sunchip here:
Kobe Chen
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
http://sunchip-tech.com
Shenzhen Tena RK3288 HDMI Stick
Posted by – April 22, 2014
Shenzhen Tena shows the mockup for their upcoming RK3288 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 HDMI Stick. For now this is just a mockup, but the RK3288 HDMI Stick should get ready by around next month. With 2 USB Ports, IR remote control, MicroSD card. Shenzhen Tena will also provide a RK3288 based Set-top-box. Tena has a RK2928 Miracast dongle with 5Ghz WiFi. You can also watch my Factory Tour at Shenzhen Tena HDMI Stick maker filmed last year (2).
Contact info (please only contact them if you are serious about buying/importing large quantities of these devices):
Shenzhen Tena Ltd
http://www.sztena.com
Sales manager: Calvin Huang
calvin@sztena.com
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2014
Tecomax smartwatch for $34.7 and 2G Android smartwatch for $65.5
Posted by – April 22, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Exclusive videos, Members Content, MediaTek, China Sourcing Fair, Android
Tecomax announces their smartwatch with bluetooth that can communicate with the phone to perform multiple operations. This smartwatch costs $37.7 for MOQ 1K. They have been working in smart wearables industry for less than an year because this industry is quite new. They have other smart wearable devices available for sale like an Android smartwatch with MTK MT6577 CPU and 2G connectivity that costs $65.5 . Tecomax is based in ShenZhen, has 400 workers and sells around 10000 devices per month.
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Bernhard Rosenkränzer talks Android speed-up at Linaro
Posted by – April 21, 2014
Linaro Android optimizations gets upstreamed to the main Android releases, here demonstrating Linaro’s latest optimizations to Android to likely be used in the next version of Android be it 4.5 or 5.0. As Google ads all the optimizations from Linaro to the main Android releases, Linaro gets to then focus on something else that still needs optimization for all ARM Android devices to work best.
Unuiga SMT Production Line Tour
Posted by – April 21, 2014
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Factory Tours, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Unuiga, Android
Unuiga shows around their SMT Production Line, outputting PCBs for their Set-top-box and HDMI Sticks and outputting PCBs for Tablets also. You can also watch the video from Unuiga’s PCB design house, Unuiga’s Product Porfolio and the Unuiga Company History video.
Contact informations:
Steven Ching
Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-86110143
Fax: 86-755-86330445
Cell: 86-18038133940
Web : www.unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
ViewAR Augmented Reality Catalog Systems
Posted by – April 20, 2014
ViewAR is a worldwide Augmented Reality Catalog System providing an Augmented Reality App to browse all kinds of 3D models.
Panasonic PH1-Pro4 ARM Cortex-A9 with ProXstream1 4K decoder and transcoder
Posted by – April 19, 2014
Panasonic has developed the “PH1-Pro4” single-chip system LSI to support high-quality and multi-channel video distribution. PH1-Pro4 can compress/decompress 3-stream full-HD video data simultaneously. For VGA, 12 streams can be handled simultaneously. With PH1-Pro4, you can quickly develop a home media server to view different images simultaneously through different media, such as TV, smartphone, tablet, PC, and so on. Implementing PH1-Pro4 into cloud-based products allows them to be a low-power system with minimal component count. Driver assistance system and security monitoring system are also achieved with small size and low-power consumption. In addition, PH1-Pro4 upconverts video data from full-HD to 4K2K. Text from http://www.semicon.panasonic.co.jp/en/products/systemlsis/ph1-pro4/
$109 7.85″ MTK8382, $138 9.7″ Retina RK3188 from Luckystar
Posted by – April 18, 2014
Luckystar shows their latest tablets. A Luckystar 3G tablet with 7.85inch IPS display, 1Gb of RAM and powered by Mediatek MTK8382 quad-core CPU costs around $109. The tablet comes in different colors and has 8Gb of internal storage expendable by SD Card. Another new Luckystar successful tablet has a 9.7inch Retina IPS display, 2Gb of RAM and powered by Rockchip RK3188 quad-core CPU. This tablet has 16Gb of internal storage expendable by SD Card. This tablet with the 3G calling function costs $158 and without 3G calling function costs $138. Luckystar sells more than 300k devices per month. You can also watch my 40-minute tour at the Luckystar factory here.
