The USB Implementers Forum comprises companies like Google, Samsung, HP, Intel and many others work together on specifying the spec of USB Type-C. It’s easier to use (it can be flipped on both sides), it goes faster (up to above 40Gbit/s). Alternate modes can be supported such as Thunderbolt, DisplayPort and the proprietary mode Slimport, the standard mode MHL by the MHL Consortium. Devices shipping without display, with the 3 different ways to do display, with some shipping USB2 speed and others USB3 speed, it just seems to be a bit of a fragmentation in the implementation of USB Type-C here in the beginning. Basically consumers must make sure to understand what each device supports “behind” the USB Type-C connector.
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Windows 10 Continuum with Acer Liquid Jade Primo Premium Pack on Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
Posted by – February 25, 2016
Acer is about to sell an awesome Windows 10 Continuum package that includes a nice 22″ LCD display monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse, a docking station to use with the included Acer Liquid Jade running Windows 10 Mobile with Windows Continuum, designed to support all professional users full desktop usage requirements, with many more apps being added to Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform. For example Facebook just added their app. The Acer Liquid Jade Primo has a nice 5.5″ super AMOLED display, 3GB RAM, 32GB Flash. The idea for the pricing is that this Acer might cost about the same as a high-end iPhone or Samsung but it is to include the whole bundle of external 22″ display, the keyboard/mouse and Continuum dock. Acer is trying to launch this premium package worldwide. The target market is small to medium to large size companies who can give one of these to each of their employees, and thus get all their employees to switch to ARM Powered productivity!
MediaTek helio X20 Imagiq ISP support Dual Rear Camera Depth Mapping
Posted by – February 25, 2016
MediaTek shows the new generation Imagiq ISP on smart phone support the dual camera and depth mapping features on MWC2016, it comes with a 13MP camera and 5MP camera, The 5MP camera is helping the major camera to switch focus or out of focus. We are looking forward the real Dual Rear Camera Smartphone to make real 3D pictures on your smartphone at next step!
$129 Omate Wherecome K3, a Real Smart Watch for 6-9 years old Kids on MT6572
Posted by – February 25, 2016
Omate Wherecom K3 is a smart watch for kids at 6-9 years old around, it comes with different style GUI for boys and girls, with 3G SIM card slot, it support calling, message, GPS tracker, game etc. It is powered MT6572 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7, runs Android5.1, 1GB RAM, 4GB Flash, comes with 320*320 display, battery life up to 2 days. Retail price at$129.
You can contact Omate here:(Please let them know if you watch this video)
Laurent Le Pen, Founder&CEO
Laurent@omate.com
$299 Gionee Marathon M5 Plus 6″ AMOLED on 64bit Octa-core MT6753, 5020mAh, 4GB RAM, 64GB Flash
Posted by – February 25, 2016
Gionee Marathon M5 Plus is a new flagship smartphone by Gionee powered on 64bit MediaTek MT6753 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53, comes with 6.0’’ AMOLED Full HD display at 1920*1280 resolution, 4GB RAM, 64GB Flash, 13MP rear camera and 5MP front camera, it features with 5020mAh battery, (Gionee claims it support up to 500hours standby battery life). Gionee Marathon M5 plus comes with Gionee customized GUI, features with nice water-drop screen and metal body, support finger-print in the front menu button, retail price at $299 on the European market.
OPPO superVOOC: Fully Charges a 2500mAh Battery Smartphone in 11 Minutes
Posted by – February 25, 2016
Here is the video of OPPO demo fully charge a 2500mAh battery in 11 minutes at MWC2016, OPPO say that their superVOOC quick-charging tehnology will work with their micro-USB and USB Type-C connectors soon, it just requres OPPO’s special high-Amps 5V charger and with OPPO’s special thick charging cable. OPPO already has 4.5Amps fast charging on their current phones, this is the next level and they do not yet announce what the Amps are in this one but they promise that it’s safe because it remains at only 5V.
DisplayPort over USB Type-C at MWC 2016
Posted by – February 25, 2016
DisplayPort has been implemented over USB Type-C, showcased in products such as the Microsoft Continuum products, Apple, Dell, Lenovo also have laptops that output video using DisplayPort over USB Type-C. Then the dock or adapter outside may then convert DisplayPort to HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort output.
