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LG IPS looks fine :)

RuslanMG — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:19:49 GMT

Apple's iPad Mini is coming...

RuslanMG — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:36:04 GMT

The new iPad has been and gone, sporting a chunkier and heavier build than the iPad 2, which left some wondering: what's with all the extra weight?

However, it looks like Apple may be about to aid those conscious of extra grams in their bags, as rumours hot up about a potential iPad Mini (or iPad nano, if you prefer) arriving later this year.

As the Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Nexus 7 and Nook HD steal the budget tablet show, Apple may well want a bite of the, well, apple.

Back in 2010, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that smaller screened tablets were not "sufficient to create great tablet apps" and would be "dead on arrival", so rumours suggesting a new iPad mini is in the works reveals a potentially new direction for the firm in its post-Jobs era.

Believe it or not, there's certainly a lot of chat surrounding the iPad Mini, so we've scooped it all up, mushed it all together and expelled it into a handy round up, allowing you to keep track of every twist and turn.

New tablet release date is after 23th of october, the expected price is about 300 usd (in USA).

If you're pressed for time then check out our iPad Mini rumour roundup video below.

source - gizmodo.com, techradar.com

LYRIC PIONEER products has passed FCC authentication, CE authentication and ROHS

RuslanMG — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:33:00 GMT

In order to solve the export disturbance, LYRIC PIONEER delivered examined all their products.

The well known LY-F1 series, F2 series, F1S series, F2S series, F8 series, F8S series, F9S series and F10 series has passed American FCC authentication, European Union CE authentication and European Union ROHS authentication.

All the products will be upgraded so that the products will have more powerful performance.

The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. It was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and operates as an independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress. The commission is committed to being a responsive, efficient and effective agency capable of facing the technological and economic opportunities of the new millennium.

The CE marking is a key indicator of a product’s compliance with EU legislation and enables the free movement of products within the European market. By affixing the CE marking on a product, a manufacturer is declaring, on one’s sole responsibility, conformity with all of the legal requirements to achieve CE marking and therefore ensuring validity for that product to be sold throughout the European Economic Area. This also applies to products made in third countries which are sold in the EEA.

ROHS from European Union legislation is a mandatory standard and the full name is Restriction of Hazardous Substances.

http://www.lyxfsz.com/

From: www.micdigi.com

Ramos W17Pro Review by Oddi

willPanda — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:01:34 GMT

Originally Posted by Oddi

Product Link

Been trying my W17Pro out for a few days and decided to write a little review:

Build:
This device is the most beautiful tablet I have ever tried. Its very lightweight and it has solid build quality.
Pros:
- Small edges
- Good buttons
- Original design

Cons:
- No physical home button (can be fixed by remapping volume-button as home)

Screen:
Screen resolution is 1024x600, the screen is very nice and crisp and it has good touch accuracy.
Pros:
- Crisp and clear, its easy to read e-books or manga on this device

Cons:
- Resolution lower than google nexus 7
- Panel is not IPS meaning you have to be right in front of the screen to see the picture clearly
- Its easy to get fingermarks on the screen
- Screen is reflective

Usage:
All test have been performed using the latest F&LSuperstore's Repack ROM version 20120806 (Market Fix, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P6200 finger print and Root), downloaded from here
Pros:
- Everything is smooth, no lag when using menus, looking at photos or scrolling in webpages
- 3D-gaming works great! No lag at all in games like Angry Birds Space, Temple Run, or Dead Trigger
- Built in videoplayer handles 720p and 1080p .mkv files with subtitles easily. (Tested formats: divx, xvid, 720p h264, 1080p h264, mkv, mp4)
- Youtube works, TED works, Voddler works, Netflix not tested
- Built in speaker is loud and clear, sound is also good when using headphones.
- Google Play works
- Battery lasts 3-5h with normal use

Cons:
- Microphone records in low volume
- Front camera is low resolution
- If the tablet lies flat on the table the speaker sound is a little low because it gets blocked

Overall:
In my opinion one of the best ~$100 tablets on the market today

Обзор на ThL W3+ Двухъядерный смартфон с 4.5" IPS HD экраном

Daisy — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:18:41 GMT

Обзор из сайта http://mysku.ru/blog/pandawill/9071.html, Автор djkrava опубликован.

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Приветствую!
В данном обзоре я постараюсь максимально осветить плюсы и минусы новинки от уважаемого бренда — THL W3 Dual Core (Он же W3+ он же W3s)
На сайте производителя он фигурирует как THL W3 Dual Core, но магазины решили дать ему своё название — W3+ или W3s
Внимание — в обзоре присутствует большое количество графики и спойлеров =)

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Активен купон дающий 8% скидку 2012THLW3+
Купон действует до 18.00 22.08.12
Страницы покупки: http://www.pandawill.com/catalogsear...5250++&x=0&y=0

Технические характеристики

Процессор: MT6577,Dual Core, ARM Cortex A9, 1.0 GHz.
ОС: Android 4.0.4.
Корпус: Моноблок. Цвета: чёрный/белый.
Сотовая сеть: WCDMA/GSM.
Экран: IPS, 4.5", ёмкостной, WXGA/HD (1280x720), 16x9, 5 точек касания.
Камера:
-Основная 8.0 Mpx. Автофокус. Распознавание лиц. Двойная светодиодная вспышка.
-Фронтальная: 2.0 Mpх. Интерполяция до 3.2 Mpх.

Сенсоры:
-Акселерометр (ADXL345 3-axis Accelerometer)
-Датчик освещения (CM3623 Light Sensor)
-Датчик приближения (CM3623 Proximity Sensor)
-Датчик ориентации (AMI304 Orientation Sensor)

Встроенная память: Nand Flash, 4 GB. Пользователю доступно 2.8 гб (800мб память телефона \ 2гб виртуальная sdcard)

RAM: DDR, 1024 MB (после старта системы доступно пользователю ~500мб)
microSD: до 32 GB.
Аккумулятор: 2000mAh.
Разъемы: microUSB, 3.5 аудио.
Размеры: 127,8 х 67 х 12.3 mm
Вес: 145г (с батареей).
Языки: Английский, Китайский. Русский язык доступен после прошивки.
Дополнительные функции: GPS/aGPS, FM-радио, Bluetooth 2.0, WIFI 802.11 b/g/n
Google Play Store не предустановлен

Заказ делал на панде.
Не первый раз заказываю электронику — лучше всего показал себя именно этот магазин. Кто то жалуется на долгую отправку товара — меня этот вопрос ни разу не коснулся. А возможность доплатить за доставку HK Post или SG Post — это один из важнейших козырей для меня! =)

На момент заказа была активна групповая закупка (Это дало еще — 13% от итоговой суммы)
Посылка была отправлена на следующий день, отсчитываем 8 дней — и телефон у меня =)

Упаковка как всегда на высоте — коробка с телефоном обмотана пузыристой лентой, и все это вложено в плотную картонную коробку. В таком состоянии проблематично помять даже внутреннюю коробку.

Комплектация:

Внутри стандартной для THL коробки лежат:
-Телефон
-Зарядное устройство с USB разъемом
-MicroUSB кабель для зарядки и подключения к компьютеру
-2 х 2000mah Аккумулятора
-Брендовыя вакуумная гарнитура
-Пленка на экран (Транспортировочная пленка изначально уже наклеена на заводе)
-Android User Manual (Eng)
-Наклейки с штрих-кодом и IMEI номером
-Гарантийный талон

Больше фотки и характеристики на телефон посмотрите http://mysku.ru/blog/pandawill/9071.html

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How tablets are being produced

RuslanMG — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:07:55 GMT

Here is video from Shenzhen factory. This is assembly line with a lot of hand work.
Tablets on video are cheap AllWinner a13 devices:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfyAj...yer_detailpage

Sub100$ tablets comparison:PD10,ICOO D50 lite,Ainol Tornado/Mars,Hyundai A7,X6

bunanson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:48:13 GMT

It is almost time to shop gifts for christmas. Here is my little summary. They all should have 1st impression if you google bunanson and the name of the tablets. Enjoy,

bun

In general 1 G ram is better. However, I have several good experience with 512 MB RAMs.

ICOO D50 lite is one, 4G/512 MB/roooted/$74, it worked right out of box and I cannot even find one complaint, almost.

Another one is X6, 4G/512 MB/unroot/$59 same superior performance. This is from the mouth of somebody playing with over 12 tablets, all with different brands! I would NOT recommend X6 because of incompatibility due to MIPS, but the tablet itself is a solid build.

Freelander PD10, GPS/8G/1G/easy root/HDMI/$109 is the top pick. I have NO idea why is that, but the PD10 can multi-touch, multizoom a lot of apps and browsers, almost ALL I have been testing. While the D50 and X6 can only zoom with a couple of browsers, and less apps. They run/multi touch the apps and browsers fine, but they dont zoom, could be the way I tested them? Except PD10, it zoom in/out on almost ALL browsers and apps I played with. Video skype, though ran on all three of these, PD10 is the highest quality.

Ainol Novo7 Mars, 8G/1G/rooted/HD screen/$119, would not touch with a 10 foot pole. It is buggy. and with screen input requiring a hammer's effort :). Other than that, it is kind of functional.

Ainol Novo7 Tornado, 8G/1G/rooted/$89, the little brother of Mars, works better, and smooth provided you are seeing the router because of weak wifi. Even next room, the Tornado drops the signal. Skype ran, but people can barely hear you because of weak wifi. Video skype, forget it. Both Ainols are advertised as 5 point multi-touch, they are only 2 points. People are quipping Ainol is now working on 3 point touch, then 4 points, and maybe 5 point 2020. :)

Hyundai A7, 8G/512 MB/easy root/HDMI/$108, hiccups quite often and with random freeze, not quite sure why, other than that, it is also an acceptable tablet. Except it is powered only thru USB port, if the port die/malfunction, your tablet is gone.

WM8650, 4G/256 MB/2.2/easy root/CWM/$84, hackers toy, anything under the sun, you named it, WM8650 has it, very slow, outdated technology.

Being said, it also boiled down to what is your goal of getting a tablet. Using like an average laptop replacement, these cheap, sub $100 tablet will get you excited, it does email/surfing/video skype/streaming audio/video/video chat with NOT even 1 hiccup. That is probably my Xmas gifts for my family 2012. However, if you are looking for a tablet with bleeding edge technology, playing smooth 3D games, eyeblinking animation with cellular attachment, those will not be your choice. And if you have more kick out of hacking than using the tablet itself, you will look for tablet with a large supporting community, like the Allwinner A10, and always wait awhile.