Pipo shows RK3288 Tablet, 6.4″ FHD MT6592 and more
Posted by – April 17, 2014
Category: Exclusive videos, Rockchip, MediaTek, Intel, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Pipo, Android, Windows
Pipo P1 is one of the world’s first Rockchip RK3288 Tablets yet shown features Retina, , to be released perhaps as soon as the end of this month. Pipo also shows some Phablet 6.4″ FHD and other large MT6592 devices, PIpo also shows some Intel powered tablet and tablet with Surface-style keyboard.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2014
Unuiga PCB Design House, RK3288/RK3188 for HDMI Sticks and Set-top-box
Posted by – April 16, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Factory Tours, PCB Design House, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Unuiga, Android
With RK3288 designs in the ramping, Unuiga has 60 hardware/software engineers, 20 sales people, Unuiga is an ODM Android TV Box and HDMI Stick system provider in Shenzhen China specializing in Rockchip PCB solutions for Set-top-boxes and HDMI Sticks. Featuring among other Android optimizating, PCB layout, creating new designs for TV Boxes including Unuiga’s wide TV Mounted RK3188 TV Box with Camera for video-conferencing. Developing some Android home replacement user interfaces designs for customer’s custom TV usage.
Contact informations:
Steven Ching
Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: 86-755-86110143
Fax: 86-755-86330445
Cell: 86-18038133940
Web : www.unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
Gionee Elife S5.5 is the slimmest smartphone in the world
Posted by – April 15, 2014
The Gionee Elife S5.5 is a smartphone that runs Gionee’s Amigo UI on top of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It features a 5-inch display with no word on its resolution and display quality. The Elife S5.5 is powered by a 1.7GHz octa-core CPU coupled with 2GB of RAM. The phone has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera for video calls.
The inbuilt storage on the Elife S5.5 is 16GB and there is no SD card memory expansion option available. The smartphone packs a 2300mAh non-removal battery. The Gionee Elife S5.5 has a single-SIM slot.
The Elife S5.5 measures in 145.1×70.2×5.55mm and weighs 130 grams. At just 5.5mm thickness, the smartphone is the slimmest smartphone in the world.
Connectivity options on the smartphone include 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and USB OTG. The Gionee Elife S5.5 comes in Black, White, Pink, Blue and Purple colours.
The smartphone will be launched first in China. The Gionee Elife S5.5 3G variant will be priced at around $374 in China.
Kiroco Smart Jewellery
Posted by – April 15, 2014
Kiroco presents their NFC based Smart Jewllery concept which allows you to view personal private messages from a loved one, and these precious memories are then stored so you can view them whenever you wish just by touching the jewellery to your phone.
All of Kiroco’s Jewellery contains an NFC chip which works when touched to the NFC readers in Android Smartphones, which then in turn launches the messages on a person’s piece of jewellery so that they can be viewed – whether a word, photo or video message.
With the exclusion of the K bracelet in white metal the rest of the ranges are made in sterling silvers with enamales, with some pieces containing Swarvoski Crystals or Cubic Zirconia.
ZTE Nubia X6, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, 6.44″ FHD Flagship Phone
Posted by – April 15, 2014
ZTE’s Nubia brand just launched the X6, a 1080p 6.44-inch Smart Phone. This Phone features top-notch specs and premium design with built-in storage up to 128Gb. Because of the big screen the phone might be nicknamed from some as “phablet”, a mix of tablet and phone.
The Nubia X6 phablet has a 7.9mm thin metal body with narrow bezels. The 6.44inches LCD screen has 1080p resolution that sets the pixel density at 344ppi. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 801 chipset running at 2.3GHz. The chipset is paired with 3GB RAM. ZTE Nubia X6 scores 27966 in AnTuTu Benchmark.
