Category: MWC

Huawei TalkBand B1 Wearable Bluetooth Headset

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 15, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Exclusive videos, MWC

The TalkBand B1 is Huawei’s first wearable device and has a 1.4-inch flexible OLED display, Bluetooth 4.1 support, NFC support, and a 90mAh battery that lasts for six days and charges in two hours using an USB connector.

The TalkBand B1 will be able to do wireless calling and the display area of the band can actually be removed and utilized as a Bluetooth earpiece. The gadget firstly will support connecting with some Huawei smart phones and tablets and later with devices running Android 2.3 or later, or iOS 5.0 or later, being able to track steps taken, miles covered, calories burned, activity time and progress as well as sleep duration and quality.

The TalkBand B1 will launch primarly in China and later in other countries for around €99.

Gionee Elife S5.5 is the slimmest smartphone in the world

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 15, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, MWC, Android

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.

Nokia X Android Developer Conference, operator billing in 60 countries with over 161 operators

Posted by Charbax – April 11, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, MWC, Android

Heres’ a thousand Android developers at the Nokia X Android Developer conference, Nokia providing quick tools to port all Android apps over to using the Nokia Services for Maps, Notifications and Payments, with Nokia supporting payment in emerging markets through operator billing, available in 60 countries with over 161 operators. Most people in these markets don’t have credit cards, making it the only method of payment.

Nokia X Android Store, Nokia services replace Google Maps, Notifications and In-app Payments

Posted by Charbax – April 10, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, MWC, Android

All Android app developers are invited by Nokia to change a few things (swaping Google services with Nokia services) to submit all Android apps in the Nokia Android App Store. For now Nokia is avoiding to try to support the Google Mobile Services (GMS), and instead requires that all Android apps be ported to Nokia’s Services for Location using Nokia Here Maps instead of Google Maps, for Notifications also going through Nokia Notifications system instead of the Google Notifications system and then for in-app payments Nokia has its own non-Google payment system that app developers are required to use if they want their apps to work on Nokia X Android Store.

iNew V3 5″ (1280×720) MT6582 and iNew V5 5.5″ (1280×720) MT6592

Posted by juliusaugustus – April 10, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, MWC, Android

iNew Mobile has been selling smartphones since 2007 and adopted the brand name in 2012. iNew mobile employs around 200 people in their factory. The iNew V3 has a 5″ (1280×800) screen, NFC, 13mp camera, MT6582 processor, 16gb of storage with microsd card slot and a thinness of 6.5mm with a weight of 128 grams. The iNew V5 has a 5.5″ (1280×720) screen and a MT6592. Both the V3 and V5 have dual sim card slots. You can buy iNew V3 for $179 at antelife.com

Freescale Freedom Board Sensor Fusion Development Platform

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 8, 2014
Category: Development Boards, Sensors, Exclusive videos, Freescale, MWC

The Freescale Freedom development platform is a small, low-power, cost-effective evaluation and development system perfect for quick application prototyping and demonstration of Kinetis MCU families. The platform offers an easy-to-use mass-storage device mode flash programmer, a virtual serial port and classic programming and run-control capabilities.

The model of the board in this video is FRDM-KL25Z. FRDM-KL25Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform for Kinetis L Series KL1x (KL14/15) and KL2x (KL24/25) MCUs built on ARM Cortex M0+ processor. Features include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL25Z is supported by a range of Freescale and third-party development software.

$199€ Archos 50c Oxygen, Octa-core MT6592 5″ FHD

Posted by Charbax – April 5, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, MWC, Archos, Android

Archos 50c Oxygen is an octa-core MT6592 5″ FHD phone.

JSR Innos Qualcomm Smartphones (even Windows Phone soon they say)

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 5, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, MWC, Android

JSR is a 4 years old company that makes smartphones. Most of their smartphones run on Qualcomm processors, have plenty of RAM memory and come with different optional color designs.

Their smartphone market is branded “Innos”. The smartphones are Dual-Sim and use IPS display viewing angles and OGS (One Glass Solution) touchscreen technology with HD and FHD resolution. Their smartphone models are claimed to be very stable and are 3G compatible. On the coming months they are releasing a smartphone with LTE compatibility.

JSR is on negotiations with mobile service operators in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Philippines for maybe making custom made devices. JSR already has a widespread market all around the world. Microsoft has sold a Windows Phone Software license to JSR for being able to make Windows Phone smartphones which are coming later by JSR. JSR sells more than 300,000 devices per month.

