New video every 8 hours on ARMdevices.net, forever

Posted by Charbax – August 10, 2013
Category: Opinions

Stepping up quality, production value, range and reach of the original videos and articles to be posted on ARMdevices.net. Starting now, there will be a new video posted on ARMdevices.net every 8 hours, forever. Posting times will be around 4am, 12pm and 8pm Central European Time (6am/2pm/10pm EST, 3am/12pm/7pm PST). Check back regularly!

This means I have to film 1095 new videos each year to keep up with the rate of 3 new videos per day. I’ll try.

Not all videos are as cool, I’d like to move important higher quality videos to the front of the queue as much as possible. So don’t worry I won’t delay publishing important videos too much.

To post that many new original videos on ARMdevices.net this regularly, I have now hired 2 new bloggers to help me write all the titles, descriptions to all the videos so that I can focus on filming and uploading the videos and they take care of writing the text for each video.

Here are the new writers on ARMdevices.net:

M@ddy

maddy

From Hyderabad Tech city in India. Mobile enthusiast and freelance tech writer.

juliusaugustus

juliusaugustus

18-year old student from California. He’s been following ARMdevices.net for years and now he’ll be helping post more videos here more regularly.

Kevin Sadria

Student, also contributing some content.

And this site can further be expanded to include more bloggers, perhaps even more video-bloggers, the plan is for ARMdevices.net to be bigger and better than Engadget, TheVerge and all the sites on Techmeme combined within months, candidates can apply here charbax@gmail.com

To pay for the bloggers (who I have to pay), to pay for my video-blogging travels, to pay for eventual new equipment, to pay for scoops and stolen iphones, you are welcome, if you want, to donate any amount that you’d like for each new video that is being published here on ARMdevices.net if you pledge a per-view amount at http://www.patreon.com/charbax. For example you can choose to donate $0.10 per video, you can set a donations limit if you’re worried that I may post too many videos. But you can also donate more than $0.10 per video, any amount is cool, thanks a lot! (patreon takes 8% of donations as their fee, but I don’t know of any cheaper alternative to that yet)

chromecastcast.com Episode 4 – Live from China

Posted by Charbax – August 7, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Marvell, Android, Chrome OS

I’m hanging out with +Paul Terry Walhus of http://chromecastcast.com and +Chris Porter of http://cwporter.me talking about all the latest news around the Chromecast.

Woxingo Android Tablets and HDMI sticks

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 6, 2013
Category: Tablets, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Woxingo is a Shenzhen based producer of Android devices such as tablets and HDMI sticks. Woxingo has a very large factory that employs around 1,000 people. More information on Woxingo can be found at http://www.szwxg.com.cn/
Products Include:
9.7″ Retina Android tablet with Rockchip RK3188. The price is 150 USD for 1,000 pieces.

8″ Android Tablet with Rockchip RK3066. The price is 119 USD.

7″ 1024×600 Android tablet with Rockchip RK3168. The price is 72 USD.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013
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Shenzhen Tena Android Set-top-boxes and HDMI Sticks

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 5, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Allwinner, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Tena is a producer of Android based set top boxes as well as HDMI sticks. On top of hardware development they also do software development for Linux or Android. Tena also provides solutions running not only Android but Ubuntu. The folks at the both were unwilling to quote prices.
Products Include:
Android set top box with dual core Allwinner A20 processor. The set top box also support webcams for things like Skype video calls.

Rk3188 Android HDMI stick.

Android Set top box with various CPUs.

RK3188 Tablet which could in theory run Windows RT.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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Allwinner E200 Powered Gajah InkCase E Ink phablet case to be $99- $129

Posted by m@ddy – August 3, 2013
Category: E-readers, Displays, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Computex

Gajah International design house shows a unique Allwinner E200 powered E Ink Bluetooth case for you Galaxy Note 2 smartphone/phablet. “InkCase” works like a second casing or another panel for your gadget, On the back side of the casing you find E Ink panel serves as second panel to display photographs, you can read e-book, see the pop-up’s of Facebook and Twitter too. You can have eye on weather apps from your phone and all viewable apps you can see through this second panel. It works on Bluetooth connectivity has micro USB port for charging InkCase. Inside it has memory to facilitate switch over to next picture/page and to do this back panel has two keys.Price yet to be finalised may expect between $99-$129 You can have look here in this video of InkCase for Samsung S2. InkCase is also available for iPhones but works only as photo viewer, . Two colour variants Black & White are available.

