Category: OS

Dafurong imapx15 with Android 4.3, dual-core ARM Cortex-A5

Posted by – January 4, 2014

Cheap $32 7″ tablet with dual-core ARM Cortex-A5 infotmic solution supports smooth Android 4.3, 1GB RAM, 4GB Flash. And more.

Match Tech latest Rockchip, Allwinner and Mediatek tablets


The latest Rockchip tablets presented by Match Tech.

Filmed at Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2013

Binatone’s latest products

Posted by – January 3, 2014

Showing their latest products.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2013

Jiuzhou Set-top-boxes and HDMI Sticks

Posted by – January 3, 2014

Jiuzhou shows their latest Set-top-box and HDMI Sticks.

Synergy kids tablet

Posted by – January 2, 2014

Synergy shows their dual-core kids tablet and more.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2013

Boeye Android E Ink e-readers, RK2906

Posted by – January 2, 2014

Boeye shows some of their latest Android E Ink e-readers.

IntelClinic NeuroOn, sleep mask monitors brain waves, LeWeb 2013 Startup competition winner

Posted by – January 1, 2014

Polish start-up IntelClinic won the Startup competition at LeWeb 2013 by showing off their NeuroOn brainwave-monitoring sleep mask. The idea is to allow you to switch from monophasic to polyphasic sleep. That means if it works, you can sleep less and more efficiently. Thus far they have collected 384 thousand dollars on Kickstarter.

You can also watch their presentation at the Startup competition here:

James Bruce, ARM Director of Mobile Strategy, talks Next Generation Smartphones

Posted by – December 29, 2013

James Bruce talks newly announced ARM Mali-T720 for Entry-level and new ARM Mali-T760 for High-end devices. ARM Mali-T720 brings GPU Compute OpenGL ES 3.0 to the entry level smartphone in the next 18-24 months. AmLogic now ships Mali-T450 in their new M802 chip. James Bruce talks further of what ARM can do for the user experience, talks designing benchmarks to measure the performance of the user experience vs certain benchmarks measuring things that aren’t relevant to the user experience. The ARM Architecture ecosystem is amazing, for example, in Q2 2013, there were more ARM Cortex-A5 devices shipped than all x86 PC/Laptops combined in that quarter.

Google Glass app Glashion “OK glass, I want this!” buys anything you see

Posted by – December 29, 2013

Glashion is a Google Glass project that allows you to buy fashion products that you are looking at. Look at any fashionable bag or dress on a bypasser or in a store, and then the app queries the ShopStyle API for similar matches based on object recognition technology. You simply tell Glass when you see a product, “Ok glass, I want this!” and you can then buy the product with a blink. At least that is their idea.

MokiMobility real-time analytics for Android app developers

Posted by – December 29, 2013

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.

Intrinsic Snapdragon 800 APQ8074 Dragonboard

Posted by – December 26, 2013

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.

ZXD Android Phones

Posted by – December 24, 2013

ZXD is a manufacturer of mobile phones and they have been in business for around 5 years. ZXD sels around 300,000 phones per month. ZXD didn’t always make mobile phones they also used to make mp3/mp4 players. ZXD makes both feature phones and Android phones. ZXD makes a MTK 6515 based device for 34 USD (2g) or 35 USD (3g). ZXD also makes the G60 model with a 6″ (1280×720) screen and a MTK 6582 processor for 140 USD as well as the G59 model for 100 USD with an inferior screen and CPU. The G50 comes with a MTK 6589 processor for 101 USD and the G55 comes with a MTK 6982 processor. The G46 sells for 76 USD and G45 sells for 78 USD. The G35 is 44 USD with a 4″ wvga screen.

Utime Android Phones and Feature Phones

Posted by – December 23, 2013

Utime is a manufacturer of cellphones and they began making them in 2008 and sells around 300,000 phones per month. Utime makes a MTK 6589 phone with a 4.5″ (presumably HD)screen for 68 USD in bulk. Utime makes a 6″ device with a 8 core (dual quad core) MTK 6592T processor for an unspecified price. Utime also makes feature phones as well as Android smartphones. Utime’s cheapest phone sells for 37 USD.

Five Technology Latest Rockchip Android Tablets

Posted by – December 23, 2013

5 technology is OEM and ODM maker of Android tablets. 5 technology sells around 50,000 tablets per month. Products from 5 technology include a 10.1″ quad core full hd tablet with an unspecified price. 5 technology also makes a iPad Mini like device with a Rockchip 3188 processor. 5 technology makes a more interesting 10″ tablet with a morgan touch stylus.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2013

Geniatech dual-boots Linux with Qt UI on their AmLogic based Set-top-boxes

Posted by – December 19, 2013

Geniatech engineer shows how they support dual-booting to some basic Linux from the SD card on several of the Geniatech Android Set-top-boxes, going back to their single-core AmLogic M3 based Set-top-boxes and also to their new ones. Geniatech tries or wants to provide everything open source and unlock their Set-top-boxes so for users who want a cheap ARM Powered Linux box, they can use Geniatech for that also.

Pipo M8HD, 10.1″ 1920×1200, RK3188, 2GB RAM

Posted by – December 18, 2013

Pipo shows their Pipo M8HD 10.1″ Full HD Rockchip RK3188 Tablet, 2GB RAM, started to ship around October 2013, competes with Nexus 10 and the price is about half of Nexus 10 and about 30% of the latest iPad. 5 megapixel back camera with flash. The multi-window Android user interface option also comes included, being developed by Rockchip. The possible retail price is $169€.

Omate Truesmart, MT6572 Android Smart Watch

Posted by – December 18, 2013

Omate raised over $1 Million on Kickstarter, selling the MT6572 single-sim card smart watch starting at $199, they have been shipping for the past 2 weeks. Android functionality, support by MediaTek, 1.54″ LG 240×240 LCD capacitive touchscreen display using Sapphire Crystal coating to make it unscratchable. GPS, 5 Megapixel built-in camera, 600mAh battery, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Vibration, Bluetooth 4.0 and much more.

Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth, runs on 30 Smartphones, all ARM Servers and upcoming ARM Laptops

Posted by – December 17, 2013

Ubuntu Founder, Mark Shuttleworth, talks about why he started Ubuntu, how it runs on 30 different ARM Powered Smartphones, on all the ARM Servers, on upcoming ARM Powered Laptops also. GPU providers opening up more and more to allow full Ubuntu hardware acceleration, optimizing Ubuntu on one GPU can enable Ubuntu on ARM Powered phones, tablets, laptops and desktops also.

Robert Scoble “Age of Context” at LeWeb 2013

Posted by – December 17, 2013

The five converging forces promise to change virtually every aspect of our lives. You know them as: mobile, data, sensors and location-based technology. Combined with social media they form a new generation of personalized technology that knows us better than our closest friends. Armed with that knowledge our personal devices can anticipate what we’ll need next and serve us better than a butler or an executive assistant.

You can buy Robert Scoble’s new book or ebook at amazon.com

Droid Translator automatic Android conversation translation app

Posted by – December 16, 2013

The dream of speaking one language that instantly translates to another language when you are traveling to some foreign country is now possible. Here using the tiwinnovation’s startup’sapp Droid Translator, which sends text to speech then speech to text from one Android device to the other. You can find Droid Translator for Android here: http://droid-translator.tiwinnovations.com/ and on Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tiwlab.droidtranslator

Here’s their official presentation at the LeWeb 2013 Startup Competition: