Category: IFA

$799 UBTECH Robot Alpha, $999 UBTECH Robot voice and app control

Posted by – September 11, 2015

UBTECH shows their humanoid Robot on IFA 2015. You can control the Robot Alpha through app (both iOS and Android supported) via Bluetooth, it is highly flexible and move like a human. With build-in 7.4V 2200mAh battery, play-time up to 1 hour. The 2nd generation will support voice control both English and Chinese. The retail price of 1st Generation UBTECH Alpha is $799, 2nd Generation with voice control will be $999.

You can contact UBTECH here: (Please let them know if you watch this video)
Harry Hu, Overseas Sales Manager,
harry.hu@ubtrobot.com
Mobile:+86 136 3282 6332

United Object LINKAGE WiFi multi-room Speaker Finger Touch LED dislay

Posted by – September 11, 2015

United object (a company of SK Telecom, Korea) shows the latest WiFi speaker-LINKAGE on IFA 2015.
It comes with a touch LED display on the top, support 1 or 2 finger touch. With Micro SD card reader and AUX. It also support Internet Radio, PC,Android phone/tablet, iPhone/Ipad/Ipod, connected via WiFi. It support 1to multi speaker connected.You just send to 1 monster and connect to up to 10 slave speakers at the same time.

LG Minibeam Pro PF1000U Projector with Mirror for short-throw ,1000lumens, Full HD

Posted by – September 11, 2015

LG shows their latest projector with cool mirror inside on IFA 2015. It featured a LED 1000 lumens light output at a Full HD 1920*1080 native resolution. With the magic mirro inside, it can put 11cm distance to get 60 inch, 38cm distance and get 100inch from the wall. Wide angle and focus on every point.
It equipped 2*HDMI-in port, 2*USB port, DTV tuner,Bluetooth sound out(2* 3W speaker inside), supported content sharing like Miracast, DLNA, aiplay etc.
Retailer price at 1299 Euro.

Acer Cloud Professor – IoT Education Kit

Posted by – September 9, 2015

Acer Cloud Professor is a “Plug, Play, Code & Make” IoT starter kit for people in all ages to feel the vibe of Internet of Things development. Using mobile devices as input interface, anyone can conduct IoT remote control by simply following the tutorial kits by any popular programming languages such as Scratch, LiveCode, JavaScript, and C/C++. Its open architecture, open source, and cross platform App features support major OS. Users can get started now with Cloud Professor’s easy and quick prototyping tool to go instantly on to the Acer Cloud. Users can simply plug it in and be ready to go!

2-in-1 Allwinner A83 Tablet/Laptop on Jide Remix OS, 11.6″ Full HD

Posted by – September 9, 2015

Allwinner shows Remix OS Ultratablet at IFA 2015 running on their Allwinner A83 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7, 11.6″ full HD display, full QWERTY keyboard dock, with 2 USB ports, running the Modified Android 5.1 Remix OS with productivity-optimized windowing and multi-tasking functions to use as a tablet for entertainment and also for work as laptop. Allwinner demonstrates this form factor with apps to support any Microsoft office documents and multiple window tasks with full QWERTY keyboard. This may be the most affordable 2-in-1 platform ready for mass production.

Sony Booth Tour with my 12-year old cousin


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 – January 28, 2015

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.

Guoguo $7 Power Banks with mirrors, special shapes

Posted by – October 21, 2014

Guoguo makes all kinds of power banks, here showing PET mirror with 5000mAh power bank for $10 (bulk), they have 335 injection machines and PC molding machines, enabling them to change designs, donut shapes with 5200mAh at $7 (bulk), their minimum order quantity is 500 pieces, they can make power banks with capacities up to 15600mAh and more. They sell about 200 thousand power banks per month.

You can contact Guoguo here:
Shenzhen Guoguo Creative Technology Co.,Ltd.
Lucia Zhou
luciazhou@guoguosz.com
Mobile: +86 13924668385
Phone: +86 755 84655399
http://guoguosz.com

4K and Wearables Industry overview by Paul Gray of DisplaySearch

Posted by – October 21, 2014

Paul Gray is director of European research for NPD DisplaySearch. In addition to TVs, he also covers wearable devices, digital broadcast, and semiconductor technology. He is heavily involved in analysis and forecasting of wearable devices, connected TV, and 4K Ultra HD. Gray has more than 20 years of experience in market intelligence, marketing, and product management. His work includes forecasting, product strategy, investment, and R&D decisions. He is also involved in consulting and conferences, and he has been cited as an expert in Nikkei, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, Financial Times, Korea Herald, and other publications.
Before joining NPD DisplaySearch, Paul worked at NXP Semiconductors as a market intelligence manager and also as a semiconductor product manager. Before NXP, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Philips Display Components (later LG.Philips Displays), including director and international account manager in both Asia and Europe. Paul began his career as a production shift leader in a CRT factory.

My video with Paul Gray from a couple of years ago

GPD Gamepad and Game Box designs

Posted by – October 20, 2014

GPD shows their design of a Gamepad with the Rockchip RK3288 inside, samples are ready, mass production starting now. The price can be about $90 (bulk) with the 1024×600 display. GPD has been making Android Gamepads, 4″ and 7″ for portable Gamepads, they also develop the Android Set-top-box for gaming as a games console. GPD develops the key mapping Android software layer. The future of gaming on Android is going to be huge.