The rear camera features an 13MP sensor with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization). The front-facing camera also has a 13MP sensor. You also can use premium phone cases produced by ZTE for this phone in multiple colors. The phone itself is available in 2 colors: silver and gold. The phone has a 4,250mAh battery and built-in storage with 32Gb storage that costs 3,000 RMB($485), the 64Gb option for 3,500 RMB($565) or the 128Gb option for 4,000 RMB($645). There isn’t a microSD card memory expansion option.
Optinvent ORA SmartGlass with Augmented Reality
Posted by – April 14, 2014
Optinvent is a technology hardware designer company that is working on a augmented reality and smart wearables like glasses.
Optinvent ORA is the smart glasses device that Optinvent is working on at the moment. The ORA feels fairly well built and has a number of design features that are intended to make it usable for all types of workers in various industries. ORA glasses have mounting points for prescription lenses. The Optinvent ORA is powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and features a very small-screen version of Google’s operating system. The device is controlled using the touchpad, which moves a cursor.
The glasses have an arm that moves up and down, which can place the display directly in the user’s eyeline or just below it for quick glances. What that “True AR” mode effectively amounts to is a tilting display, one that can sit just below your eye-level for a “dashboard view” of incoming messages and other notifications, or moved right into your field of vision if you plan on going full-RoboCop. Google’s Glass by comparison always places onscreen information above your eye-line.
Other specs include an eye-searing 3,000 nits brightness level, an ambient light sensor, a rechargeable battery good for between 4 and 8 hours of usage and a display that when positioned right in front of your eyes is the equivalent of having an 85-inch TV dangling off your face. The battery is said that will last three hours with intensive use or eight hours with typical use. The Optinvent ORA price starts at €699.
Optinvent is based in Rennes, France and Silicon Valley, United States.
Geniatech talks custom Set-top-box solutions
Posted by – April 14, 2014
Geniatech is an OEM/ODM specialized in open android based hardware and software platform for Android Set-top-boxes with advanced features like embedded digital TV tuners, video capture and video converters. Geniatech is making some TV Boxes and HDMI Sticks with the AmLogic M802 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 with Octa-core Mali-450 GPU. Geniatech can do HDMI-in and HDMI-out for overlay of the existing TV signals with Android features on top.
MediaTek MT6595 ARM Cortex-A17, MT8135 big.LITTLE A15/A7 and more
Posted by – April 14, 2014
Booth tour at the MediaTek booth featuring their upcoming MT6595 with ARM Cortex-A17, the already available MT8135 big.LITTLE, this video also features MT5327 (4K TV Box), MT8639 (Miracast dongle), and the MT6592 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 already in full mass distribution worldwide.
Chrome OS on Rockchip RK3288 with Mali-T764 in Tablets, Set-top-boxes, shipping next month
Posted by – April 13, 2014
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android, Chrome OS
Rockchip shows RK3288 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 in Tablets, booting Chrome OS (named Chromium OS when not Google certified), playing back H265 4K 60fp HDMI 2.0 10bit, extremely fast Mali-T764 GPU, mass production starts next month.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2014
Actions ATM7039, ATM7021, ATM7029B, 4K H265, FHD, Thin Client, All-in-ones
Posted by – April 13, 2014
Actions Semiconductor shows their latest ATM7039 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 with SGX544 for the high-end with up to Retina support and H265 4K decode, running thin clients, optimizing for All-in-one computers. The Actions Semi ATM7021 at the low-cost dual-core market for emerging markets, ATM7029B at the entry level tablets for developed markets. Actions shipped in 7 million tablets last year and they are aiming to be in 20 million tablets this year.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2014
Windows RT on Allwinner A31/A80 Octa big.LITTLE in Tablets, performance/power
Posted by – April 13, 2014
Allwinner A80 Octa-core big.LITTLE performance (41528 Antutu score), with USB3.0 support (faster transfer and charging), Allwinner A80 Optimus Board to be available in May for less than $100, 4K H265 Encode and Decode in real-time, talking performance/power advantage over competition, 64-core G6230 GPU, Allwinner for car safety.
