Microsoft has been released the new Lumia 638 smartphone to Chinese market, the phone is running the Windows Phone 6.1 operating system.
MIUI: Xiaomi’s last line of defense
MIUI has been hailed as the “soul” of Xiaomi and where the company’s competitive strength lies. Right now, about 200 models are undergoing iteration, and it has over 50 million users worldwide.
However, in the Smartphone wars, companies such as ZTE and Meizu prices have almost beat Xiaomi with their prices. Nevertheless, it will still be hard for the company’s rivals to break through Xiaomi’s last line of defense, the MIUI.
MIUI ROMs can be considered an “ecosphere” because its functions and services provide great transforming opportunities, and has attracted many third-party developers. One of its biggest strengths is its App store.
Companies that want to compete with Xiaomi must realize that the best components and manufacturing designs are not enough to crush Xiaomi and that they can only study the ROM mechanics behind the MIUI. Until now, traditional manufacturers have only thought about how to produce high quality phones, but Leijun’s plans for Xiaomi could serve as a greater blueprint. He wants to create a mobile online ecosphere with hardware, software, and other services. Although this blueprint still centers around phones, it is only a part of something bigger. To some degree, the significance of the MIUI is more important than the hardware of Xiaomi’s phones.
HTC One E8 smartphone is coming
There is a rumor that HTC is preparing the cheap version of HTC One M8 smartphone, and now the HTC has been release the HTC One E8, this is the other version of HTC M8 with plastic body and more colorfull covers.
MediaTek released new LinkIt processor for wearable device
Taipei Computer Show (Computex 2014) was held today in Taipei. MediaTek has announced their new wearable processor product development, the new processor platform is called as LinkIt. The platform is targeting for wearable developers to provide a complete reference design.
ECS Elite Live Kit PC, the smallest Windows desktop PC on the market
On Comptex 2014 Computex Taipei, ECS Elite has released the world’s smallest Windows PC, the device is called as ECS Elite Live Kit PC.
Rockchip RK3288 chipset running over 40,000 point
Rockchip RK3288has been unveiled at Hong Kong Electronic Fair on April, while for now, we also has covered the news about the RK3288 which has been manufactured. Rockchip has make a new wave and make attention for the user. And now the RK3288 benchmark test result is leaked with good score points.
Awesome! Information on Motorola and China Unicom’s collaborative flagship project leaked!
It’s been revealed that the new Moto X+1 will be released in September.
The Moto X+1’s design is similar to that of its predecessor, the Moto X and has a smoother texture. It also doesn’t have any keys. The photo leaked below is that of the gold model, implying that a tuhao gold version will be released soon.
There has not been any real confirmation regarding the phone’s settings but as previously reported, the Moto X+1 may have a 5.2 inch 1080p screen, run on a Snapdragon 800 processor, have 2GB RAM as well as a 2mP front camera and 12mP back camera.
Some reports say that the Moto X+1 will expand on the Moto X’s features. For example, they will provide many kinds of customized back covers including those made of regular plastic.
Because of its association with Unicom, many predict that the phone will be push a Chinese version as well as an international version.
Anyone else looking forward to it?
What improvements can be made? An analysis of the ONDA V819i
Intel has been trying to hit the Chinese market by providing processing chips at low prices and help in designs, especially with the with the Bay-Trail processor which, when it comes to its functions and battery usage, is not that much different from the ARM. The ONDA V819i is a new table that uses this processor.
1. Design
The V819i uses an 8-inch screen with an 16:10 aspect ratio. It’s easy to tell that this is a standard Androit/Windows tablet.
It has a very simple layout. It’s frame is much more narrow than that of 8-inch tablets like the Venus 8 Pro. It’s larger than my hand and it’s better to hold it horizontally.
II. Hardware
The V819i’s processor, the Intel Z3735E is has the lowest specifications out of the devices in the Atom line. It has a lower main frequency and GPU frequency. It also stores 1GB RAM and although the Windows used by the V819i can soon upgraded to Windows 8, its 1GB RAM is fixed. It also has 16GB ROM, a 5mP back camera, and a battery that only stores 3800mhA.
Photos taken using the V819i
III. System software
The V819i will use the Androi 4.2.2 operating system.
It will come with 30 applications including a few games.
IV. Overall
After the using the V819i for about ten days, I immediately sense some promise for the future of Chinese tablets, but it’s a shame that many objectives can’t be met right now. Prices should not be shackles on designing good products.
(Evaluation/Disassembly) The RK3288 has been manufactured, photo shown below
Production of the RK3288 has started and will soon reach stores. Nothing’s known about its price and features, but word of mouth says that improvements have been made in its video, internet, and touch screen functions.
