Eken shows $74 7″ IPS RK3066, $133 A31 9.7″ IPS ($20 more for Retina), $136 A31 10.1″ IPS and more

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Tablets, Cameras, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, VIA, China Sourcing Fair, Android

Eken sells about 300K tablet per month. They sell 800K PCBs for tablet per month. They show ultra thin 7″ IPS, $47 for VIA 8801 single-core ARM Cortex-A9 with 512MB RAM, $56 for the 7″ Allwinner A20 800×480 and a bunch more.

Check also my video at the Eken car DVR factory: http://138.2.152.197/2012/06/18/eken-camera-factory-tour/

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Geniatech dual band WiFi and DTV tuner on MicroUSB for HDMI Sticks and Tablets

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, AmLogic, China Sourcing Fair, Geniatech, Android

Geniatech shows their new HDMI Stick with built-in 5Ghz dual-band WiFi support and provides a new compact DVB-T tuner on MicroUSB for Rockchip and AmLogic based tablets (comes with default driver on AmLogic tablets and for Rockchip requires modification to the tablet firmware). They have a DTV to WiFi battery powered box for $45 (guidance, I guess bulk price). Geniatech also shows some of their other current devices and they tease the next generation quad-core 2Ghz AmLogic ARM Cortex-A9 with Quad-core Mali-400 that is due to arrive in products around June/July.

Next Berlin: TextMaster crowdsourced translation and copy-writing

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Web, Exclusive videos, Next Berlin

50 thousand translators and writers contribute translations and copy-writing, targeting 2 million euros revenue this year. You can go online and order your content and you get it back translated a couple of hours later. Disrupting the translation market at about 3 cents per word at Basic quality, 10 cents per word for the standard level and up to 18 cent per word for expert translation and copy-writing mode.

Next Berlin: Hercules Fisherman, serial entrepreneur, investor in start-ups

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Software, Exclusive videos, Next Berlin

Here Hercules Fisherman is showing his new app called Artspedia, pointing at works in a gallery, it can show information about that painting.

Next Berlin: Blinkist iPhone app resumes non-fiction ebooks in a blink

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Software, Exclusive videos, Next Berlin

They provide abstract versions of non-fiction ebooks so people can “read” ebooks in 10-15 minutes on an iphone.

Stylemarks second-hand fashion marketplace

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Software, Exclusive videos, Next Berlin

Showing off an app to sell second-hand fashion products on the web. Telling stories behind the products and using social media.

Mobberry merging RFID with NFC devices at Next Berlin

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Other, Exclusive videos, Next Berlin

Trying to get this solution to shopping malls around the world.

World’s Smallest RK3066 HDMI Stick, $35 SmartCandy by Smartvote

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Rockchip, AmLogic, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

SmartCandy is perhaps the worlds smallest Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 HDMI Stick yet on the market. Here showing how they have optimized the size of the ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core PCB design to fit in the smallest form factor. 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash. The Wi-Fi is external on the special Micro-USB cable, that also includes USB Host. They can also make that cable with 3 USB Host ports and an Ethernet port for $2 more. Smartvote starts shipping the Quad-core HDMI Stick in the middle of of May.

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

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$45 AML8726-MX Set-top-box by Acemax

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Cameras, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Acemax shows their AmLogic AML8726-MX based Dual-core Set-top-box. The bulk price (1K orders or larger) start at around $45. Android 4.2.1 is installed. XBMC support. 80 people in the factory. Acemax also shows their Allwinner A31 HDMI Stick to be sold for about $65 in bulk. Acemax even shows a $70 1080p helmet action video camera. Next step will include a remote control touch-screen like a watch.

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

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$130.5 A31 Retina, $169 RK3066 10.1″ 800p by Lik Tim

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, MediaTek, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Here are some of the latest tablets shown by Lik Tim.

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

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$105 7.85″ Actions ATM7029 by Tomstar

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, Actions, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Here are the latest Tablets by Tomstar. They sell 200K tablets per month with 150 people in their factory.

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

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Archos 97b Platinum, RK3188 Retina

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Archos, Android

Archos shows their first Rockchip RK3188 9.7″ Retina tablet. Price to be confirmed (check back, I may get the expected pricing for you).

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

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Archos 70b Titanium 7″ 1280×800 for $129

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Archos, Android

Archos presents this $129 1280×800 7″ IPS tablet, Titanium is currently on the Rockchip RK3066, I guess Archos might make a 7″ Platinum with RK3188 soon also (to be confirmed).

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

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SDC phones and tablets, MTK, Qualcomm, and some Actions and AmLogic tablets

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Actions, AmLogic, MediaTek, Qualcomm, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

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

$90 7″ 1280×800 IPS A31S, $160 A31 retina, $190 13.3″ RK3066 (RK3188 soon also) by Amaway

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Amaway started making Android tablets last August (before it was smartphones), they now sell 40K tablets per month. Amaway sells $90 7″ 1280×800 IPS A31S, $160 A31 retina, $190 13.3″ RK3066 (RK3188 soon also). Doubling RAM to 2GB is $12 more. $4-$5 more for 16GB flash instead of 8GB.