Gionee Elife E7 Flagship Phone

Posted by juliusaugustus – March 25, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, MWC

The Gionee Elife E7 is Gionee’s flagship phone. Gionee has been around for 11 years and has 3 years of experience in the international market. The Gionee Elife E7 has a 5.5″ (1920×1080) screen and a quadcore Snapdragon 800 processor, comes in either 16gb of storage with 2gb ram or 32gb storage with 3gb ram with no microsd card slot. The Elife E7 has an 8MP front facing camera and a 16MP back camera (with a high quality sensor), also comes in a variety of colors. It’s already on the market with the primary place of sale being China.

HP Slate 6 VoiceTab and HP Slate 7 VoiceTab

Posted by juliusaugustus – March 23, 2014
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Marvell, MWC, Android

The HP Slate Voice Tab 6″ 1280×720 Android phablet with a Marvell PXA1088 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 with 16gb of storage plus Microsd and 1GB of ram, dual sim card slots with dual standby, priced at 249 Euros unlocked when sold in Europe to be available in May with a variety of swap-able back covers available in different colors. The HP Slate Voice Tab 7 has most of the same specifications and the Voice Tab 6 but instead has a 7″ screen. Both have front facing speakers and the ability to make phone calls, removable back cover but no removable battery. The HP Slate 7 VoiceTab sells for 229 Euros in Europe. Both devices include HP Datapass service to provide a free 250MB of 3G data per month in a select number of countries.

LG G Pro 2, 5.9″ FHD IPS, 4K recording, Snapdragon 800

Posted by Charbax – March 22, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, MWC, Android

The LG G Pro 2, launching with a large 5.9″ FHD display on Qualcomm Snapdragon 800.

LG G2 Mini, 4.7″ qHD MSM8226

Posted by Charbax – March 22, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, Nvidia, MWC, Android

LG G2 Mini is affordable 540 x 960 pixels, 4.7 inches, KitKat, available in single SIM, dual-SIM, 3G, and 4G LTE variants, along with four colour options – Titan Black, Lunar White, Red, and Gold. The processors used are MSM8926 for LTE, and MSM8226 for 3G and the Latin American LTE variant (LATAM LTE) features a 1.7GHz Nvidia Tegra 4i.

Archos 64 Xenon, 6.4″ 720p MT6582 $199€

Posted by Charbax – March 21, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, MWC, Archos, Android

6.4-inch HD IPS screen (1280 x 720), the unlocked ARCHOS 64 Xenon phablet uses the MT6582 Quad-Core CPU for released available for under $200.

ARM Cortex-M for Wearables and IoT

Posted by Charbax – March 16, 2014
Category: Wearables, Internet of Things, Smartwatch, Sensors, Exclusive videos, MWC, ARM

ARM Cortex-M Marketing Manager Diya Soubra talks Wearables and Internet of Things using ARM Cortex-M processor family. The ARM Cortex-M is a group of 32-bit ARM processor cores intended for microcontroller use, consists of the Cortex-M0, Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M1, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4. The ARM Cortex-M processor family is an upwards compatible range of energy-efficient, easy to use processors designed to help developers meet the needs of tomorrow’s embedded applications. Those demands include delivering more features at a lower cost, increasing connectivity, better code reuse and improved energy efficiency. The Cortex-M family is optimized for cost and power sensitive MCU and mixed-signal devices for end applications such as smart metering, human interface devices, automotive and industrial control systems, white goods, consumer products and medical instrumentation. ARM Cortex-M processors is a global microcontroller standard, having been licensed to over 40 ARM partners including leading vendors such as Freescale, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba. Using a standard processor allows ARM partners to create devices with a consistent architecture while enabling them to focus on creating superior device implementations.

Samsung ISOCELL CMOS Image Sensors at 16Mp and 13Mp

Posted by Charbax – March 12, 2014
Category: Cameras, Exclusive videos, Samsung, MWC

Samsung’s new CMOS image sensor technology, ISOCELL, substantially increases light sensitivity and effectively controls the collection of electrons, resulting in higher color fidelity even in poor lighting conditions. By incorporating ISOCELL, the image sensor will have 30 percent decrease in crosstalk; 30 percent increase in full well capacity; and 20 percent wider chief ray angle. Using the new technology with 1.12µm ISOCELL pixels, Samsung is introducing two new CMOS image sensors —16 and 13Mpixel.

