Category: Tradeshows

ZTE Nubia X6, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, 6.44″ FHD Flagship Phone

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 15, 2014
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, ZTE, Shenzhen Electronics Fair, Android

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 Kevin Sadria – April 14, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smart Glass, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, TV Connect, Android

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 Kevin Sadria – April 14, 2014
Category: Exclusive videos, AmLogic, TV Connect, Geniatech, Android

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 Charbax – April 14, 2014
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, Shenzhen Electronics Fair, Android

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 Charbax – 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 Charbax – April 13, 2014
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, Actions, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

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 Charbax – April 13, 2014
Category: Tablets, Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, China Sourcing Fair, Android

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.

Kopin Pupil Optic SmartGlass

Posted by Charbax – April 12, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smart Glass, Exclusive videos, TV Connect, Kopin, Android

Kopin Corporation shows their latest wearable computing microdisplay, the Pupil display module, it’s tiny and can be integrated directly into the top frame of Glasses, no need to add a layer in front of the glasses like Google Glass anymore. Pupil see-through optics, with its height smaller than the pupil of the human eye, allows see-through and see-around without obstructing the outside view. Kopin’s microdisplays with the Pupil optics provide the most compact Smartglass microdisplay modules that can show vivid and bright images, even under full sunlight.

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

Netatmo June bracelet adds fashion touch to sun exposure monitoring

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 9, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Sensors, Exclusive videos, CES

Created in 2011, Netatmo is an innovation company developing consumer electronics for a better and connected lifestyle. Netatmo carefully designs their products mechanics, electronics and embedded software. Netatmo is basically concentrated in working with wearables related with skin care and sun exposure monitoring.

JUNE is the first fashion bracelet that measures sun exposure. It advises the user how to protect their skin on a daily basis from the effects of the sun. Sun exposure can cause sunburn and lead to premature skin aging, even on overcast days. JUNE and its companion App offer a new serenity in the sun.

Aimed at women, JUNE comprises a jewel containing UV sensors that can be worn as a bracelet or a brooch. It connects wirelessly with the user’s smartphone with the companion app monitoring the user’s habits and UV exposure to provide tailored sun-care information and notifications of when to apply sunblock, wear a hat or put on sunglasses.

The June bracelet will be available for purchase with a price tag of $99.

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.

HKC sells 2.2 Million Tablets per year

Posted by Charbax – April 5, 2014
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, MediaTek, CES, Android

HKC shows their tablets, they’re selling 2.2 Million tablets per year at the moment, through stores like Walmart in the USA.

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.

Open-Silicon semiconductor solutions

Posted by Kevin Sadria – April 5, 2014
Category: EDA, Exclusive videos, ARM TechCon

Open-Silicon provides leading edge semiconductor solutions to get customer’s products to market. These solutions include traditional ASIC design, derivative and platform SoCs, hardware and software design services, and production handoffs where Open-Silicon provides manufacturing operations.

In addition to a broad menu of in-house engineering capabilities, Open-Silicon also utilizes the best-in-class engineering capabilities of partners like Synopsys, Cadence, S3, TSMC, ASE, and Wipro.

By combining the specific expertise necessary for each design with the most appropriate open-market technologies, and managing the process through a single point of organization and ownership, Open-Silicon has raised collaborative engineering to a new level.Since its founding in 2003, the company has focused on raising the bar on SoC execution, measuring the quality of engineering work and the ability to hit customer schedules and reporting that to the board of directors at every board meeting.

Also, the company has invested in technology, from the 2007 acquisition of Zenasis Technology, a leader in the processor performance space, to the 2009 acquisition of Silicon Logic Engineering, a leader in networking and computer system architecture, to the in-house developments of scan shift frequency scaling (TestMAX) and back biasing (VariMAX).

Snapwatch flexible Smartwatch snaps around your wrist

Posted by Charbax – April 2, 2014
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Energy Harvesting, Exclusive videos, TV Connect

Snapwatch shows their latest prototype/mockup flexible Snapwatch SmartWatch, will have bi-stable E Ink or other type of display, Bluetooth, thermal, solar, sensors and more.

ARM Set-top-box industry overview by Informa analyst

Posted by Charbax – March 31, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, Exclusive videos, Opinions, TV Connect, Android, Google TV

ARM overtakes MIPS in the Set-top-box market as most of the Set-top-box SoC makers are showing ARM solutions, it’s about the ecosystem, about the platform, Android, Google TV, RDK, Wyplay, all of these user interfaces are being optimized for ARM, bringing cheaper and better more advanced and more powerful devices all at the same time. The TV market is bigger than the Web, as people still spend a lot more time watching TV than browsing the web in average. And the new features enabled by ARM, Android and other platforms, enable a lot more video-on-demand and other forms of interactivity on the TV.

Entropic EN7310 ARM SoC for Set-top-box with HEVC and MoCA 2.0

Posted by Charbax – March 30, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, TV Connect, Android

Entropic shows their latest EN7310 ARM Cortex-A9 SoC with IP-STB and HDMI Stick features, integrated multi-tuner dual DVB-S/S2 cable reception, advanced security and DRM, HEVC decode and transcoding with Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) 2.0 home networking.

Entropic is a fabless semiconductor company recognized for inventing the MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) home networking technology, creating Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Outdoor Unit (ODU) single-wire technology, and developing the industry’s first ARM processor and OpenGL graphics Set-top box (STB), System-on-a-Chip (SoC).

This video also features Eagle Kingdom Technologies (EKT) who launches DCP5205 world`s first Entropic powered hybrid PowerPlug Set-top-box combining the functionality of a Set-top-box into a plug socket, thus eliminating the need for a separate power adapter commonly required in today’s hybrid STBs.