The problem is the way this one works is to beam pictures that it has to transmit, decode, instead of sending data to interpret and integrate in clever apps on the E Ink case device. That makes for slowish e-reader mode for now. But maybe they can improve this in software and other device like it a bit better integrated and much thinner and lighter could be huge advancement for changing the back-cover on your smartphone that has removable back-cover or for adding a back-casing to your smartphone and phablet to use the back surface of your devices for new smart potentially ultra-low power E Ink functionality.

Reference Link:
http://www.gajah.com.sg/

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U-Force MT6589 and Lamborghini phones

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 2, 2013
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, China Sourcing Fair, Android

U-Force is a tablet and phone ODM and has been in the business for nine years. They have designed products for companies such as Lamborghini. They sell around 500,000 phones per month. The company mostly targets US, European, South America, and markets in South East Asia.
Products Include:

6″ Quad core smartphone with MTk6589 processor. The device shown was a mock up. It can be produced for 170 USD.

6″ Dual core smartphone for 130 USD.

Unspecified 6″ Quad core smartphone for 140 USD.

Lamborghini luxury Smartphone for 1 million HKD or 128,929 USD.

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Mobile Action Technology Bluetooth 4.0 Fitness Devices

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 1, 2013
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Sensors, Exclusive videos, Members Content, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Mobile Action Technology is a producer of fitness devices that work on Bluetooth 4.0 low energy with Android and iPhone. These devices include GPS’ and heart rate monitors. Heart rate monitors work by connecting through Bluetooth 4. A Bluetooth 4 sensor enables one to see the speed and distance of a bicycle on an iPhone. The sensor costs around $39. The GPS sports watch connects through Bluetooth 4 and the High end model is around $99. The smart watch can theoretically last for 24 hours. The bicyle computer costs $89. The company primarily targets European markets. All their devices use Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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ARMdevices.net Hangout Show: Moto X, Chromecast and other Tech News Live

Posted by Charbax – August 1, 2013
Category: Smartphones, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Google, Android, Chrome OS

A few hours before the official unveiling of the Google Moto X phone, here I talk with Thomas Christiansen of http://worldoftommy.com, +Todd Neumann of AT&T and +Rafael Morales of http://AndroidSpin.com

Would you like to participate in the next ARMdevices.net Hangout Show? Leave a comment here or on the Google+ thread with your Google+ Profile link and I will invite you to be on the next show when we record it live!

Chromecastcast.com Episode 3 – Chromecast in Europe

Posted by Charbax – August 1, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Marvell, Google, Android, Chrome OS

I’m on the http://Chromecastcast.com Episode 3 with +Paul Terry Walhus, +Jennifer Ruggiero, +Brad Chasenore from the TechWebcast Australia, +Daniel N. and +Jacob Jones

Thanks +Daniel Lietzan for sending me a Chromecast so I’m one of the first in Europe to be testing one! In this episode we talk about all the latest news around the Google Chromecast, Google’s “simplified Chrome OS” Powered HDMI Stick!

If you want to skip to some of my long ramblings:
10:19 Google Drive Unlimited Store Torrented movies, TV shows, Music for free
18:50 Showing off all my HDMI Sticks to compare

Joyplus shows Educational, Business tablets with optional 3G module

Posted by m@ddy – July 31, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, HiSilicon, Qualcomm, Computex, Android

Joyplus manufactures wide range of Educatuinal, Professional , Business Tablets.

1.Educational Tablet is covered with weather case to easy use for kids. powered with Dual-core Rockchip RK3168 low power, low cost. HD screen, This has a huge demand from US market Joyplus already has deal to sell 150’000 in the USA.

2, Tablet with optional innovative 3G Stick module. Most importantly it can be used to any other tablets or PCs with adapter compatible with any USB host.

3.Tablet powered with high silicon quad-core processor HiSilicon K4V2, IPS screen , Resolution 1024×768 and Joyplus’s exclusive Pen input Technology.

4. Tablet Qualcomm 8225/8225q ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core, 3G optional, HD screen TN screen/IPS screen option with little price diffrence. Removable 3000mAh battery. This has 3000 as MOQ.

The JoyPlus factory sells 200 thousand tablets per month. 600 people in their factory.

