Category: OS

Megan and Camille’s technology show, showing Desktop Android features on the external monitor using MHL

Posted by Charbax – March 12, 2012
Category: Smartphones, Samsung, Android

Here’s a video by two young MHL experts. 50 million MHL devices were shipped in 2011 according to Techcrunch.com. One of the most important improvements in Android that I am looking forward to is the increase of Desktop features on Android (also demonstrated in this video: Using a Mobile Device as a Desktop Computer and Part 2: Using an Android Device as a Desktop). The usability being improved when Android is being used on a Monitor or HDTV using the MHL output of some of the latest modern phones having the latest fastest Dual-core and Quad-core ARM Processors.

The point is that the latest smartphone processors with MHL output to a monitor or TV and a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and some of the latest Android user interface features such as Chrome for Android on Ice Cream Sandwich should provide for as smooth a Desktop experience as using an Intel Atom netbook!

ZXD 5″ Smartphone MT6573 $120 (dual-sim, HSPA), MT6575 $130

Posted by Charbax – March 10, 2012
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, CeBIT, Android

ZXD Technology Development Limited shows really low cost 5″ 800×480 capacitive smartphone based on the Mediatek MT6573 (ARM11 650Mhz HSDPA Dual-sim) for $120 in 5.0″ and $110 for 4.3″ 800×480. The upcoming MediaTek MT6575 ARM Cortex-A9 Single-core based Smartphone (1Ghz HSDPA Dual-sim) is going to cost only $10 more on each! Consider the $120, $110 prices are for orders of 1000 units at the minimum. ZXD says they do their own manufacturing in Shenzhen China.

The point here is that you get a Galaxy Note like experience at 5″ for $120 (ARM11) $130 (Single-core ARM Cortex-A9), Galaxy S2 like experience at 4.3″ $110 (ARM11), $120 (Single-core ARM Cortex-A9), all Dual-sim, the capacitive screens seem fine! ZXD also does cheaper Android phones with smaller screens all the way down to $50 for bulk orders!

Check back for much more on the latest Cheap/Affordable crazy good sub-$150 (bulk price) value Android smartphones that I am going to film here on ARMdevices.net over the next weeks and months!

Appear, Kopin Golden-i Software provider, won 2nd price at CeBIT

Posted by Charbax – March 10, 2012
Category: Wearables, Smart Glass, Software, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, CeBIT, Kopin, Windows

Based at the Kista Science City, Mobile City in Stockholm Sweden, Appear talks about integrating their industrial systems software into the Motorola Kopin Golden-i headmounted computer. Here at CeBIT they talk about how people working in the railway, airports etc industries can use the Golden-i in the next level of their augmented reality system.

carzapp, new cheaper Internet based car sharing system

Posted by Charbax – March 10, 2012
Category: Cars, Other, Exclusive videos, CeBIT, Android

carzapp provides a new cheaper mobile Internet connected locking system, so you can open your car using any smartphone if they give you the authorization for it, you can then add your car to the car sharing network and earn up to $2000 per month (if you have a cool car that many people want to use). They take care of 100% of the insurance for when your car is used by a user. You can choose the price per hour, price per day, you can pick and choose which people or which kind of people can use it (how verified each user is, I guess). Some regions can add up to thousands of electric cars on that car sharing network. The price can be as low as $4 per hour, you can park it based on where the owner wants to park it, or it can also happen that you can just park it wherever you want.

Gearomat, vending machine based on a web shop application

Posted by Charbax – March 10, 2012
Category: Tablets, Other, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, CeBIT, Android

Gearomat hacks a vending machine with a 7″ Tablet touch screen to process the orders through a web shop.

Sony Xperia S review by Mike Demuth

Posted by Charbax – March 9, 2012
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Reviews, Qualcomm, CeBIT, Android

Mike Demuth @aeqx is one of the worlds top Sony fanboys, admin on the top Sony Ericsson forum (now discontinued) of se-world.info. He provides a review of this new latest high-end Sony Android Smartphone the Sony Xperia S at CeBIT 2012 in Hanover.

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Joyplus shows Pixel Qi 10.1″ and 7″ tablets at CeBIT 2012

Posted by Charbax – March 9, 2012
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, CeBIT, Pixel Qi, Android

Joyplus is working on using the Pixel Qi 10.1″ 1280×800 (for now, only showing the 1024×600 glossy in a prototype) and they are showing the 7″ Pixel Qi 1024×600 on a resistive touchscreen prototype.

Found via: netbooknews.com

Woddon Industrial Limited shows iOS/Android remote controlled Helicopters, Airships and more

Posted by Charbax – March 9, 2012
Category: Robots, Exclusive videos, CeBIT, Android

Those toy helicopters are awesome. Woddon Industrial Limited shows some that use an app on iOS and Android as the remote controller, they also have a prototype of a helium filled airship balloon that can carry a camera.

RealPlay shows $60-$90 1.5Ghz ICS Set-top-boxes

Posted by Charbax – March 9, 2012
Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, AmLogic, CeBIT, Android, Google TV

Right now they are showing it with the AmLogic Single-core ARM Cortex-A9 but the pricing they are talking about is using a Dual-core 1.5Ghz processor which they have yet to confirm the chip maker.