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

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Camel 7″, 8″ $90, 9.7″ retina A31 $156, 10.1″ 1280×800 for $118

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Here’s a bunch of Camel Android tablets. They sell 50K per month, 100 people in their factory.

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Onyx E430 Android 4.3″ E Ink phone

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Smartphones, E-readers, Exclusive videos, Members Content, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Onyx, Android

6 months ago, I filmed Onyx showing the first Android E Ink e-reader prototype. Now Onyx International shows their new 4.3″ E Ink Android phone with a front light. Onyx also shows their first 6″ Android based E Ink e-reader also with a front light. Onyx is thus now fully focusing on Android on E Ink, for Android E Ink phones and Android E Ink e-readers. Check back soon at http://ARMdevices.net for more news from Onyx on their latest and upcoming Android E Ink devices!

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Beneve Exynos 4412 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 Tablet for $321

Posted by Charbax – May 14, 2013
Category: Tablets, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Samsung, Shenzhen Electronics Fair, Android

Beneve shows some Exynos4412 tablets that are now selling around $321 in China. They also show an Android home replacement UI in the iOS style.

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Microsoft Windows 8 RT at Next Berlin

Posted by Charbax – May 9, 2013
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Exclusive videos, Nvidia, Next Berlin, Windows

I’m asking Microsoft Germany’s Windows Product Marketing Manager Boris Schneider-Johne some questions about the status of Windows RT, I also ask about the Android competition, RT vs Pro market share, everything on Windows RT is encrypted, Surface RT is his secondary computer (Photoshop/Ligthroom doesn’t run on RT), how often does RT crash? Connected Standby (gets latest info all the time through Connected Standby API), and I even ask questions which he obviously can’t answer, about Microsoft claiming ownership over Android (announcing certain Microsoft Partner Android companies paying Microsoft a licence for Android) Cheaper Windows RT? $299 instead of $599? 13.3″ RT? 7″ RT? 8″ RT? and the idea of making a Metro UI for Android (he says it can’t work).

My Google I/O 2013 expectations

Posted by Charbax – May 3, 2013
Category: Opinions, Google

I haven’t been able to buy a Google I/O ticket (servers crashed) and it doesn’t look like Google wants to invite me with a press badge (thus far), but here are my Google I/O May 15-17th 2013 expectations. I’ve not always been exact in my Google I/O predictions, see 2011 and 2012. Here’s what I’d announce at this point if I was running Google:

1. Google Smartwatch. (approx same “Wearable UI” as Google Glass) $199 BT 4.0.
2. Exynos5410/Tegra4/S800 Chromebooks launched. (prob 13.3″ $299, preferably with Pixel Qi 20-hour battery life).
3. Android 5 unveiled. intro “Full Chrome” on Android, Android Extension for Chrome OS too (that’s what I call “the merger”). Android 4.3 may get released at I/O with Android 5 release for months later.
4. Andy Rubin announced chief of new Google Internet of Things and Google Robots department (this is the new Google X project)
5. Google TV now part of Android 5. all HDMI/MHL turns any Android device to full Google TV UI, even HDMI throughput and IR blaster can be supported on most phones/tablets with adapter.
6. Google Gaming now serious. launches $99 Google Home Entertainment Console. It’s ARM Cortex-A15 with Mali-T678 GPU. Most Android games now mapped for TV controller game play. Exynos5410/Tegra4/S800 too.
7. Google Glass public release in 3 months for $499. $299 version by end of the year. Early Glass Explorers get choice of $1000 credit in Google Play Store or they get 2 extra Google Glass to give to friends/family.
8. Moto X Phones launched. $99/$199/$299 (540p-dual/720p-quad/1080p-octo) (maybe T4i/S600/T4) with no contract on T-Mobile in USA. unlocked worldwide. Waterproof, unbreakable, sunlight readable Pixel Qi LCD ultra long battery life.
9. Google Book launched. $99 WiFi e-reader with Google Books, Android E Ink front-lit based.
10. Google Play Subscriptions launched. $20/month for unlimited text/audio/video/apps (authors/devs can opt-out, users can pick any category separately at $5/month each, worldwide day-1). Overnight Google Play becomes by far biggest content platform worldwide.
11. Google+ 2.0. Now + gives personalized recommendations across web.

What am I forgetting? php/mysql wordpress/phpbb free hosting on Google App Engine? New YouTube monetization? White Space Global Google Voice (with launch of White Space modem in Moto X Phone)? The Cheaper $99 Nexus 7 Lite (RK3188 based)? Upgraded Google Arduino platform on ARM Cortex-M3? Google ARM Servers announcement for cheaper/better/cleaner cloud?

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