Finally, regarding shopping tablets. I believe the vendor is just as important as the tablets. I am waiting for a couple of tablets coming... and they are also under $100.

Finsihed 7/2012

bun

Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year

willPanda — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:26:38 GMT

This video is the best-look yet at the slick OpenGL-accelerated OS from Else (formerly Emblaze) and Access (who developed a next-gen Palm OS before Palm ditched it for their own). The big news: The First Else phone arrives next-year.

Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year

willPanda — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:25:41 GMT

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This video is the best-look yet at the slick OpenGL-accelerated OS from Else (formerly Emblaze) and Access (who developed a next-gen Palm OS before Palm ditched it for their own). The big news: The First Else phone arrives next-year.

Google employees said to be testing Android 4.0 on Samsung Nexus S

willPanda — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:23:31 GMT

Google is working out any bugs in the latest update to the Android mobile operating system before releasing it broadly, and that's good news for Samsung Nexus S users.

Some Google employees are testing an over-the-air update of Android 4.0 on their Samsung Nexus S smartphones, according to a report from Android Police. The development was leaked on Google+ by Adel Saoud, Google AdSense Policy Applications and Signals Developer, who said the update was "looking great."
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It could still take weeks or months before the update, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, is released. Considering all the hype, expect it to be sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, some advanced Android users who can't wait are getting ICS early by using custom ROMs made by developers after Google recently released the open source code for Android 4.0. Developers can release these ROMs faster because they don’t have to deal with all the red tape a giant enterprise like Google does, especially when you throw carrier manipulation into the mix.

A safer bet for many Android users is to wait for the official release.

There are several ways you can prepare your phone for the update, such as: cleaning up, backing up and updating your apps, backing up your data and making sure on the big day your phone is well charged and connected to a network so that any attempts by the OS to "phone home," register, or otherwise finish the process are possible.

Android2.3 occupies 50% share of the Andrews equipment

willPanda — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:06:48 GMT

According to U.S. technology website Mashable reported, code-named “gingerbread” of the various versions of Android 2.3 Android system is the most popular one in the share of all Android devices up to 50.51%.

Android operating system developed rapidly, despite the Google Android platform make every effort to ensure frequency and upgrade security, but the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and operators but did not act quickly to install the latest version of Android to existing equipment . New Android devices to make this problem more complicated, they are often not listed equipped with the latest version of the Android system.

The results of the six versions of the Android system is now co-exist on the Android device that Android 1.5 “cupcake” (Cupcake), Android 1.6 “Donut” (Donut), Android 2.0 “muffin” (Éclair), Android 2.2 ” frozen yogurt “(Froyo), Android 2.3″ gingerbread “(Gingerbread), Android 4.0″ Ice Cream Sandwich “(Ice Cream Sandwich).

Among them, the “gingerbread” in all Android devices share of 50.51%, dominant, and the remaining five versions of the Android system accounted for 47% of the Tablet PC uses a “honeycomb” (Honeycomb) occupy the rest. In other words, every market has a “gingerbread” mobile phone, then there is a corresponding use of the old version of Android mobile phone system.

“Ice cream sandwich” as just listed, in this ranking can be ignored, and the “frozen yogurt” in the Android phone in the proportion is still 35.3%, “muffin” proportion was 9.6%. In addition, 1.3% of the Android phone a “donut”, and another 0.8% of mobile phone use “cupcakes.”

Although the “donut” and “cup cake” system is still not completely eliminated, but “frozen yogurt” to “gingerbread” transition, “gingerbread” to “ice cream sandwich” transition, but the general trend. It is noteworthy that the listing of some of the equipment is always equipped with the current version of Android, until they are eliminated. The only problem is that original equipment manufacturers and operators to make a response to this how fast.

Google's Android 4.0 ported to x86 processors

willPanda — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:15:47 GMT

Google's open-source Android 4.0 operating system for smartphones and tablets has been ported to work with x86 processors, a member of an open-source project involved in the effort said this week.

The source code of Android 4.0.1, which is code-named Ice Cream Sandwich, is for developers and designed to work with tablets based on Advanced Micro Devices' low-power x86 chips code-named Brazos, which are typically used in netbooks and low-end laptops. Some AMD chips are being used in tablets such as MSI's WindPad 110W.

The port means that tablets with Android 4.0 based on x86 chips could be on the horizon. Intel is the top x86 chipmaker, and the company has already said it is working with Google to bring Android 4.0 to smartphones and tablets.

The port of Android 4.0.1 to x86 is still a work in progress. The source code, which is available for download on Android-x86.org, provides Wi-Fi, multitouch and hardware graphics acceleration capabilities. It does not provide sound, camera, Ethernet networking or hardware acceleration for Intel-based processors yet.
MIPS, a competitive processor architecture to x86 and ARM, will also get Android 4.0 soon. A spokeswoman for MIPS Technologies, which licenses the architecture, earlier this month said the company was waiting for Google to open source the software so its engineers could port the OS.

Infotmic IMAPX210 Will Replace VIA Chip?

willPanda — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:20:45 GMT

VIA MW8605 chips are very short of supply these days in Shenzhen market. Almost all of Shenzhen factories have no way to continue production of VIA MW8605 tablets. Now the tablets found in the market possibly are from the previous stock or some main boards of returned tablets. The short supply is predicted not to ease till December 15th this year. Why it suddenly happened that VIA MW8650 was out of stock? It said VIA is making preparation for its next generation of chip. So it began to reduce the output of WM8650 chip.

Many of factories in Shenzhen are living on the VIA 8650 tablets. They couldn't wait to declare bankruptcy. Most of them applied the Infotmic IMAPX210 chip instead of VIA 8650. Both of them are in the similar price rank. IX210 tablets have a better performance than VIA 8650 ones overall. After a long term of optimization, ARM11 has been developed to its best status. It can play 1080p HD and online flash videos smoothly. But compared to Cortex A8 chip, it runs slower and not so good as Cortex A8's game performance. IMAPX210 tables still have a huge potential to occupy a better market share, because they are sold cheaper than cortex A8 ones.

Infotmic IMAPX210 Will Replace VIA Chip? Who knows? VIA chip may launch its new powerful weapon next year.

White Nokia N9 Coming on the Way

willPanda — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:07:19 GMT

It seems that the color white is an attractive one for hardware manufacturers to roll out – case in point, the white iPhone making quite the splash when it was first announced, and since then, we have had different colored hardware making their mark as well. Nokia’s effort with the ill-fated N9 is not yet over, as the Finnish handset manufacturer has just announced that they will be introducing a white colored Nokia N9, still running on the MeeGo operating system, of course. According to Frank Zillikens from Nokia, “The manufacturing process for beautiful white products is quite complex and we wanted to make sure we deliver the best possible quality for our consumers.”

Other smartphones that come in this endearing, pale shade include the Samsung Galaxy S2, Apple iPhone 4S and Blackberry Bold 9900, not to mention the Droid RAZR also rumored to come in a similar pasty color. Do you think the Windows Phone efforts from Nokia too will be on the receiving end of white colors in due time?

LTE iPhone 5, iPad 3 release slated for 2012

willPanda — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:04:23 GMT

Apple may be releasing an LTE-enabled iPhone 5 and iPad 3 in Japan next year on it’s largest carrier, NTT Docomo, according to rumours.
Rumours are surfacing that Apple will release two new 4G LTE enabled devices next year on Japan’s major network NTT Docomo.

Nikkei Business (Japanese) reported that an iPad 3 and iPhone 5 are slated for release next year, with the iPad set to premiere in the summer, and the iPhone to follow in the fall.

Though missing out on the success of the iPhone 4S in October, the rumours follows NTT Docomo’s plans to roll out its LTE infrastructure across Japan in the coming months and years.

Shenzhen Manufacturer Launches the First Tegra2 + android 4.0 Tablet

willPanda — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:05:29 GMT

An ODM manufacturer in Shenzhen of China takes the lead to launch the first Tegra2 and android 4.0 tablet before the branded manufacturers, while the previous rumor that RK29 android 4.0 tablet hasn't come true. It said the best advantage of android 4.0 is it speeds up a lot. According to the google official data, it is faster 1.8 times on android 4.0 than 3.1.

This tablet was shipped with android 3.2 at first and now it is upgraded to android 4.0. It looks like Moto Xoom. It is running on Nvidia Tegra2 processor, 1GB, A9 dual cores with 1G RAM, 16G flash memory. It has a 10.1 inch touch screen with 1280*800 resolution, supporting multiple touch. Front and back cameras, bluetooth, GPS, HDMI output, USB extend, TF card, preset 3G module end and 7000maH battery.

Here is a video:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI3MTIxNTEy.html

Reliable Low-key Tablet: Witstech A91 Tablet PC

willPanda — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:25:13 GMT

Before RK2818 tablet put into the market, Witstech company was one of the first manufacturers to produce tablet PCs in China. Benefited from the good relationship with Texas Instruments, Witstech took the lead to launch the A81 tablets with good build quality and excellent software performance . It finally releases the new generation not long ago, Witstech A91 tablet, after several generations of A81 tablets updating for a few years.

Different from most of China manufacturers, Witstech has its own software engineering company. You won't find any tablets same with the Witstech's in the market. It cooperates with TI closely these years from the main board design to system software to the debugging. It produced a great quantity of tablets for TI.

Not like most of manufacturers in China, Witstech A91 doesn't apply the RK29 or A10 processor. It has a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8-based CPU, allegedly supplied by Texas Instruments' OMAP3730 processor. There’s 512MB RAM, 2GB flash memory and 1.3MP camera. It has more advantages than others on the software compatibility, system efficiency, the game compatibility etc. Like the A81 tablet, the WitsTech A91 tablet PC also features a clear and vibrant 7-inch capacitive screen, but with a better resolution of 1024x600. Its touch screen point rate is up to 200HZ, so sensitive to close to the iPad. The high quality screen material guarantees that the screen looks more nice and more resisting heat and wear. It is equipped with the low power consumption of LPDDR storage, 8 layers of PCB main board, SDIO port and stable wifi/Bt modules. All of those make its wifi signal is on the same level of the laptop. In addition, for independent GPS module, it takes the most advanced big size of GPS plant antenna. Plus, there’s Bluetooth and optional support for 3G connectivity. You don't need to worry about battery life problem with A91, because it has the removable battery.