Garmin Varia Vision Smart Glass
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Garmin Varia Vision is a Smart Glass for Bicyclists, it is a water-resistant, very light module at only 29.7 grams that can be attached to the side of any sunglasses and it can mounted in the left or right side of your existing cycling glasses, support display the navigation and rider’s peripheral vision on the in-sight screen, support vibration notification for all incoming calls, message navigation cues and other alerts, it comes with a glove-friendly touch panel on the side for users to change different information on the screens of the Smart Glass. The battery life is up to 8 hours. Reference price will be around $400, starts shipping in the next few weeks.
€199 Haier Watch Ingenic M200, Android5.1,AMOLED display, 1G, 8G
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Hair shows Haier Watch at MWC2016, it comes with classic watch design , powered by Ingenic M200 MIPS, comes with 1.4’ AMOLED screen, runs Android 5.1, 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash, retail price at €199 in European market.
Focalmax Fangle S1, 2000lumens Short-throw DLP Projector on Allwinner H3
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Focalmax shows the Ultra-throw DLP Projector Fangle S1 with 2000lumens brightness on MWC2016, support up to 100inch big screen with only 44cm distance, maxim up to 200inchs, powered by Allwinner H3, runs Android4.4.2, Mass production will be ready on Q2 2016.
Focalmax Fangle F1 is a portable DLP projector with 450lumens brightness at 1280*800 resolution, powered by Allwinner H8, Octa-core ARM Cortex , support
Focalmax Fangle M1 is a PICO projector with 50lumens brightness, also powered by TI DLP technology, based on Allwinner A20 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A? , resolution at 854*480. Focalmax are promote own brand in overseas market now, distributors are welcome to contact!
You can contact Focalmax here:(Please let them know if you watch this video)
Alex Gu, Key Account Director
Alex.gu@focalmax.net
2K dual VR headset by Skyworth on RK3288
Skyworth releases their dual 2K OLED display VR headset powered by Rockchip RK3288 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 with Mali-T760 GPU. It’s ready for high pixel density VR video, for example with more than twice the pixel density compared with using VR of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with Samsung Gear VR. This Skyworth VR headset costs about $600 as the bulk factory price with a minimum order of 1K.
You can contact Skyworth here:(Please let them know if you watch this video)
Johnny Zhang, Deputy General Manager
zhangguojian@skyworth.com
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical at MWC 2016
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Ubuntu is being used around the world, on servers, to power the cloud, switches, routers, base stations and Snappy Ubuntu works on drones, robots and more for the IoT world. Snappy 3.0 will be on Ubuntu 16.04. Ubuntu also shows off Ubuntu on Smartphones, Tablets, and their Nexus 4 showing convergence running “the same” Ubuntu on the phone and on the external display as a dekstop. Check back for my Ubuntu booth tour video coming up.
Phoenix OS Android UI for Productivity on Alcatel OneTouch Xess 17.3″ All-in-One 64bit Octa-core MT8783
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Alcatel OneTouch Xess is an All-in-One big screen tablet BigTablet to function as an Android computer for family home use, it comes with 17.3’’ Full HD 1080p IPS display and 10 point capacitive touch, powered by MediaTek MT8783 64bit Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 with ARM Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB RAM, 32GB Flash, with 10000mAh battery the battery life is up to 6 hours doing Full HD video playback, with front 5MP camera, 3-watt JBL stereo speakers, dual microphones. There is a hiden pop-up dock in the back with USB and earphone port, and a nice stainless adjustable carrying handle and multi-angle stand, supports gesture control using the front camera for kitchen use. Alcatel OneTouch Xess runs a windows-like GUI on Android 5.1 called Phoenix OS developed by a team in Beijing, ARMdevices.net also published similar Android UI in Remix OS and the Rockchip LightBizOS
Murata smart Glasses, Sabae X Murata, to control home appliances
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Smart glasses are a big draw for Murata: the sunglasses shown here are to be used to control home appliances. The company representative demonstrates the switching of a light on or off using controls mounted on the side of the glasses, where they would rest on the ears, along the side. It features Bluetooth, pressure sensor and Infrared.