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DBX Electrical shows $40 7″ MediaTek and Allwinner Tablets

Posted by juliusaugustus – July 30, 2013
Category: Tablets, Allwinner, MediaTek, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

DBX Electrical shows Android tablets using Mediatek and Allwinner.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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E-shine tablet component provider shows Morgan Touch active pen technology

Posted by juliusaugustus – July 29, 2013
Category: Tablets, Displays, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

E-shine is provider of components to other companies who want to create their own devices. They ship around $500 million worth of components every year. The don’t really make their own and rely mostly on the sale of components. They provide components for companies like Panasonic and touchpads for Synaptics. For more Solutions Demonstrated Tablet LCDs. Solutions for Rockchip processors. To produce a Rk3188 tablet with 16gb of ROM, 2gb of RAM, and a 9.7″ retina display would cost around 166 USD for 1,000 units. Dock-able Keyboard Tablet from go-clever 5″ Galaxy Note like device with a 960×640 resolution. The device uses an unspecified Qualcomm processor and 1gb of ram. The device appears to have a stylus. The price is 137 USD. An unspecified 8″ tablet with a Rockchip rk3066 which is soon to be upgrade to a Rockchip RK3028 next month. A Rockchip tablet with Morgan Touch technology was shown. Morgan Touch is an active pen technology similar to Wacom’s technology that is not only cheaper but more precise. I am pen user so hopefully this technology finds its way into more tablets. The solution can be added to Android tablets for an additional 25 dollars. For those interested in Morgan Touch go to their website http://www.morgan-touch.com/ For other E-shine solutions they can be found at http://e-shine.cn

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ARM Google+ Hangout On Air on August 1st at 11am ET (4pm UK, 10am CT, 8am PT)

Posted by Charbax – July 29, 2013
Category: ARM

This Thursday August 1st you’ll be able to tune in at http://google.com/+arm/ for a 1-hour live Google+ Hangout On Air featuring ARM CEO Simon Segars, Freescale Senior VP of the MCU division, Geoff Lees, discussing with Professor Moore how over the “past few years a loosely organized community of more than a thousand companies has overturned the tech industry.” The topic is the e-book ‘Shared Purpose: A Thousand Business Ecosystems, a Worldwide Connected Community, and the Future‘, Professor James F. Moore details lessons learned from his comprehensive study of ARM’s collaborative, connected community, and provides blueprints for how other companies and industries could benefit from a similar ‘Collaborative Business Ecosystem’ approach.

You’re able to ask questions to that panel on Twitter by using the hashtag #ARMSharedPurpose

MediaTek MT8135 big.LITTLE ARM Cortex-A15/A7 released!

Posted by Charbax – July 29, 2013
Category: Tablets, MediaTek, Android

MediaTek presents what they claim to be today’s fastest Tablet SoC, using Dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 with Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 in big.LITTLE configuration with a new SGX6 based GPU.

How soon we’ll see MT8135 based tablets on the market? And does MediaTek also prepare a big.LITTLE for smartphones? I don’t know.

MediaTek introduces industry leading tablet SoC -MT8135, which integrates ARM’s big.LITTLE™ processing subsystem and a PowerVR™ Series6 GPU from Imagination Technologies.

MediaTek MT8135 fulfills the most demanding CPU and GPU usage scenarios, whether it is heavy web downloading, hardcore gaming, high-quality premium video viewing or rigorous multitasking, while maintaining the utmost power efficiency.

In this video, you’ll see how MediaTek MT8135 outperforms today’s tablet solutions.

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Ubuntu on phone, tablets, latest demos

Posted by m@ddy – July 29, 2013
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Computex, Ubuntu

Here’s Ubuntu OS for phones built on Android BSP (Board Support Package). They can bring on various phone devices in very short time. Ubuntu OS makes playing videos easier. Ubuntu User interface is very sleek. Through Preview window you can see the videos while playing games or working on any other app. Ubuntu OS runs on different engine no need of engines like JAVA, Dolby. Ubuntu applications written by CUTE support HTML5. It’s different software architecture. Ubuntu provides complete ecosystem also provides SDK system for developers they can use CUTE create their own apps. So that Simple app can run both PC and Phone. Ubuntu OS runs on high end phones, require powerful CPU capable to run both Android and Ubuntu OS at the same time. To do this optimization required of phone feature complete like you can write SMS from desktop in all languages. Users don’t need to have other laptop or PC to communicate between Android and Ubuntu. It’s an Unique experience run Both OS on One Phone. For now Android apps can’t run on Ubuntu. It is possible only after optimzing aspects like graphics. Android apps for Touch. but running CUTE apps is different thing.They can easily Ubantu open source can be write on Android code.there is lot of room for optimization like display performance VD development finally putting them together is easy concept. Ubuntu lowered the basic effort to put Ubuntu on Android. BSP drivers are almost same so effort for OEM is easier to adapt Ubuntu on their hardware. Last year Ubuntu was on OMAP4. Now on qualcomm S4. Wrote with “Ubuntu control app”. User can control Ubuntu session by phone only. If click on shut down Ubuntu control app the phone still can work on Android.