Archos G9 ICS Firmware update released

Posted by Charbax – March 8, 2012
Category: Tablets, Texas Instruments, Archos, Android

Archos now releases the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware update on their website for their OMAP4 based 8″ and 10.1″ Capacitive Android tablets of the Archos G9 series. Here’s some more information about the firmware update: http://store.archos.com/docs/Android%204%200%20Update%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

You can download the firmware update at Archos.com

Here’s the changelog:

Version 4.0.4 – March 8th, 2012

Initial Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 firmware release
MediaCenter Video: support for MKV3D on TV with automatic switch to best 3D mode
MediaCenter Video: allow to disable system notifications in video player
MediaCenter Video: collection of VOB files from DVD are now gathered into a single movie item
MediaCenter Music: integrate Music control panel in Lock Screen
MediaCenter info dialog: allow to edit the name used for performing the Movie and TVShow online search
File Manager: display a notification when file copy continues in background
File Manager: improved drag and drop support
File Manager: new option to prevent indexing of some storage/sdcard folders by multimedia library
Applications: more robust video conferencing support (Google talk, Skype etc.)
USB file transfer: a samba server is now activated on the tablet when using USB network tethering for easier file transfer on non Windows based hosts
Archos widgets: new USB network tether widget
External Keyboard: french layout has been expanded to handle AtlGr keys for special symbols
Accessories: Xbox gamepad support

You can discuss this firmware update in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=63669

Shenzhen Wabook shows $93 Rockchip RK2918 Laptop

Posted by Charbax – March 7, 2012
Category: Laptops, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, CeBIT, Android

The Wabook EPC1029, with a 10.1″ 1024×600, runs on the Rockchip RK2918 ARM Cortex-A8, 3 USB Host ports, it can run Android 4.0, the price for bulk orders is $93. I want to see how smooth Chrome for Android runs on this Laptop. Check back soon, I will try to get them to show the performance of Chrome for Android on ICS on this RK2918 laptop as soon as possible.

Pierre Cardin $130 9.7″ IPS Boxchip Tablet

Posted by Charbax – March 7, 2012
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, CeBIT, Android

The 9.7″ IPS Android Tablet with iPad form factor can be made for cheap (the minimum order quantity is 1000 units).

3Gnet shows Boxchip, VIA, Freescale Tablets

Posted by Charbax – March 7, 2012
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Freescale, CeBIT, Android

3Gnet now manufactures several tablets based on the Freescale i.MX51, Boxchip AllWinner A10 ARM Cortex-A8.

Usmart shows compact Samsung Hummingbird PCB for cheap/compact Smartphones

Posted by Charbax – March 7, 2012
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Samsung, CeBIT, Android

http://usmart.com.hk shows their latest compact PCB based on the Samsung Hummingbird ARM Cortex-A8 with all the sensors, basebands for cheap/compact smartphone designs.

Marvel Digital International Limited at CeBIT 2012

Posted by Charbax – March 7, 2012
Category: Displays, Exclusive videos, CeBIT, Android

They show a glasses free 3D tablet that has a chipset that automatically converts 2D content to 3D.

Valueplus TizzBird Stick N1

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2012
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Telechips, CeBIT, Android, Google TV

Using the new Telechips 8925 ARM Cortex-A5 processor platform, here’s the new computer/set-top-box on a USB Stick, with a full sized HDMI port on one side, a full sized USB Host port on the other, a Micro-USB port for power, MicroSD card slot, that’s it. Valueplus plans for a sub-$100 retail price, my guess is that the Bill of Materials for something like this can be done below $30 if mass manufactured. The market for these ARM Powered HDMI Sticks is going to be huge! Imagine a fully smoother Chrome on Android 4.0, a fully smooth Google TV user interface, this is awesome.

Midte Digital Touch Pen at CeBIT 2012

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2012
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, CeBIT, Windows

This touch pen works when the receiver is attached to the top of the side of any laptop or desktop screen.

Coolech shows HiSilicon Single-core ARM Cortex-A9 Android Set-top-box with DTV support

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2012
Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, HiSilicon, CeBIT, Android, Google TV

It supports the DVBT standard and to use any RJ11 telephone as a VOIP phone through that device. IT can record and timeshift any DTV signal to any USB storage.

28-minute Cyanogenmod unboxing of Sony Xperia S

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2012
Category: Smartphones, Software, Exclusive videos, Reviews, Qualcomm, MWC, Android

The most technical and awesome unboxing of the new Sony Xperia S (some blogs seem to say it’s currently one of the best smartphones on the market) is done by Diogo Ferreira, one of the leaders of Cyanogenmod alternative/optimized Android development for improved Android firmwares on the Sony Android platform.

Awesome Huawei Horse sculpture at Mobile World Congress 2012, made of phones

Posted by Charbax – March 6, 2012
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, HiSilicon, MWC, Android

One of the most impressive sights at the Mobile World Congress was for sure the insanely awesome Huawei Horse, made of hundreds, maybe thousands of real Huawei smartphones (my guess, probably just some bad yields thus recycled for art). The statement I think is that Huawei is now ready to take over the market. They mean business. They are serious about it. They claim to have the fastest Smartphone and Tablet on the market, and they also cover all ranges all the way down to the cheapest lowest end most affordable Smartphone. My take is we all need to pay attention to Huawei. In any ways, this Huawei Horse is awesome. It was an awesome sight during the nights of the MWC, imagine an awesome DJ up high in front of the columns, the castle at the top of the mountain, awesome house music, acrobats, and cool lights lighting up this Huawei Horse, mobile industry insiders networking in front of that. This is awesome.