The 16Mpixel ISOCELL imager provides a wider, clearer viewing experience to mobile device users by implementing a 16:9 aspect ratio, allowing for full-size, high-resolution images and video to be displayed on screen without field-of-view (FOV) loss. This high-speed sensor captures full FOV 16:9 full HD (1080p) video at 60fps, and for the first time in the industry, enables continuous shooting of all 16Mpixels at 30fps. Samples of the 16Mpixel ISOCELL CIS are available now and scheduled for mass production in the first quarter of 2014.

Samsung’s new 13Mpixel ISOCELL CIS features Smart Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) technology, which allows users to capture images at 30fps. With a mosaic pattern of multiple exposures, images are then processed with an advanced algorithm for wider dynamic range. This enables users to capture details clearly in both bright and dark areas even in high contrast lighting conditions. This Smart WDR feature is based on Samsung’s advanced 65nm stacked process, where the pixel array is attached right on top of the logic circuit. Samsung’s 13Mpixel product is sampling now and is scheduled for mass production in the second quarter of 2014.

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Samsung Exynos 5410 in Android Set-top-box

Posted by Charbax – March 12, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, Samsung, MWC, Android

Samsung shows the Exynos 5 used for advanced Android Set-top-box systems, showing multi-window, content sharing, camera integration, supporting everything in the house through this Samsung Octa Core set-top-box and Android. Gaming, advanced VOD and more. 4K video playback also supported and more.

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Samsung S5N2120 Low Power Wi-Fi MCU for the IoT market

Posted by Charbax – March 12, 2014
Category: Internet of Things, Exclusive videos, Samsung, MWC

Samsung offers its first wireless connectivity solution, S5N2120, for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. This solution supports IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, and has an extremely small footprint, which is essential for a wide array of applications.

This solution features an integrated micro control unit (MCU) with a power amplifier, power management, audio codec and direct microphone functions. With this MCU, OEM customers can easily reconfigure their existing designs to add Wi-Fi connectivity functions. This allows for a shorter development lead-time and less engineering resources are required.

This flexibility along with excellent performance and a small footprint is optimal for battery-constrained applications such as Wi-Fi speakers, headsets, remote controls, digital & sports cameras, smart heating/cooling meters, sensors and other types of IoT or M2M applications. Samsung’s new Wi-Fi connectivity solution, S5N2120, is currently sampling and scheduled for mass production in the second quarter of 2014.

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Samsung Widcon, 17GB/s+ Memory Bandwidth for future ARM Processors

Posted by Charbax – March 11, 2014
Category: Exclusive videos, Samsung, MWC, Android

Using Widcon, the latest and future Samsung ARM Processors and memory are stacked directly through TSV (Through Silicon Via) technology, this is the next step after Package-on-Package (PoP) designs where there is a circuit board between the processor and memory, thus data had to move through wires. In the new Widcon Processor and Memory package from Samsung, this means data can move through each ball and memory bandwidth becomes wider up to and beyond 17GB/s. This structure also brings better energy efficiency. Higher bandwidth allows application processor to perform maximum performance even at low clock speed. Moreover, superior thermal dissipation comes from TSV structure also enables the new Exynos 5 Octa processor and likely future Exynos6 to maximize the full potential performance of the processor at a lower power consumption. You can also see my previous video with Samsung talking about Widcon Wide IO memory technology here: http://138.2.152.197/2013/11/21/samsung-wide-io-memory-interface-for-the-faster-and-lower-power-arm-processors-of-the-future/

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299€ Huawei MediaPad M1 8″ Tablet with 4G LTE

Posted by Charbax – March 11, 2014
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, HiSilicon, MWC, Android

This is Huawei’s budget 8″ 1280×800 IPS tablet with the HiSilicon Kirin 910 1.6GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Mali-450 GPU, 5-megapixel camera, 1-megapixel front-facing camera, 4800mAh battery, dual front-facing speakers, 7.9mm thinness and a weight of 329gr.

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Barcelona Carnival Greasy Thursday

Posted by Charbax – March 11, 2014
Category: Exclusive videos, Tourism, MWC

Greasy Thursday is dedicated to the Greasy and Vice and celebrated with many festivals, here featuring the giant couple dancing through the streets of Barcelona.