You can contact GPD here (please only contact if you’re a serious distributor):
GPD (HK) Company Limited
Shenzhen GPD technology Co.,LTD
Kelvin Zhang, Sales Director
kelvin@gpd.hk
Mobile: +86 18603037717
Phone: +86 755 26012425-619
Phone: +86 755 26012425-628
Skype: kelvinzhang555
http://www.gpd.hk

Savino Robots, remote controlled cars, helicopters, quad-copters and more

Posted by – October 11, 2014

Savino makes a car that can be controlled by an iPhone that has camera functionality built in. Savino robots have a limited battery of 8 minutes and sells for 40 Euro. Savino also makes a dedicated remote control robot without smartphone connectivity that sells 149 Euros.

Nest Thermostat and Smoke Detector

Posted by – October 11, 2014

The Wifi controlled Nest Thermostat enables you change the temperature in your house anywhere using a Wifi connection. The Nest Thermostat is also aware your homes activities, when people aren’t present the Nest Thermostat will change to save energy. The Nest Thermostat can also remember preferences. Nest also makes a smart a Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector.

LG Booth Tour with my 12-year old cousin

Posted by – October 8, 2014

LG G Watch R with Android Wear, Curved 4K OLED, 98″ 4K IPS, 5K 105″ 21:9, World’s First Flexible 77″ 4K OLED (you can change the display from flat to curved), harman kardon sound, web OS TVs (with Android apps support), DLP LED projectors, 3D TV wall, LG Smart micro-oven and the LG Smart fridge, curved 21:9 PC monitor, LG Smart washing machine and the LG G3 Smartphone (with 2560×1440 display), LG child tracker, LG G Pad 10.1″ 1280×800, LG G Pad 8″, LG G Pad 7″ 1280×800 and more.

Linxee Wireless Smart Home Solutions

Posted by – October 8, 2014

Linxee Wireless shows their intelligent LED light bulbs based on WiFi and ZigBee technology, to remote control the lights and colors with any Tablet or Smartphone. They also show their Smart Power Outlet, Smart Smoke detector, Smart IR blaster (to control TV/etc), Smart Gas detector, Smart Motion detector, Smart Door/Window Magnetic Sensor (detects if opened/closed), Smart Security camera, Smart Temperature sensor, Smart curtain control and more.

Panasonic X1000 4K 60fps 150Mbitps Camcorder at $3499

Posted by – October 8, 2014

Panasonic launches their 4K X1000 Camcorder that films in 24p, 50p or 60p at a High 150Mbps Bit Rate using its 4K 8megapixel 1/2.3-inch BSI sensor, 2-Channel XLR Audio Input, High-Speed autofocus, gyro sensors for optical image stabilization, 20x Optical Zoom and other advanced semi-professional prosumer features in this $3499 Camcorder available here on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1vQNu41

Omate X Smartwatch on MediaTek Aster MT2502A with 1.54″ 240×240 display

Posted by – September 28, 2014

Omate releases their new Omate X Smartwatch, which is the first Smartwatch to use the new MediaTek MT2502 Aster processor. The goal being 5-day battery life on 400mAh battery, runs on Nucleus OS, it’s a companion device to the Android or iOS Smartphone using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy. To be sold at $129, it’s Omate’s entry-level Smartwatch with 1.54″ 240×240 display.

Huawei Ascend Mate7 on Hisilicon Kirin925 Octa Core big.LITTLE with LTE Cat6, probably the world’s fastest smartphone

Posted by – September 28, 2014

With a 6″ FHD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, the new Huawei Mate7 supports 300Mbit/s download and 50Mbit/s upload with LTE Cate6 built-in to the new Hisilicon Kirin925 big.LITTLE Octa Core processor running four 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 and four 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 cores with Mali-T628 GPU. The Hisilicon Kirin925 is quite possibly the most powerful ARM processor in the world. It has a giant 4100mAh battery providing an extremely long battery life in an ultra slim 7.9mm form factor. Available in Moonlight silver, Obsidian black and Amber gold.

Official video about the Hisilicon Kirin925:

Acer Chromebook 13 on Nvidia Tegra K1

Posted by – September 23, 2014

Acer’s first ARM Powered Chromebook, to be released from around October onward, the price starts around $279/279€ for the basic HD 2GB RAM version, $20/20€ more for 4GB instead of 2GB RAM, going up to $379/379€ for the version with FHD display and 4GB RAM.

Toshiba Chromebook 2

Posted by – September 23, 2014

Toshiba releases their 13.3″ FHD Glossy 4GB RAM at $349/349€ and HD Matte 2GB RAM $249/249€ Chromebooks, based on Intel Celeron processors, they are thinner, 200gr lighter, better designed and with a battery life of 9hr for the FHD and 11.5hr for the HD one, where Google says the battery life can be enhanced even further with software update.

OnLive unlimited x86 gaming from cloud on ARM Powered Philips Android TVs

Posted by – September 22, 2014

Philips’s new Android ARM powered TVs include OnLive remote cloud x86 gaming. The Philips TV is capable of using most game controllers. OnLive enables the streaming of PC games without having them locally, without the need to install anything, just have an active OnLive subscription at $11.95 per month with the first week trial being free, you can see OnLive’s full list of games here: https://games.onlive.com/games