For more information visit : www.murata.com/
Sony crowdfunded Wena Smartwatch
Posted by – February 24, 2016
The Wena Wrist is a smart watch that offers notifications through vibrations and a small LED light on the band, wallet payment compatible with the Japan-only Felica standard, and can go for as long as a week between charges. The watch itself is a typical analogue watch (available with a chronograph face) and so it can go on for much longer. The wena wrist charges through its own proprietary cradle.
For more information visit : first-flight.sony.com/pj/5/wenawrist
Cavium ThunderX 64bit 48-core ARM Server enabling the 5G mobile future, next gen cloud/datacenter and NFV
Posted by – February 24, 2016
Cavium’s ThunderX 48-core ARMv8 64bit SoC is being implemented in dozens of ARM Server designs, by partners as Pegatron, Asus, Mitac, Gigabyte, Wiwynn, Acer and even for for super computing by E4 and Cray. Cavium and their software partners have optimized their ARM Server platform for variety of workloads, including NFV (Network Function Virtualization), Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) for Virtualizing the access network, moving all the physical base stations to the cloud, which will save the industry a lot of money, hyperscale datacenter, web hosting like RunAbove (a subsidiary of OVH) at https://www.runabove.com/armcloud.xml, Ceph storage clusters. This can only be done using ARM and Cavium ThunderX SoC processors, providing a much better TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and efficient alternative to Intel x86. Cavium and partners, as Linaro and the open source community also are showing progress in the OPNFV, OpenStack, ODP (Open Data Plane), DPDK, fd.io, etc. for the networking and telecom industry.
ARM Cortex-A32
Posted by – February 24, 2016
ARM Cortex-A32 is the most power efficient 32bit processor, 25% more efficient than ARM Cortex-A7 (performance per mW) in the same process node. ARM Cortex-A32 takes advantage of the ARMv8-A instruction set, it is designed to be the smallest, lowest-power 32bit processor to bring efficiency and architectural improvements to next generation rich embedded 32bit applications, to drive innovation across diverse embedded markets including wearables, consumer, industrial, and IoT. You can read more about it at: https://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a32-processor.php
SONY XPERA Eye, a Tiny 180 Degree 4K Camera with Only 1 Hour Battery Life
Posted by – February 23, 2016
SONY release the new XPERA family member XPERA Eye at MWC2016, it comes with a tiny and light design, you can even attach it to your T-shirt! It support 180degree 4K video recording and facial and voice detection to capture pictures, but battery life is only 1 hour.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652, ARM Cortex-A72 available now
Posted by – February 23, 2016
Seshu Madhavapeddy, VP of Product Management, responsible for the mobile compute product line at Qualcomm shows us a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 Powered Tablet, it’s an octa-core quad ARM Cortex-A72 and quad ARM Cortex-A53 on 28nm process node, with Cat6 LTE. The Qualcomm SD652 based tablet is now fully mass produced on the market, can be sold through different brands, with better specs at half the price of the iPad mini. It also features Immersive Audio for 3D audio and Adaptive Display that adjusts the color palette based on the light situation significantly improving the video playback quality, what Qualcomm calls the Tablet Home Theatre on the go experience. You can read more about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 here: https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/processors/652
Zopo Speed 8, ARM Cortex-A72, MediaTek helio X20 deca-core Smart Phone
Posted by – February 23, 2016
Zopo Speed 8 is to be one of the world’s 1st 10-core Smart Phones to be shipped powered by MediaTek Helio X20 deca-core, dual ARM Cortex-A72, quad ARM Cortex-A53 at 2Ghz and quad ARM Cortex-A53 at 1.4Ghz, 5.5″ 1080p IPS display, 4GB RAM, 32GB Flash, runs Android 6 Marshmallow, features a 21MP rear camera with a SONY IMX230 sensor and dual LED flash, a 8MP front camera with own LED Flash, supports finger-print authentication, comes with USB Type-C and 3600mAh battery with up to 10-hour talking time or 5days standby. Zopo presents Speed 8 with the MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo.