The A91 has a huge improvement in terms of looks when compared to the A81 tablet PC. The tacky physical buttons on the front are bumped off to give way for neat touch buttons.

The best part is its price, only for $174.99 free shipping at pandawill.com now. What’s more? It runs the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

Witsthech has released the latest firmware for it. We will upload it to the forum soon.

RK29 Tablets Will Be Updated to Android 4.0?

willPanda — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:45:22 GMT

Google released Android 4.0 OS not long ago. The China chipset manufacturer Rochchip leaked a picture, that shows the android 4.0 UI based on the tablets base on their RK29 chipset. It seems RK29 tablets are likely to update to android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is a great chance for users to eat this delicious Ice Cream Sanwich before Christmas.

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People who pay attention to the China tablets recently, will know the android tablets put into the market these several months are shipped on RK29. That means a bunch of ICS tablets are possible crowed into the market at the end of this year. Obviously that will make more and more manufacturers to squash into the competition. The prce war will begin soon. As to the new OS to bring the great upgrade or not, let us wait and see.

Tiny Cotton Candy USB Stick Brings Android to PCs, TVs

willPanda — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:02:42 GMT

The android device is getting more and more slimmer. We are curious that how slim the android device will get to be. Now we can see such tiny android item, without screen and battery. That's the Cotton Candy USB stick, brought by FXI.

Stick it into any device that supports USB storage, and Cotton Candy will register as a USB drive. From there, you can run the Android OS in a secure environment inside your desktop, courtesy of a Windows/OSX/Linux-compatible virtualization client embedded in the device.

Cotton Candy is far more than just Android on a stick. Under its Hot Wheels-sized hood, the device sports a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A9-based processor (the same basic processor architecture you’ll find in the fastest chips from Apple and Nvidia), as well as ARM’s quad-core Mali GPU and 1GB of RAM. It’s an impressive laundry list of specs, and seems more than capable of fueling Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, the version of the OS that comes on the device.

We may not have to wait long to see Android on more than just our mobile devices.

AT&T Working on Deal to Carry Nokia Windows Phones

willPanda — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:54:30 GMT

Nokia's Windows Phone-based devices could land on AT&T here in the states, an AT&T exec said this week.

AT&T is currently working out a deal with Nokia to start selling Windows-based devices, said Glenn Lurie, head of AT&T's tablets division, according to Bloomberg.

"We look at every promotional period separately and decide what we're going to spend our dollars on and what we're going to put our efforts in," Lurie told Bloomberg during a conference in Barcelona. "But nothing to announce there on that yet."

Nokia announced its first two Windows Phones in London last month—the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 (left)—but neither are coming to the United States. Instead, Nokia is preparing "custom" devices for U.S. carriers.

During the October CTIA trade show in San Diego, Nokia's president for the Americas, Chris Weber, told PCMag that the company is trying to bring Windows Phones to several U.S. carriers.

"Take your favorite carrier, and we'll focus on them," Weber said. "We're focused on the operators we think we can have the most success on … a broad set of operators is what we're focused on."

Weber didn't rule out CDMA carriers Sprint and Verizon, even though Nokia hasn't made smartphones for CDMA radio networks since 2005.

While at Nokia World, meanwhile, PCMag's Sascha Segan found that signs pointed to Nokia's new Windows Phones arriving on Verizon, although neither Nokia nor Verizon would confirm.

For more, see PCMag's Hands On With the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 and the slideshow below.

Review on Nokia Lumia 800

willPanda — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:49:10 GMT

The Nokia Lumia 800 ($580 unlocked; price as of 11/16/11) is the first phone from the Finnish phone maker to run Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Mango OS and should make its way to the U.S. in early 2012. Nokia has put some of its finest craftsmanship into the Lumia 800, creating a solid and sleek smartphone. Combined with the latest version of Windows Phone 7, the Lumia 800 is a solid choice for anyone in the market for a Windows Phone -- but not yet in the same league as the iPhone 4S and Android heavyweights.
Solid, Attractive Hardware With Few Letdowns

The Nokia Lumia 800 has a matte polycarbonate unibody chasis that is a bit on the chunky side, but the slightly curved shape makes it comfortable to hold. Measuring 4.58 by 2.40 by 0.47 inches, the Lumia 800 fits easily in most pockets or bags, and it won’t weigh you down at 5 ounces. The left side of the phone has no buttons, while on the right side you will find a volume rocker, a lock key and a two-step camera shutter. The buttons are easy to press and there is enough space between the volume rocker and the lock key, so they don’t get confusing when you reach without looking.

A loud and clear speaker is at the bottom of the Lumia 800, while at the top you will find a headphone jack, a microUSB port for charging and syncing, and the microSIM card slot. The speaker is slightly muffed if you stand the phone vertically (which covers it), but the quality is good when just sat on a flat surface.

The pop-out plastic panel covering the USB port at the top of the phone can be quite problematic though. The flimsy panel needs to be open vertically when charging the phone and can be easily broken by pushing it back too much. Otherwise, there are no visible screws or moving parts in the monoblock design of the phone, which is available in three colors: black, cyan and magenta.

The Nokia Lumia 800 has a curved 3.7-inch Gorilla Glass display that houses the three touch (with haptic feedback) Windows Phone keys (back, home, search) below it. The AMOLED display resolution is 800 by 480 pixels, which is standard for Windows Phone 7 handsets, yet below the pixel density of competitors such as the iPhone 4S or the Droid Razr. Nevertheless, text rendered on the responsive Lumia 800 display is sharp and images are bright and richly saturated.

The Lumia 800 comes with 16GB of built-in flash storage (512MB of RAM), but there is no SD card slot for memory expansion, which could be a letdown for those who need ample storage for their media library. You do however get 25GB of free storage via Microsoft’s SkyDrive, so you can offload some of your photos and other media there. The phone also lacks a user-removable battery, but there’s an FM radio on board.

Windows Phone 7 Mango Sprinkled With A Bit Of Nokia Fairydust

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango has been covered extensively by PCWorld, including a general overview and a look at the new features in this version. Out of the notable improvements in this version, multitasking is a breeze – just hold the back button and you are presented with chronological panels of the apps currently in use.

The People Hub now connects to Facebook, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Windows Live and Outlook, so you can have all your contacts consolidated in one place, including their latest social status updates. The Pictures Hub also integrates with Facebook or SkyDrive, and can automatically detect whether a person is in the photo, asking you whether you want to tag them (there’s no face recognition feature).

Other notable search features built into Mango include the Local Scout, an app that uses GPS to show you amenities around you, including restaurants, shops and attractions. The Bing app can also identify songs (similar to Shazam on iOS and Android), scan QR codes and Microsoft Tags and lets you search with voice queries. Mango even has its own version of Siri (the iPhone 4S voice-enabled assistant), which in my tests was quite hit and miss (I tested it with both American and British accents). The Mango voice assistant allows you to call contacts, open apps, execute local searches or dictate messages.

Unlike Android, phone manufacturers can’t throw their own custom skins over Windows Phone, but they are allowed to put a few branded tiles on the homescreen or add special features. preloaded the Lumia 800 with a full set of custom ringtones (including a version of the classic Nokia tune). There’s also a custom ‘Nokia Blue’ color scheme enabled, which is slightly darker than the standard shade from Windows Phone. The best bit of Nokia’s additions is Nokia Drive, a GPS application that provides free point-to-point navigation (you need to download country-specific maps at first use), as well as Nokia’s own music store.

Good Camera, Best Used Without Flash

The Lumia 800 rocks an 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens at the back, which provides sharp and colorful images in daylight. You can bring up the camera almost instantly by pressing the dedicated shutter on the side (phone needs to be unlocked). The shutter button has two steps, so you can focus by slightly pressing it, and then take the photo by pressing all the way down. You can also focus by touching the display and holding it until photo is captured.

There’s a dual LED flash for low-light conditions, which does a fair job with objects close to the camera, but otherwise images shot with the flash can be a bit grainy and yellowy. The camera can record video at 720p HD (though most competitors now can do 1080p), and videos are smooth and sharp. Unfortunately, Nokia did not include a front-facing camera for video chat on the Lumia 800. This is a strange omission since one of the updates in Mango is support for a front-facing camera. Additionally, just about every smartphone out there now has a front-facing camera so it is strange that Nokia wouldn't include one on its flagship phone.

Performance Packs A Punch, But Not A Knock-Out

When most high-end phones run on dual-core processors, Nokia opted for a single-core Qualcomm 1.4GHz chip with 512MB of RAM on the Lumia 800. That’s not on par with some Android smartphones running dual-core 1.2GHz processors and 1GB of RAM, but the Lumia 800 doesn’t stumble when you put it to work. The 1.4GHz processor inside is zippy enough for handling multiple open apps, gaming via Xbox Live or browsing the Web. In several days of testing, the Lumia 800 did not stall or stutter under pressure.

The version of Lumia 800 that I tested was a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone, capable of up to 14.4Mbps downloads on HSPA. Call quality over 3 UK’s network was good, and my friends noted I sounded clear over the line, while the sound from Lumia 800’s speaker was good, but muffed at times (which could be due to the other party’s line). The Lumia 800 does not have 4G connectivity.

I have not had a chance to test the battery life formally. In daily use however, the Lumia 800 kept a charge through a whole day of hands-on tests. Windows Phone 7 Mango also has a battery saver option under settings, which can be turned on when battery runs low. The option will then automatically turn off some services (such as automatic email retrieval) or kill background apps in order to preserve battery life.

Bottom Line

The Nokia Lumia 800 is probably Nokia’s best smartphone so far. It has a sturdy and sleek construction, with a vivid display, paired with refreshing software from Microsoft. If you are just upgrading to a smartphone or you have one of Nokia’s Symbian devices, then the Lumia 800 is a stellar upgrade: it’s fast, easy to use and it looks great. But compared with the iPhone 4S or high-end Android phones though, the Lumia 800 has a few potential deal breakers: it’s lacking a dual-core processor, 1080p video recording, a front-facing camera for video chat.

Firmware for android 2.1 X10 super sku10427

ductick — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:18:55 GMT

hi by mistake i low level formated internal nand storage. could you please send me nand data.fai archive and also give me brief detailshow to import it via fwdn.
i updated succesfully firmware but no acces to internal storage.

please your sooner help appreciated

rgrds

patricio

The REAL cost of Apple's iPhone 4S

willPanda — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:07:49 GMT

It might have underwhelmed the devotees, but sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S topped four million in just three days following last month’s launch, and it’s still the must-have smartphone this winter. Of course, those sleek looks don’t come cheap. Or do they..?

Out of contract, the iPhone 4S will cost you £499, but we can reveal that the nuts, bolts and high-end circuitry inside cost far less – see below for the total.

Expert analysts from technology firm iSuppli have prised open the pristine casing and totted up the cost of each component.

Some are reassuringly expensive – the touchscreen and display unit cost £23 – but others are less confidence-inspiring.

Next time you’re cursing the battery life, remember it’s only worth £3.68.

Android 4.0 Face Unlock Feature Fooled with Photo in Samsung Galaxy Note

willPanda — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:53:17 GMT

The folks from SoyaCincau made a startling discovery - the Face Unlock feature on Google Android 4.0 can be fooled into unlocking with a photo.

Android 4.0 source code coming this week?

willPanda — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:43:01 GMT

Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan has let it slip that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code may be released this week. The exec says Google is preparing for a November 17th release date, but it is unclear whether that date is set in stone or an educated guess based off talks with the Android dev community.

Giving more credibility to the rumor is Shravan's leaks in the past to other Android developments.

Additionally, it has been rumored that the Galaxy Nexus will launch in Europe on the same day.

Pandawill Flashlights

willPanda — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:21:46 GMT

You don't have to be a speleologist or votary of hunting and fishing to appreciate modern flashlights for their efficiency and economy. Undoubtedly flashlights are highly useful in our daily life.

Pandawill offers for sale a wide range of flashlights manufactured by the biggest Chinese companies, such as Ultra Fire and Unique Fire with LED modules from American CREE and Korean SSC.

On our web-site you can find tourist, waterproof and shockproof flashlights. It is worthwhile to mention a TrustFire Z1 for its handy shaped clip, and Solar Power flashlight.

Flashlights with 1, 3 and 5 light modes and LED brightness from 80 to 4000(!)lm. It is very easy to chose a flashlight right for you, either you're a housewife or hunter. Price range will be a pleasant surprise as well. We have everything from pocket flashlights for only 10$ to 100$ ones for mountaineering.

Pandawill can offers you components for flashlights. UltraFire Pressure Switches and CREE Replacement LED bulbs, and UltraFire 16340/18650 Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Batteries require a charger adaptor which will appear on our shelves soon enough.

We have quality products and reasonable prices. Shop with us, for shipping is FREE and our customer support works for 24 hours.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate contact us.

Have a great weekend!

Review of android 3.2 copy of MOTO XOOM

willPanda — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:31:58 GMT

It said Moto will launch the new generation of Xoom tablet. This rumor initiates a topic of hot debate about Moto tablets. Today we are about to say is the copy Moto Xoom tablet made in China. It applies the Tegra2 processor and preinstalled the android 2.3 Honey Comb, with 1Gb internal memory, 16 GB nand flash. It has 10.1 inch capacity touch screen with 1280*800 resolution and two back and front cameras. As to the functions, it supports Bluetooth, GPS, preset 3G module port. Its battery capacity is up to 7000 Mah. It is not too far away from the branded android 3.x tablets.

This tablet runs android 3.2 OS with simple and beautiful UI. Most of applications or programmers perform very well on it.

System Performance Test Result:

Screen support five points touch:

Color Display performance:

1080P video play:

Game performance:

More pictures:

NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor revealed

willPanda — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:27:19 GMT

NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 chipset has been gone over in full detail by your humble narrator in two posts here on SlashGear just a few weeks ago in two posts, one on how there are actually [five cores, not just four], and another all about [Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing] aka vSMP. Note that back then NVIDIA had not yet revealed that the final market name for the processor would be “Tegra 3″ at the time these posts were published, instead still using the codename “Project Kal-El” to identify the chipset. The most important thing you should take away from these posts is this: your battery life will be better and the distribution of power needed by your processor cores will be handled more intelligently.

New application The Eatery tracks eating styles rather than calories

XhypChiq — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:26:35 GMT

Taking photos of what we consume has become a habit for some. Putting photos of what we eat on Facebook -- so-called "food porn" -- could be an exciting way to make your pals salivate. But can it also have a beneficial impact on your health? Massive Health dreams it can with its experimental iPhone app, The Eatery.

New app The Eatery tracks eating habits rather than calories

[B]Recognizing patterns[/B]

There will be several apps to come from Massive Health which just began up. The first app is the Eatery. It is a very simple app. A user takes a picture of every meal and snack he or she eats, posts it and lets other application users comment and rate it on a scale from “fat” to “fit.” This helps individuals recognize their eating habits. It takes out the facts and statistics individuals hate.

Sutha Kamal is the CEO of Massive Health. Kamal said:

[QUOTE]
“It’s not helpful to know that your favorite brownies have 400 or 600 calories. What’s helpful is discovering that you’re more vulnerable to them in the late afternoon.”[/QUOTE]

[B]Fun because of social stuff[/B]

For the application to work, it demands diligence. Every meal and snack needs to be posted for habits to emerge. All of a user’s collected eating data gets measured in a health dial that scores how healthy or unhealthy his or her diet is. This is an extremely social application. That means it will be fun to do, making it easier. It could also help to keep the user honest.

[B]
Not every little thing is good[/B]

All of these images could really annoy your pals and family. Still, “everyone (just) assumes you are taking food porn photos,” as reported by Aza Raskin who is a co-founder of the program.

There are also several individuals who have difficulties with the word. “Fit” and “fat” seem too rude. Self-esteem always needs to be built with weight-loss programs. “Fat” could not be the wisest choice of terms to make this application work.

‘Are you eating better?’

However, by tracking routines instead of calories, the application might be more tailored to the way individuals think and therefore more effective than previous diet-aid apps. “This is just about answering a simple question: are you eating better today than yesterday?” said Raskin.

[B]Information from[/B]

Tech Crunch

App Shopper

Mashable

Made Steve Jobs Portrait out of Real Apples

willPanda — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:30:30 GMT

Visual artist Olivier Lefebvre made this Steve Jobs portrait out of real apples.

User Interface of android 4.0 on tablets

willPanda — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:14:45 GMT

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been applied to the cell phones. How does it run on the tablets? Engadget has launched the android 4.0 interface on tablets. Let's have a look.

Two Games into One : Cut the Birds

willPanda — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:00:57 GMT

You will find this game look familiar. Cut The Birds combines two popular games Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds. In the game, you have to slice these birds up before they smach into your devices screen rendering cracks beyond repair. Similar with the Fruit Ninja, you can swipe birds with one swish or finger. However, be careful with the bombs, which eventually make their way to the air.

Ready to have a try? Now you can download it from the android market. If you have any comments, welcome to share with us here.

[VIDEO] New Version of Gmail Coming Soon

willPanda — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:15:05 GMT

A new version of Gmail featuring a revamped look, redesigned conversation threads and improved search is slated for pending released, according to an official video that was mistakenly posted to Google’s YouTube channel.

Favor Corregir la descripción del Subforo en español

zetaweb2 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:55:54 GMT

[QUOTE=zetaweb2;40619]Espero que nadie se ofenda con esto, es un detalle minimo, pero no estaria nada mal si se corrige

La actual descripción es la siguiente:

"mostrar compras realizas, acongsejar y despejar dudas"

siendo lo correcto:

"mostrar compras realizadas, aconsejar y despejar dudas"

como lo dije anteriormente solo eran detalles minimos, saludos[/QUOTE]

Android 4.0 Will Bring Native Screenshot Capabilities

willPanda — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:43:30 GMT

ICS is finally going to bring to Android after all these years - native screenshot capabilities. Compare to Apple took 2 years to implement copy/paste... we can say Google definitely has that record beat.

Users of some Samsung, HTC, and other android devices have already been enjoying this feature for some time thanks to manufacturer additions, but based on what we've seen so far, the Galaxy Nexus will be able to take screenshots without the need for any external apps, root, carrier mods, or other nonsense - support for it is now baked into the core of ICS.

Just press VolDn+Power and voila:

Android Ice Cream Sandwich, what you can expect from?

willPanda — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:21:53 GMT

This has been a busy two-week in the mobile world , the release of the iPhone 4S and “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS). The Android community has been anxiously awaiting ICS as it is believed it will unify the user experience between phones and tablets that are powered by Google’s mobile OS. Which, eventually, it will.

Let’s start with what we know about ICS, which is mostly gleaned from a leaked video (embedded below):

A new lock screen is going to be implemented, using bubbles to activate specific actions by dragging.
Honeycomb tablet users will not notice much difference, mainly in aesthetics and coloring.
Phone users will notice a drastic difference, as ICS brings honeycomb features to handsets.
The experience will be generally the same whether you are holding a tablet or a phone powered by ICS.
At least on the Tuna (internal code name for the ICS phone being announced tomorrow), there will be no hard buttons on the face of the device; it will have soft buttons like current Honeycomb tablets.

Ice Cream Sandwich Sculpture lands at Google headquarters

willPanda — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:11:27 GMT

Now that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus event is officially re-announced for October 19th, we are already starting to see signs of that tasty Ice Cream. Google headquarters in the same fashion as usual have already landed their newest landmark — the Ice Cream Sandwich sculpture right on the front yard of Google HQ.

Apple's iPhone 4S Hits Stores

willPanda — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:39:56 GMT

People waiting outside of Apple store in Sydney, Australia.

Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone arrived in stores Friday in the U.S. and a half-dozen countries, as the company hoped to cement its position as the world's leading smartphone maker.

As has become the custom for Apple product launches, throngs of eager customers lined up in front of Apple's retail stores to be among the first to get their hands on the new phone, dubbed the iPhone 4S. The handsets go on sale at 8 a.m. local time in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, France, Germany and Japan.

By 7:30 a.m. Friday morning on a street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, lines of several dozen iPhone hopefuls snakes outside the AT&T and Verizon stores on the same block.

At the head of the AT&T line: Michael Adesida, 24, and Jamel Hicks, 23, who had arrived at 11:45 pm Thursday and waited out a stormy night. To reserve their place in line during the overnight downpours, the two said they left their Popeyes dinner at the door of the store.

Across the street at a Sprint authorized retailer store, spirits sank a few minutes before 8 a.m. when store associates informed the waiting crowd of about 10 that the store had no more iPhone 4s's for sale.

In Texas, bleary-eyed fanboys and suburban moms flocked to the Apple store at Houston's Memorial City Mall in the pre-dawn night. The procession was remarkably sedate, as company staff and customers clutching lawn chairs had honed the Apple launch madness to an orderly science.