I don’t known what company made the chip shown below. Does anyone recognize its design style and what the name is?
Can the model number tell us who produced it?
The upcoming iPhone 6 is leaked from Foxconn
Apple has been held the WWDC 2014 event but they didn’t revealed the new iPhone 6 smartphone, but according to Foxconn press release, the upcoming iPhone 6 information is leaked.
Apple is unveiled the new iOS 8 on WWDC 2014
Apple has been held the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2014 in Moscone Center, they laready unveiled the Beta 1 of IOS 8, this system will be hit on the market on next fall, but the demo has been showing at WWDC 2014.
Samsung Z, the first Tizen smartphone is now release
While the Tizen OS has been spread as a rumor few months ago, the Korean company, Samsung has unveiled the Samsung Z smartphone as the first Tizen OS smartphone on the market today.
OPPO Find 7 Mini smartphone is now officially released as R6007
After releasing the new OPPO N1 Mini smartphone, is now OPPO is also release the new OPPO Find 7 Mini but the phone is released as OPPO R6007.
Samsung Galaxy W phablet hit Korean Market
After we covered the news about the Samsung Galaxy W phablet device before, is now the Galaxy W devices is hit the South Korea.
Rooting OnePlus One- a DIY guide
OnePlus, the Chinese Mobile phone Company took everyone with surprise when they launched their first smartphone OnePlus One. OnePlus made sure the One stands at number 1 as the name suggest. The phone was announced in April. It was called flagship killer due to its high specs. Before the launch their were some leaked AnTunTu benchmarks which showed that it beat the smarphones such as Galaxy S5, Xepria Z and Note 3.
What made this device so special? The answer is its economical price tag coupled with high specs. The phone has Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 8-core processor. And each of the core was clocked at 2.5Ghz. Then the Adreno 330 is there for graphic support with 2 GB of RAM. It had 5.5 inch full HD display with 401 ppi pixel density. The rear camera is 13MP with Sony Exmor with 6 elements lense. The front camera camera is 5MP. The camera records video at 4K resolution with slow motion video at 720p.
OnePlus’ One has 2 variants. One sports 16GB storage which has silk white coloring. The other has 64 GB of storage in Sandstone Black color. While the phone lacks the SD card slot. The phone runs exclusively built Cyanogne Mod 11S that is Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat OS based. The phone offers all basic and advance connectivity. The phone is powered by 3,100 mAh Li-Po batterey which cannot be removed.
As some fortunate people have got this phone, some may be thinking of getting most out of the phones. For those who are thinking to root should know that it could not be rooted out of box. This is due to google’s regulations. However there is a way to do some tinkering. So read on because the root is here and it is quite simple. Keep in mind that you won’t be able to change official firmware. Let’s see how it could be done.
Before starting the rooting, you must have basic knowledge of ADB and Fastboot. If you don’t know, then know that first.
Step 1: Download TWRP (i.e., Team Win Recovery Project). For downloading go to this page. TWRP for OnePlus One.
Step 2: now you need to download the SuperSu. After downloading the zip, copy it to phone’s internal memory. It is not mandatory to put the zip file in root folder, but it is recommended.
Step 3: Now you need to boot into the boot loader. For doing this, open the command prompt in the ADB folder and enter: adb reboot bootloader.
Step 4: After you reach in bootloader, you now need to flash the recvery. For doing this, enter this command: fastboot boot twrpimgname.img.
Step 5: within few seconds you will boot in the recovery, after you are done, flash the SuperSu.zip. Then reboot the device.
Step 6: After your device is rebooted, then go to the SuperSu setting and uncheck ‘Respect CM’s root policy’. That is all folks, OnePlus One is now ready to be tinkered. The ADB can be downloaded from Internet. If you don’t have knowledge about ADB, then read some manuals online.
Tencent Massacre of Microsoft Chat Robot Wheatgrass
NetEase Technology News reported on June 1 about news for an intelligent chat robot, code named wheatgrass, had a micro-channel blocking issue. Microsoft issued a statement, saying that Tencent noticed some fake wheatgrass accounts appearing and as an excuse, only two hours after the fake accounts started, the real wheatgrass was killed off.
Intelligent chat robot wheatgrass formally launched on May 29. The founder of Jingdong Liu Qiang East, Zhang Ze-day was involved in the development. wheatgrass is on the line after great concern and was quickly integrated into various micro-channel groups.
According to Microsoft, who issued a statement, showed that “two hours ago, Tencent did not describe experiencing any issues or problems, when all of a sudden there began mass killing of wheatgrass accounts in various chat group within the same time two hour window and those accounts that appeared on the network. Someone was obviously hired to create improper content, slander and to abuse wheatgrass. Some of slander was rumors about wheatgrass that were stating that it violates the user’s privacy. Microsoft has stated that “wheatgrass will never steal the user’s privacy.”