To run Ubuntu 1GB RAM. 1.5Ghz Dualcore CPU are minimum requirements. Aiming to different market segment.
People who think that Android is not sufficient they can turn on Ubuntu. Android is designed for small phones where as Ubuntu they design for large screens. Legacy of Linux is for big screens and multitasking. The main focus is running Ubuntu on multiple device like phone, tablet, TV and many more.

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CYNOVO Android Point-of-sale VISA/Mastercard/Unipay tablets

Posted by m@ddy – July 28, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Freescale, AmLogic, Computex, Android

CYNOVO customised tablet solutions Founder and CEO Henry Chen is describing the new portable POS customized Tablet they call it “POSTab” Android 4 powered by either Freescale, Armlogic or Rockchip as per the Tab requirements. CYNOVO is specialising payment solutions hardware and software since 2 years. POSTab can be used in Community store, Bankers and Insurgence companies to facilitate billing on the go. While in supermarkets you can use this product as bar-code scanner for choosing right product and price without standing in long queues.

2. POSTab is similar design and add NFC second design and swipe functionality to pay bills. And has EMV chip and Pay for identification purpose. It is also available in bigger size also 10″ Tab same functionality as above.

3. One of the POSTab is built-in Printer for immediate billing. The company already got 40000 units order and soon be more demanding ARM device for commercial purposes. It can load up to 30-50meters billing paper in it.

CYNOVO was established 2 years ago. Its a traditional company in Silicon Valley. 100 people for R&D in Shanghai and their factory is in Shenzhen. CYNOVO can produce the products as per the requirement of Users for minimum order of 2000 units. They work in collaboration with VISA and China UNIPAY for payment processing.

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ARM Processors to Run at 3GHz by next year

Posted by Kevin Sadria – July 27, 2013
Category: GlobalFoundries, TSMC

ARM based processor manufacturers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and GlobalFoundries  have announced that they plan to release ARM processors capable of running at 3 GHz “sometime next year”.

A new report cites that the game doesn’t end here. Processors clocked as high as 3 GHz are headed our way in 2014. Performance is not all about clock speeds, but if the current 28nm manufactured processors are able to clock in at 2.3 GHz, a process shrink to 20nm, expected to happen early in 2014, will certainly help increase clock speeds while consuming lesser power and die size at the same time.

The new 20nm node at TSMC and GlobalFoundries is expected to offer a 25% decrease in power consumption, allow up to 30% faster clock speeds and up to 1.9 times better transistor density with low leakage. That means more transistors in a lesser die, leading to more powerful processors.

These new products will bring the whole variety of technology devices to the Next Level but it depends on the user if device processor is a key consideration for them.

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MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor announced

Posted by Charbax – July 27, 2013
Category: Smartphones, MediaTek, Android

MediaTek MT6592 is announced, as far as I understand it’s 8-cores of ARM Cortex-A7 with ARM Mali graphics?

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So this MediaTek MT6592 does not use big.LITTLE combining ARM Cortex-A15 and A7 but only uses 8 ARM Cortex-A7 cores?

Basically, the MT6592 and the MT6588 will be the new high-end offers, the MT6589 becomes the new mid-end and the MT6582 and MT6572 will be the company’s low-end chips.
Just as its predecessors The MediaTek MTK MT6592  is built on ARM A7 architecture and can be clocked from 1.7 to 2.0 GHz. This  pure 8 core processor chipset supports full HD recording and playback.
According to some leaked benchmarks this MT6592 SoC supposedly performs quite fast?

This may be MediaTek’s processor for Android 5.0 to be released.

A document by MediaTek on this announcement is available here: http://www.mediatek.com/_en/Event/201307_TrueOctaCore/MediaTekTrueOcta-CorePositionPaper.pdf
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Chromecastcast.com Episode 2

Posted by Charbax – July 27, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Marvell, Android, Chrome OS

It was broadcast live here:

Tegra4 ARM Cortex-A15 Kalos Tablet by BungBungame

Posted by m@ddy – July 26, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, Computex, Android

BungBungame explains new High resolution display Kalos Tegra4 Tablet powered by the Tegra4 ARM Cortex-A15 Quadcore 1.5Ghz. Comparatively high resolution 2560×1600 of NVIDA graphics makes display sharp. Surprisingly it has 8.8mm thickness. It supports Mircast wireless share media technology from NVIDIA gives fabulous gaming experience. 8.5hrs long battery life. BungBungame company is a start up company established 4 years has 40 employees developed more than 100 gaming apps since establishment and works with Nexus and NVIDIA for apps and product development.

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