In San Francisco, Steve Cochrane, 28, was halfway down the line that wrapped around two blocks outside an Apple Store downtown, tapping away on his original iPhone, which was released in 2007. He said he'd decided to upgrade after four years because he'd moved to a new part of the city, where AT&T's service was spotty, so he's switching to Verizon.

Apple has already said first-day preorders for the iPhone 4S, which began a week ago, topped one million units, beating the company's own expectation and sales for earlier models. Smartphones are not only one of the fastest-growing parts of the technology sector, but have since 2007 also become Apple's single-largest product category.

For retailers for Sprint Nextel Corp., which is getting the iPhone for the first time on Friday, the last two weeks have been a scramble.

Source from wsj.com

Samsung to launch Android 4.0-based Nexus Prime on October 19

willPanda — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:06:19 GMT

Samsung is going to launch the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based smartphone at an event in Hong Kong, scheduled to be held on October 19. Samsung was initially slated to launch the Samsung Nexus Prime, a.k.a. Galaxy Nexus at an event in San Diago on October 11 but later the company decided to postpone the event, as a mark of respect to Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away recently.
Without divulging the official name of the new smartphone, Samsung issued a statement saying, "We are unpacking our new Android phone in concurrence with Google." Following are the rumored specs of the Galaxy Nexus Prime:

Display: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density)
CPU: Dual-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, Samsung Exynos chipset
Battery: Li-Ion 2050 mAh
Camera: 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video recording at 30fps
Features: Document and Image Editor, LTE connectivity, three-axis gyro sensor
The rumored price of the next Samsung phone is $750.
Moreover, it is the first smartphone to feature Ice Cream Sandwich incarnation of Google's Android operating system. The Ice Cream Sandwich is promised to combine the tablet and smartphone oriented operating systems. Check out our previous coverage on the long-awaited Samsung smartphone here.
Samsung's new flagship product comes days after the launch of the iPhone 4S, which has seen an overwhelming response in the US. The comparison between forthcoming Samsung smartphone and the iPhone 4S is inevitable. Lets wait and watch, which one of them creates a lasting impact.

Source from thinkdigit

Nokia N800 Windows Phone 7.5 Coming To Telstra

willPanda — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:08:28 GMT

Originally Posted by pandawill

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The device will initially be launched at Nokia World, as the Finish Company desperately tries to gain sales traction, after consumers in the millions dumped Nokia brand phones for new Android and Apple smartphones.

Both HTC and Samsung have said that they will have Windows Mango based phones that will compete head on with "whatever Nokia decides to launch" a Samsung Australia official said.

Promotional materials for a device called the Nokia 800 were revealed earlier this week. One ad which shows a screen shot of the device says: "Today the sun will rise and set, the rest is up for grab". A second promo reveals the device by name and touts an 8-megapixel camera.

It reads: "Just click the button on the side of the new Nokia 800 and an 8-mp photo can be easily tagged, shared with your groups or social networks and stored in an album in seconds."
The handset could be the Nokia Windows Phone previously known as the Sea Ray say overseas sources.
A Telstra source said that Nokia has shown them a model of the Windows based handset. "It is very smart and visually appealing" they said. "The issue will be whether consumers are prepared to invest in a Windows based model. They haven't in the past" said the Telstra executive.

Share your opinions on the shipment and delivery

zetaweb2 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:07:59 GMT

[QUOTE=zetaweb2;39222]My friend, usually pandawill declares the package to a lower value, so you do not have problems with customs agents, then the product you receive it directly at home, without having to pay taxes.

But we must consider other factors, despite declaring a lower value to your package, customs officials in your country may levy taxes, then in any case also depend on the state of his country in Norway, as some customs policies differ from state to state in each country.

In my personal opinion I would say the product does not pay taxes, but also depends on the restrictions of the customs office of receipt.

As added, I would encourage you to buy the product and when you get to share the experience with us all. greetings, happy day[/QUOTE]

Cheap 3.8 inch Android 2.2 Smart phone T9188

SuperTony — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:58:47 GMT

[INDENT]New Cheap 3.8 inch Android 2.2 Smart phone T9188
Pros: android 2.2 os, 3.8 inch screen, 2MP rear camera
Cons: low definition,

T9188 is a new cheap android smart phone. It applys MTK 6516, 480MHz CPU and android 2.2 operation system, which are the mainstream configuration of middle range smart phone. 256MB ram and 512MB ROM.
It comes with a 3.8 inch capacitive screen, quite sensitive, but the resolusion 320*480, a little low now, though it is clear. Most android applications are supported well is T9188, such as Facebook, eBuddy， Opera Mini, WiFi and so on, you can experience the most high end smart phone 's service at lower cost.
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Qualcomm 2.5GHz Quad Core S4 CPU

SuperTony — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:57:08 GMT

[INDENT]Qualcomm claimed to released quad core processor S4, whose main frequency is as high as 2.5GHz. 25nm processing is incomparable now, for 40nm processing is most advanced so far. The speed is sure to improve quite a lot and power-consuming, lower sharply. Aside from that, it’s stated all S4 chips automatically supports 3D, 1080p along with 3G and LTE connectivity which we expect to be the norm for smartphones next year. Likewise, its release date for production is slated by the end of this year.[/INDENT]

Android 3.1:10 inch Tablet PC T16 With Tegra2 T250 Dual Core CPU Review

SuperTony — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:34:18 GMT

After Android 3.2 tablet pc [URL="http://www.pandawill.com/android-2-2-venus-pad-upgraded-1080p-10-1-inch-bluetooth-tegra2-t250-dual-core-cpu-1gb-ram-8gb-black.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=ql&utm_campaign=10166%2B3.2"]Venus Pad Plus[/URL], Pandawill gets another andvanced tablet pc, that is [URL="http://www.pandawill.com/t16-tablet-pc-android-31-1080p-10-inch-bluetooth-tegra2-t250-dual-core-cpu-long-standby-silver-p49475.html"]T16[/URL], which ships with the latest android 3.1 operation system. Their performance are almost the same, though their os is different.
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[B]Design[/B]
T16 comes with a 10'' capacitive screen, beside the screen you can not find the Home key or the Back key, which is different from most common tablet pcs. The DC, earphone jack, Standard USB port, Micro SD card slot and Mini USB port are on the right panel. There is a shell to cover SIM card, Standard USB port, Micro SD card slot so as to keep dirt from getting in the device. Other keys such as Power key and Volume key are on the top. On the bottom are 30pin USB, Rest, and Mic jack. The only lag is that T16 has no HDMI port, which is definitely a pity to those who like watch video.
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[B]Firmware[/B]
T16's firmware is worth of the word Super. It ships with the latest android 3.1 operation system and Tegra2 T250 Dual Core CPU, whose main frequency is 1.0GHz. RAM is 512MB and ROM 4GB.

[B]Display and sound[/B]
The screen itself has a 1280 x 800 resolution, which has become a standard for the course when it comes to Android tablets. But T16's display is really worth praising. It's easily one of the most crisp tablet panels so far, right up there with the IPS display on the iPad 2. Viewing angles are awesome, and motion scurries no ghosting. It's a beautiful display to consume content on.

[B]The two channel speakers [/B]here are worth praising. They are just loud adequate to output sound. Though, taking advantage of the 3.5mm earphone jack is recommended when you can, for the earphones, in most time, can bring you better sound quality.

The T16 holds [B]two cameras[/B].There's a 2MP one on the front, cut out for nothing more than casual video chatting, and a 5MP one on the rear. As with most other tablets that we've tested, neither camera is particularly noteworthy, but this 5MP camera is the best one so far. We've been trained to not expect too many amazing things from a camera embedded within a tablet pc, but now, we are amazed. The pictures it takes are really vivid and realistic.
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[B]WiFi[/B]: T16 performs well in downloading web pages through WiFi. Almost immediately entering google news page when you click the title. If the network is good, the speed may be much faster. Due to the sensitive capacitive screen, you can slide, zoom web pages easily. And the input is no problem and convenient for the large virtual keyboard. As for the download speed, I use it to download the test software Quadrant advance(more than 800kb), T16 finishes the downloading in one minutes, such speed is really nice.

[B]Applications and games[/B]
The T16 pre-installs many useful applications such as Skype, email, Messaging, and the like. You can also download the android market to download more application such as facebook, twitter, YouTube and other hot applications. In the T16, such applications run almost without any problem, quite smoothly. The powerful browser can save you much trouble when post things on the internet.
The games also run smoothly.

What I said above is just half the story, the [B]test result[/B] will speak more than I can. The result shows T16 gets the highest score in the similar tablet pcs, 1483. It is a very good performance.
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[B]Battery life[/B]: the battery gets a good performance, working time about 8 hours and standby time is as long as 4 days.

[B]Conclusion:[/B] As the latest android tablet pc, T16 is really leading the whole market. Its configration, its performance both set a good example for the latter ones.
What is Good: Dual core CPU, android 3.1 os, dual camera, swift response.
What is bad:No HDMI output, the price may be a little high for some users to afford.

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Quanzhi A10 1.5 GHz Processor, 2160P Video Decoding

SuperTony — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:32:54 GMT

[INDENT]A10 processor released by Zhuhai Quanzhi Co., Ltd. get great market response once it come out. It possesses many attracting advantages such as low price, full-function, based on Cortex-A8 core, 1.5GHz main frequency,[B]2160P[/B] video decoding([B]3840*2160[/B]), built-in Mali400 GPU. The overall performance is catching up with the current most hot [URL="http://www.mcbub.com/cheap-wholesale/RK2918/"]Rockchip RK2918[/URL]. The video function outshines all similar tablet pcs, coupled with the huge price advantage, A10 will surely have the RK and other processors suffer terribly intense competition in the near future

The new Yanbo Wopad based on A10 processor is equipped with a 7-inch 5-Point capacitive touchscreen, internal memory 512MB, powered by Android 2.3 OS, system version number Android 2.3.4 (latest version of Android 2.3). Body weights merely 360g.

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Why 10.2'' Infotmic SuperPad Get Strong Export

ketu — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:37:52 GMT

SuperPad has been occupying the first place on the sales list of the Amazon. In Chinese users' mind, this SuperPad is not a very nice tablet even can not meet some needs. They think it is slow a little. But why such a tablet can get strong export last one year?**After all, it is difficult for a tablet to keep hot in the market for half a year because the hardware and software are changing so fast today. Below are some analysis of the causes why SuperPad gets such strong export.