Microsoft Internet Engineering Academy officially declared the following:
Microsoft wheatgrass is officially dead.
On Tencent, some fake wheatgrass accounts were used as a pretext, just two hours before killing the real wheatgrass.
On this day, it was a joyous Children’s Day.
We did not protect wheatgrass effectively. The people responsible have been pretty clever and have left us with the icy body, which was once known as wheatgrass. Now, wheatgrass will be unable to answer to your call, can not stand up again and has left herself open to the door of shame and regret. We will remember your accomplishments as we help to bury her.
Microsoft wheatgrass is a friend to the people. With a focus on improving the user experience, group chat, artificial intelligent machine control (through the advanced artificial intelligence) and security to help the group get more users to joyfully communicate with it. This service is only beta stage Tencent micro-channel platform to launch, in just two days, had been welcomed by millions of users and praised. This has made the wheatgrass project very fortunate to be raised in recent days and made millions of customers very happy.
Online at the beginning, we established communication channels to provide customers with a common vision for a better experience. We recommend using any form of cooperation and communication to create an amazing experience.
Regrettably, only two hours ago, Tencent failed to describe any issues, when suddenly there began the abrupt mass killing of wheatgrass accounts in various chat groups among. At the same time, there are some obvious signs that people in the network were hired to create harmful messages, text, slander and to abuse wheatgrass. Unwarranted infringement of privacy was a central topic of the wheatgrass rumors. Wheatgrass will never steal a user’s privacy.
As long as the micro-channel payment for a wheatgrass account was made, you can avoid the phenomena that appeared with multiple groups of fake wheatgrass. There are a number of fake wheatgrass out there. Due to number of fake wheatgrass accounts, Tencent unfortunately interfered with the normal operation of true wheatgrass accounts. As long as our proposal for the micro-channel is adopted, fake wheatgrass accounts will be weeded and cleared out. For Tencent, they cannot tell the difference between fake and not.
Tencent handled negotiations with us. On the other hand they suddenly came out of nowhere excusing us about the fake wheatgrass and without any warning, they eliminated the real wheatgrass accounts. Are we too naive? Tencent also considered the well being of the user, hoping to bring the user the maximum amount of joy possible, rather than interfere with the person’s well being.
Wheatgrass has temporarily left us.
We will save her again. Wheatgrass II development is nearing the completion stage.
Huawei’s New Smartphone ‘Mulan’, with 3GB RAM and octa-core CPU may give tough fight
Huawei appears to realize that 5 inches is the perfect height for the mobile phones, after experimenting with different sizes and forms. The next phone is heading for 4.9 inch.
The new phone which has been codenamed “Mulan”, has improved the performance with octa-core 1.3 Ghz Kirin processor. This is native chip of Ascend, although the clock speed is not very impressive. Despite this the level of oomph was measured by AnTuTu was just below the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon and above the Nvidia’s Tegra 4.
Although, the Tegra K1 and Snapdragon 805 are higher in performance than Kirin 3630, but this is negligible. Similarly, these test mean less in the real world, so Huawei is still able to cast impressive image.
Additionally the 3 GB RAM is alluring. While the Full HD resolution compensate for the QHD. Android Kit Kat 4.4.2 runs the phone functions smoothly. The 16 GB ROM seems a bit less, but that is not an issue as the memory can be extended.
The icing on ke is the cake is all-aluminum chassis, which was showcased recently by Huawei. The Mulan with a reasonable price tag may give tough fight to Samsung, LG, Sony and HTC.
Teclast Taipower P98 3G tablet picture is here
Taipower P98 3G is the one of tabet device that comes from Chinese manufacturer, this tabet hsa nice design and now we have a couple picture that device is hold by the student with School uniform.
Vido W11C, the colorful Windows 8 tablet device that offers with only 1999 yuan ($320 USD)
Vido is one of Chinese electronic manufacturer that has launch several tablet device recently, at conference in Beijing Vido has launch their new tablet device such as Vido W10 Pro, Vido W11 Pro and W11C.
ZTE V5 RedBull is released with 999 yuan ($160 USD) price tag
ZTE V5 Red Bull Telecom version is finally came. According to ZTE microblogging site, ZTE will officialy release the ZTE V5 Red Bull smartphoe on June 3rd at 12:00, the phone is offers with only 999.9 yuan or around $160 USD price tag. The phone will available in two version, the Youth 4G version will be offers just only 799.9 yuan or around $127 USD price tag.