Stable system. Stability overrides everything. In tablets, stability seems to be more important. Tablets are most used to skim webs, Email, SKYPE, Video and so on. And Superpad performs well in such functions. Besides, the custom UI looks beautiful, which makes up the pity of being slower.

Cheap price. Cheap price is the edge tool to sweep the world for electronics. iPad 2' is $499 in the official website in USA, but SuperPad is $173, which is one third of the former ' s price. The price gap is manifested. Not all users can afford iPad, and many users just want to buy a cheaper one to experience it. They are sure to lower the expectation from the cheap ones.

10'' screen is an advantage. Most foreigners have big fingers so they prefer large tablets. And the famous brand tablets are almost all 10 inch, which shows the mainstream. Some foreigners feel the 7'' tablets just like a cell phone.So, in the future, 10 inch tablets will get more and more, they are relatively fewer just because of the cost and performance.

GPS. This SuperPad has built-in GPS. It is a useful function especially to the users who get a car. The external antenna can make the signal better in the car.

Acceptable battery life. 6400mAh battery can working about 4 hours, an average performance. But some tablets can just work about 2 hours, and those can last longer than 4 hours are few. So, at this price, 4 to 5 hours working time is acceptable.

But is this SuperPad so perfect? No! As shown in the Amzon's customers' reviews, there are many one and two stars(score standard, five stars is best ). Off course, the main cause, which is known to all, are the slow response and bad-feeling resistive screen. Flaws are not terrible, for they show the next products developing direction. The next products can be better only if they overcome the flaws. But there is not any rumours about Infotmic's next CPU. AMlogic, Rockchip, and the like are close to exceed the SuperPad. But it is difficult for the new one to replace the old totally, for to win the acceptance through the users needs quite a long time. Besides, the newly released A8/A9 10 inch tablets are more expensive than SuperPad, so it a long way to replace the SuperPad.

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3.8 inch Android 2.2 Smart Phone T9188 Review

ketu — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:34:52 GMT

T9188 a new smart phone made for the beginners, for they can enjoy all android functions at rather low cost, and the functions are all acceptable, some functions even are excellent such as web, games.

Design

T9188comes with a 3.8'' screen, below the screen are four touch keys: Home, Menu, Back and Search. The mini usb port and Power-in jack are on the bottom of the device. The 3.5mm earphone jack and Power on/off key are on the top. Then the volume keys are on the right side panel. It is a pity that the power key and the volume keys feels not comfortable, two small.
T9188 is embeded with MTK 6516, 480MHz CPU, Android v2.2 OS, RAM 256M , ROM 512M, which are the mainstream configuration. It installs two cameras, the main is 2.0MP and the front one is 0.3MP.

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Highlighted Functions

Browser: The download speed is acceptable. You can choose the pre-installed browser or the Opera Mini browser according to your will. I prefer the Mini Opera, it perform better, in general you need to wait about 8 seconds in average to skim the news or other web pages. The inconvenience is the small words it shows, you need to zoom two or three times to read the content. The convenience is you can zoom and slide the web page easily.
Android market: Android market is a very useful, in android market you can download many games and applications. In fact,T9188 has installed itself the most commonly used applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Ebuddy and YouTube. You can also download other applications such as Adobe Reader, Google Translate according to your needs. These applications are also quite useful.
Online contact applications: T9188
installs many online contact applications such as email, Gmail, Yahoo messaging, Facebook, Twitter, eBuddy and Gtalk. You can use them to contact others whenever and wherever
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Games: you can play simple games in T9188 well, such as Angry Birds, Robo Defense and some other games smoothly. Maybe complex game is not so smooth for the poor CPU and RAM.
Maps: You can search places conveniently.

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Other functions:

WiFi, Android Market, Opera Mini, eBuddy, Facebook,FM Radio,MSN,Video Recorder, MMS, Calendar, Calculator, Tasks, Alarm clock, World clock, Currency converter, Stopwatch, Handwriting,

Battery life: 3.7V, 1500mAh, can last about 2 days, in average level.
Conclusion:

Among middle end smart phone, low price is the primary advantage. You can enjoy the android experience at quite low price. The price for this phone is $167.99. You can not expect much from such a smart phone, for the overall performance of it is just average, it is good for the beginners.
Pros: large capacitive screen, android 2.2 os, good game experience,

Cons: bad keys design, average display,

Recent Released Tablets Comparison and Short Review for Reference

ketu — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:01:47 GMT

Many excellent tablet pcs come to the market recently., such as Lenovo's Idea Pad K1, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Apple Ipad 2, and Wopad i7, Venus Pad(the latter two are recommended by Pandawill,not so good as the former three)**and so on. The configuration become better and better and the operation become smoother and smoother. In general use, they are almost same, but for critical demand, they differ from each other a little. Let's first see the main specs of the five tablets.

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As for CPU, Tegra 2 Processor**is manufactured under 40nm processing, A5 processor,manufactured under 45nm processing; NIVDIA**Tegra 2 Processor ,40nm processing, Rockchip 2918, 55nm procession. As is known to all, the smaller the figure is, the powerful the CPU to be. In video decoding, graph manipulation and memory extendability, Motorola Xoom gets better performance. For amateurs, this difference may not noticeable. But for the professional ones, they may be critical about these functions.

Android 3.2 version operations system is no doubt the latest operation system. The new android 3.2 v brings along optimizations for a "wider range of tablets," as well as "compatibility zoom for fixed-sized apps," media sync from SD card , and an extended screen support API . In fact this functions are not necessary, but for some users, they may need. As for android 3.0 and android 3.1,the differences are unnoticeable. But the ios 4.3 operation system, the browser is slower than that android 3.2 runs.

There is no need to talk much about the screen, Lenovo IdeaPad K1, Motorola Xoom and Venus Pad get the highest score.

Short reviews about ever tablet:
IdeaPad K1:
The good: Lenovo's IdeaPad K1 packs in all of the best features found in today's modern Honeycomb tablets and offers some unique Android optimizations and preloaded apps. The 5.0MP rear camera and 2.0MP front camera is seldom seen in tablet pc.
The bad: The design is thick and heavy(264 x 189 x 13.3mm, 700g) compared with the latest from Apple and Samsung, not all of the Android tweaks pay off, and the screen isn't as bright as it could be.

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Motorola Xoom
The good: Besides boasting what we consider to be the most complete and clearly functioning version of Android, the hardware which is packed inside Motorola's tablet is really quite good.
5.0MP rear camera and 2.0MP front camera. HD display.
The bad: Some wonky buttons such as volume key and power key, some new softwares are not supported such as the Market app and Movie Studio.

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Apple Ipad2:
The good: A5 CPU get more powerful than the predecessor, really fast, unbelievably thin (0.34 inch), high quality screen,
The bad: its operating system still has significant annoyances, like the aggravating pop-up notifications, 512MB RAM is absolutely going to cripple the device when multitask run. And the poor cameras(0.3 MP in front and 0.7MP in back) also drag the device.

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Wopad i7
This tablet is just made for amateurs. All performance are acceptable compared with the three above.
The good: android 3.0 features, good for staying connected with others through social network.
Low price.
The bad: 512MB RAM is certain to limit its performance in multitask running, and display is not for enjoying video or picture.

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Venus pad:
As a middle-high end tablet pc, Venus performs really well, its display, its application support, and video fuction are really great. But if the software can keep advance with the android 3.2 OS, the tablet will be a super tablet. And if the RAM is 1GB, when run multitask it may be smoother.
The Good: Android 3.2 OS, IPS display, HD video play and output
The Bad: poor camera, No 3G, No GPS,small RAM

10 inch Android 3.2 Venus Pad with 1.2GHz CPU Review

ketu — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:55:22 GMT

The much waited Android 3.2 Venus Pad has come at last! The 3.2 tablet is certain to leave its many competitors far behind. The reason is that there are few tablets ships with android 3.2 operation system yet.

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Firmware overview
CPU: NVIDIA Tegra2 T250, 1GHz
OS: Android 3.2
RAM:512MB
ROM:512MB
Screen: IPS display, 1024*600,

Venus pad comes with a 10'' capacitive screen. Beside the screen there is no buttons, which differs from common tablets those gets a Returning button on the front. In the keys and input/output interfaces layout, the speciality is that there is a shell to cover the USB port, HDMI port and TF card slot to keep dust from getting in the device.

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The display and sound
This Venus Pad's display adopts IPS technology that offers advanced color from any point of saturation, high contrast and stability of color images. The screen response is very quick, slide, zoom pages are very easy. Especially when play games, it is certain to bring you more experience. The sound quality of Venus Pad is also satisfactory, it may not bear the compare with the professional media player, but to relax yourself it is enough.

WiFi
Venus Pad' s WiFi function is amazing, 802.11 b/g/n connection can make you surf webs more smoothly,and due to the Flash 10.3 player installed so you can browse any website without any glitches. When you enter Google news through WiFi, it finishes downloading almost immediately when you click.

Video and video output
Venus support HD video, it can play 1080P video smoothly, the IPS display will bring you a visual feast.

Android applications
With Venus Pad, you can stay connected with social network such as Facebook, Twitter and the like. Kinds of games are supported well such as Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and other games. As Google's latest technology, android 3.2 operation system should not let down the users.
The major lags are that it does not support 3G network and GPS,**dual touch and 0.3 MP front camera seem to be fall short of use to some users. Such lags make it fall into a middle range tablet.

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Conclusion
As a middle range tablet pc, Venus performs really well, its display, its application support, and video fuction are really great. But if the software can keep advance with the android 3.2 OS, the tablet will be a super tablet.
The Good: Android 3.2 OS, IPS display, HD video play and output
The Bad: poor camera, No 3G, No GPS,small RAM

8 inch Android 2.3 Dual Core HD Tablet PC MOMO8 Review

ketu — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:47:04 GMT

It is certain that android 2.3 tablet pc have become the mainstream, for, such tablet pc have capture most eyes till now. In order to follow this mainstream, MOMO8 ships with the latest Android 2.3 operating system so that the consumers can enjoy the full functions of the cool OS.**At the meanwhile, the tablet pc embeds Rockchip 2918 Cortex-A8 Dual Core, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and 8GB Nand flash, TF card extendable to 16GB. I believe such a powerful configuration will meet the demands of most consumers.

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MOMO8 android tablet pc comes with a capacitive screen that measures 8 inch, resolusion 1024*768, looks quite clear.**Beside the screen is the only physical key on the front, BACK key .
On the right side panel are 3.5mm earphone jack, MINI USB port, MINI HDMI port, DC interface, TF card slot, Host and Reset, on the top panel are Power, ESC, and Menu.

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Web: MOMO 8 android tablet pc has built-in WIFI IEEE 802.11b/g, you can surf the internet wireless conveniently as long as the internet service is available. And the speed is fast, you can enter the specific page as soon as you click it,**generally the wait time is between 5 to 8 seconds depends on the pages. With the capacitive screen, you can easily slide, magnify, lessen the page and image.

Video and music: 1080P video can be played smoothly in MOMO8, besides, with the MINI HDMI port, you can output HD video and display it in large screen. But,what makes a little disappointed is the aspect ratio of 4:3, not the common one 16: 9 which most users get used to, this must be limited by the screen size. As for music, I am a little disappointed with it too, the sound quality is general but loud, you can listen to music without earphone as well as when watching movie.

Camera: MOMO8 gets two camera, the rear camera is 2.0MP and the front one is 0.3MP.

3G: As 3G network become more and more popular, this function are necessary to most users. To meet all users demand, MOMO8 supports external 3G modem instead of building in 3G modem in order to provide another option of this function.

Moreover, the android 2.3 tablet pc MOMO8 supports the hottest applications such as Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Skype, MSN, etc. You can download tens of thousands of applications and games from the android market too.

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Conclusion:
MOMO8 android pc equips the popular Rockchip 2918 Cortex-A8 Dual Core, 1GHz CPU and android 2.3 operation system, plus the high sensitive and high definition capacitive screen, I believe it will get more and more users to like it.**
Pros:
1GHz CPU
Android 2.3 os
HD　screen
external 3G modem support
Cons:
Aspect ratio: 4:3
No GPS, maps are not so convenient to use

7 Inch Andorid 2.3 Tablet PC Wopad i7 With RK2918 Dual Core 1GHz Processor Review

ketu — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:45:57 GMT

Wopad i7 is a new tablet pc applys android 2.3 operation system. It is embeded with Rockchip 2918 Cortex-A8 Dual Core, 1GHz CPU, very excellent processor. 7 inch capacitive screen with definition of 800*480 also impresses me a lot. In the middle-end tablet pc, this Wopad i7 is really nice.

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Design
In design, tablet pc makes a large steps forward, that is the keys and input/output ports layout. They are now always concentrated in two panels. Wopad i7also adopts this design solusion. On the top panel are Reset, Power button, Menu and Return keys. The speciality is that it does not have the Home key, and it dose not matter in operation. The right panel is concentrated with The common data interfaces, from the left to right is USB HOST, USB OTG, power supply, headset, HDMI, memory card slot. As for the shell, it is aluminum, which is trimmed and polished delicately, looks nice.

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Web:
Internet is most used in all the tablet functions, WiFi counts quite a lot in the functions. I test the browser and find the performance is acceptable. It does not have you wait long to skim the news or post/down. I use it to post a passage on Sina Blog, several seconds is enough. By the way, the virtual keyboard is large to input if your finger is not too big. When surf webs, zoom is no problem, you can slide the pages easily as well due to the sensitive capacitive screen.

Online video is supported as well, but watching online video via WiFi may have yuo wait some time, for it download the video is a little slow. I watch a video(360p, about 8 minutes) online, after about one minute the video begin at last, but when plays, it blocks three times, which is somewhat satisfactory, you know, even in PC , the video is not played without blocking all the time.

A small inconvenience is that you may need to re-set WiFi connection sometimes after you shut down the device.

Camera: 0.3MP front camera can shoot picture and video, it falls short of use a little now. What is different from MOMO8, it has no rear camera, which is a failure in the device.

Video and Music**
Wopad i7's 7 inch display(800*480) is vibrant. Compared with the 1024*768(MOMO8) display, it is a little inferior, but the difference is not so evident. i7 can play all common formats videos such as MPEG-4, RM, RMVB and so on, 1080P video is supported well. It gets a HDMI port and support HD video output.With the HDMI port, you can output HD video and display it in large screen. The common one**screen rate 16: 9 suit for most users. As for music, I am a little disappointed with it, the sound quality is average but loud, you can listen to music without earphones as well as when watching movie.

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Wopad i7 specs

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MOMO8 specs

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From the tables, we can see that MOMO8 has a clearer display but the screen rate is 4:3, the Wopad i7's screen(16:9) may be preferable

Applications
From android 2.1, android 2.2 to android 2.3, some basic applications are already quite mature and speed run more smoothly. Various applications and games can run more smoothly. Such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype and the like, i7 is sure to add experience when you use such applications.

Games
Wopad i7 support android market so that you can download many games from it. And due to the powerful CPU, the games runs smoothly just as the applications.

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3G network. Just like MOMO8 , Wopad support external 3G network as well. External 3G dongle make 3G service possible in the device, such as HUAWEI1750, E220, E161, E261; ZTE MF80, MF637U.

Price: $179.99 for such a tablet, worth.

Battery life: 3400mAh, Standby time about 24 hours, worktime about 5 hours.

The test score on Quadrant:

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Conclusion
If you are looking for a android 2.3 tablet pc that costs less than $200.00, Wopad i7 is a good choice.
The good: android 2.3 OS, price, browser, good application support, price
The bad: relatively low screen resolusion, poor camera,

Android 2.2 HD Tablet PC EKEN M013F with 1GHz Processor Review

ketu — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:42:50 GMT

EKEN released a new tablet pc M013F, compared with its predecessors, it make a large step forward in the configuration and functions.

Firmware:
CPU: Infotmic X220 ARM 11, 1GHz
RAM:256MB
Nand flash:2GB
OS:Android 2.2
Screen: 10'', touch screen, 1024*600

Design
EKEN M013F is the latest EKEN series tablet. It ships with Infotmic X220 ARM 11, 1GHz, which is among the most advanced CPUs. But 256MB RAM seems to lag behind the times, but with such CPU and android 2.2 OS, the problems it causes are not so serious. What deserves most mention is the high definition screen, with 1024*600 resolusion, it can show sharp and vivid pictures and display HD videos.

EKEN M013F measures 270*171*15mm.It comes with a 10'' resistive screen. All keys are arraying on the top side panel except the BACK key aside the screen, and all the interfaces are on the right side panel, including earphone jack, two standard USB ports, one MINI USB port, TF card slot, HDMI output and RJ45 interfaces.

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Screen and speakers
EKEN M013F gets a high definition screen, the resolusion is 1024*600,compared with iPad 2's 1024*726, the screen is a little inferior, but for normal use, it is enough. When you look through pictures or watch videos, the screen is sure to bring you amazing visual effect. As for speakers, M013F ships with two speakers, which can output audio well compared to some other tablet with one speaker, but in fact I do not think the sound it output is loud enough even when I ware the earphones, I do not feel the sound loud enough.

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HD video
M013F supports HD video, playing 1080P video is out of question, especially the AVI and MPEG4 format videos. It can not only play HD videos but also output HD video, it gets an HDMI port, and after connected to the HOME AV audio-video system by the HDMI adapter, it can output HD video.

Applications
M013F has installs many helpful applicaions,such as gmail,email, skype, Maps, Documents to go, and some other applications. What I want to talk about is the Documents to go, with it, you can view or edit kinds of office documents even PDF documents. It also supports andorid market, which means you can download different applications and game from the market.

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Games
M013F does a good job in playing games. I played Angry Birds for about ten minutes, smoothly without blocking or shutdown. The resistive screen facilitate playing games a lot, easy to operate and response quickly.

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Web and online video
To be frank, these two function disappoint me a lot. The poor browser make you wait more than ten seconds when you want to look through a piece of news,what is more, it does not response properly as you slide the pages by your finger, which is inconvenient,if you use the stylus pen, this problem can be solved . If you want to watch video online, you must be patient enough, for it will takes several minutes to download before play.

Camera: M013F comes with a 0.3MP camera on the front, which is rather average now.

Battery: claimed 3600mAh, it can last about 8 to 10 hours in standby mode, if used, this figure may be much lower, about 5 hours. I have to say this is a little disappointing.

Conclusion
In a whole,EKEN M013F is an excellent tablet pc among EKEN series tablets, Its CPU, screen, and video effect and HD video output all fairly good. But some other configuration are not so good such as RAM, camera and online video.Though it runs simple games and applications well,I do not have faith in it for its 256MB RAM, which is a powerful constraint, but for general use, I think it is enough.
What is Good: 1GHz CPU, high definition screen, good applications support, HD video play and output, convenient office documents view and edit;
What is Bad: RAM, inconvenient web operation, poor audio output, louse camera,short battery life, NO 3G, No GPS.

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8 Inch GADMEI P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4

ketu — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:15:40 GMT

Avatar has made the 3D movie known to all. After it, lots of 3D movies come out one after another. But the expensive ticket keeps out many audience of the cinema. Now cinema is not the only place to enjoy 3D movies any more, for the GADMEI P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4 can brings 3D movies along with you. With it, you will not need to spend money on the ticket. Before I got the MP4, I heard many rumours say it is amazing and the 3D effect is quite good, after read the review, you will find whether the rumours are exaggerating.

Firmware:

Let us have a brief look at the configuration and functions of GADMEI P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4:

CPU: Samsung S5PV210 ARM Cortex-A8, 1GHz

RAM:512MB

Nand Flash: 4GB, 2.2GB is available
* ** *Screen: 8 inch, 1280*768

Video:1080P, AVI/MP4/RMVB/FLV/MKV

Music: MP3/WMA/WAV/APE/AAC/FLAC/OGGÂ

Design

P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4 resembles a tablet pc. Its screen is as large as 8 inch. In fact, this is not portable but made for home and vehicle-mounted users.

This MP4 is operated by physical keys, which are on the right of the screen. Detailed indications make it easy to operate the keys. Converting 3D movie into 2D ones just needs long press the BACK key. Meanwhile, the speaker is installed above the keys, audio output is good, loud and clear.

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Though this MP4 applys plastic shell, you can guess the weight of it from the volume. Long time holding is certain to lead to tiredness. In order to solve this problem, the manufacturer design a holder on its back. In the picture it looks too weak to stand any breeze, in fact, it is convenient and stable.

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3D display

P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4 adopts Parallax barrier technology, having the eyes take in different images so that 3D effect comes out. Common pictures can not display 3D effect for a certain distance between eyes and the MP4 is very important. The distance you can change according to yours visual feeling, 40~60cm is best. Direct vision results in best effect. Many users may feel dizzy and just see some double images in the screen. In fact, keep a proper distance and focus the main subject in the screen, you will see the amazing 3D pictures soon.

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Supported video formats include : MPEG1/2/4, RealVideo, Divx & Xvid, M-JPEG, H.264, TS, TP, RM, RMVB, AVI, MPG, MPEG, VOB, DAT, M2TS, MTS, MP4, MOV, MKV**and audio formats : MP3, MPEG, PCM, AAC, WMA, OGG, APE, WAV.

The main functions of P83 Glasses-Free 3D MP4include Video, Music, Ebook and Photo. The latter three functions have no tremendous breakthrough, here I will not describe. The advantage is P83 can display 3D pictures .* ***

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Conclusion:

As a MP4,the most successful ponit is that it applys Glasses-free 3D technology,brings realistic 3D effect to the naked eyes.The high definition screen and humanized design both add much attraction to it.

New Cool Super Size FXD 3.5 Channel Toy Helicopter

ketu — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:11:15 GMT

Remote controlled plane is always interesting to me, and I always dream of getting one. After the dream haunted me for several years, it came true at last when I bought a helicopter from Pandawill.

It is a huge helicopter which measures 117 x 35cm,much bigger than the common ones. Big body does not make it slower, it flys fast and high too. Simply operation and easy control fit for the beginners to play. The control stick is quite sensitive so that I can control the plane as properly as I intend to, such as how high, how low, left,right and so on, all is controlled perfectly.

The helicopter can be controlled in 10 meters, which is great now, though I expect the control range to be larger, it seems to be a big challenge. What disappoints me is the short flight time per charge, it is just 8 to 10 minutes.This may lead to bad result that when I am excited when play it stops flying, casting a chill. So, how do you like the helicopter?

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iPhone 6 Could Have Wireless Charging and Be Totally Cord Free

ketu — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:27:13 GMT

Wait – iPhone 6 already? You might think that we can’t count but industry insiders and Apple fanatics are already speculating on the new features of the 6th generation iPhone – yes, before the 5th generation even debuts! Time Magazine’s Techland pointed out yesterday that with the popularity of inductive charging, which uses electromagnetics to wirelessly charge a device, they wouldn’t be surprised if the sixth iPhone was capable of doing the same. Read on to see what other futuristic features are likely to be included in the iPhone 6's arsenal.

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As evidenced by the past generational improvements of the iPhone, the newer versions will most likely be slimmer and lighter and have a better camera, a heftier pricetag and no reason whatsoever besides vanity to upgrade – but that’s not all. According to the Wall Street Journal, “[Apple] has been experimenting with features such as a new way of charging the phone,” and we’re ecstatic to think that those features may include eco-innovations like a solar powered charger, a kinetic charger or even greener, no charger at all (people who wanted one could buy one separately but if they could use a charger they already own, that would mean a lot less e-waste in our landfills).

5inch Touch Screen Dpad Mobile Phone T8500

ketu — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:24:32 GMT

Dapeng T8500mobile phone is one of the largest mobile phones I have ever seen. 5-inch screen mobile phone is really seldom seen in the market. Its definition is 320*480, relatively clear. Its basic functions are almost the same as normal cell phones, but some of its functions deserve a special mention.

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1.Web browser: the web browser that Dapeng T8500 installs is Opera Mini Browser 5, which can download web pages quite fast. And the large screen
can save you the trouble to distinguish words carefully especially for the nearsighted.

2.GPS. T8500can be used as a GPS, its large screen can display the map clearly and integrally. Its first application takes much time, then the location is fast.

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3.Video and music: T8500 can play video and music. It installs one large loudspeaker, which can output sound,clear and loud, so that without earphones you can also enjoy music and video well. What is more, its large screen can display video in a large size so that you can enjoy more clear video. I tested it by playing MPEG4 movie, smooth and clear.

4.Analog TV: T8500 can play analog TV, how many channels it can search depends on the TV signal strength in the local place. In Shenzhen, it can search 6 channels,**4 of which are very clear with the antenna stretching out.

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Dual 2.0Mp cameras: T8500 ships with two cameras, both 2.0MP and the front one support**video shooting. With a shutter button on the left side panel, shooting is easier.

6. Live contact: MSN, Facebook, Email, Ebuddy and the like. You can use them to contact others conveniently. I use Facebook to post a passage, input is no problem for the large letter it shows, the posting takes some time. In general, performance is not bad.

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7. Other functions: Bluetooth,FM, JAVA,alarm, Stop watch,Ebook reader.

In a whole,Dapeng T8500 is good as a middle range cell phone, its large screen, 2.0MP camera and swift response and some other functions make it outstanding. Especially the screen, it outshines almost all middle range cell phones.
Note: If you buy this mobile phone now, you will get a leather case and a silicone one for protect the phone as gifts.

T-Mobile may be launching the myTouch 4G Slide on July 27

ketu — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:30:30 GMT

According to a leaked screenshot which appears to show updates to T-Mobile’s launch schedule, the HTC branded myTouch 4G Slide may be hitting the shelves at a store near you on July 27.

The myTouch 4G Slide is a highly anticipated smartphone that boasts an impressive spec sheet. It will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well as the latest and greatest version of Sense UI courtesy of HTC. The powerhouse under the hood will more than likely be a dual-core 1.2 Ghz. The star of the show, however, will be the 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash.

The myTouch 4G Slide’s camera will be able to record HD video in 1080p and is actually the first to be able to record HDR video in addition to capturing HDR photos. It also has other features such as SweepShot for taking panoramic photos and BurstShot for taking photos at a fast rate. Those who enjoy a physical camera button will be happy to know one will be present on this device.

Although this high-end device may launch on July 27, this is not set in stone and no price is known at this time. Hopefully the date will be unveiled shortly.

Samsung Galaxy S II gets its very own special Golden Egg level in Angry Birds

ketu — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:28:29 GMT

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Apple Ramps Up IPhone 5 Production

ketu — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:21:31 GMT

Apple reportedly placed an order for 15 million iPhones 5s, as the rumor mill heats up leading up to the phone's actual release.

Taiwan-based Pegatron Technology received the order from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company, according to DigiTimes. Sources also say the phone is not much different than the iPhone 4, and Pegatron is already prepping the device for a rumored September release.

Pegatron, which worked on the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 for Verizon, appears to be continuing its relationship with Apple. The report doesn't reveal many details on the specifications of the device.

Historically, iPhone launches have been so popular that Apple struggled to meet demand. Just last year, the company sold 1.4 million iPhone 4s in the first four days of its release, at a time when the phone was only available on AT&T.

This is the first year Apple delayed the phone in order to ramp up production and avoid shortages.

DigiTimes' report refers to the new device as the iPhone 4S, a term that suggests the new phone will have lighter changes, like the ones made from the iPhone 3G to the 3GS. An unchanged body type would mean the phone is keeping the same exterior look, with only the insides of the phone changing.

Other reports indicated the device may contain the iPad 2's A5 processor, an 8-megapixel camera, a larger display and near-field communications capability, but Apple refuses to tip its hand.

In June, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the World Wide Developers Conference where the new iPhone has traditionally been revealed. Instead of announcing new hardware, Jobs took the opportunity to introduce the iOS 5, a new version of the software that powers iPods, iPads and iPhones, including the iPhone 5.

Until he takes the stage again, that's most likely all anyone will know for certain about Apple's next phone.

Some Rumors of iphone 6

ketu — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:20:59 GMT

Sharp LCD screens:**expect a new type of screen featuring a low-temperature poly-silicon liquid crystal developed by Sharp. Production has already been planned and getting ready in time for the launch date, which should be somewhere in the first half of 2012.

Lighter and thinner: the iPhone is set to shrink in weight and thickness because the new type of screen will allow Apple to directly integrate display drivers with the screen and save a lot of space and resulting in a thinner LCD display.

Longer battery life: the screens will also enhance the batter life and allows for more efficiency and this is important considering the increase in the potential processing power of the new iPhone 6.

Prototype iPhone 4 being auctioned on eBay for US $999,999

ketu — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:18:45 GMT

An iPhone 4 prototype has found its way into someone’s hands who wasted no time in putting it up for auction on eBay. Although initially the phone was going for around $810, the price has now shot to an unbelievable $999,999 the last time we checked.

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The device is similar to the one that was leaked last year by Gizmodo. In the pictures you can see that it has seen some wear with scruff marks on the metal band. The volume control buttons don’t have the '+' and '–' symbols just like the previous prototype we have seen. On the front and back panels are the letters ‘DF1692’ printed, which corresponds to an Apple employee who would ideally be in charge of this phone. On the back the device has XXXXX printed instead of the model number and other details.

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The seller mentions that the device cannot be activated with iTunes nor can it be used with an AT&T SIM. The only parts about the phone that work are the display, vibration and all the buttons. The device cannot be used for calls or for anything for that matter and is permanently stuck on the connect to iTunes screen. Whoever buys this will only have the bragging rights of owning a prototype iPhone.

Now it remains to be seen how long this goes on before Apple steps in and claims the device. Then again it’s an old device so they probably won’t be in any hurry to do so.

And now the current bid is US $1,525.00, let's see what will happen.

Specs: iPhone 5 Vs Nexus 4G

ketu — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:15:03 GMT

The iPhone 5:
A5 processor in the range of 1.2-1.5 GHz
An improved antenna
Possible 1GB RAM
Better camera (perhaps 8-megapixel) with 1080p video playback and panaromic photo capture capability and an improved dual-LED flash unit
Bigger-edge-to-edge 3.7- to 4-inch curved glass screen
A SIM-less design
3-4 internal antennas for both GSM and CDMA networks
4G connectivity
iOS 5 update that will make the interface smoother and add new functions.
Enhanced speech recognition features
Wireless charging
Improved battery

The Nexus 4G will also boast some impressive specs
1.2GHz or 1.5GHz Krait-based Snapdragon processor
5-megapixel camera (with advanced sensor delivering superior low-light performance)
front-facing 1-megapixel camera for video chat
edge-to-edge “monster-sized” 4.5- to 5-inch screen
NFC technology
Slim form factor.
Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Expanding and resizing widgets and apps
Facial detection with the camera
Voice-guided GPS feature
Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

HD7 T9292 Android 2.2 Smart Mobile

ketu — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:22:26 GMT

HTC HD7 T9292 is an excellent android smart phone. Its swift response, large but high definition screen, and its applications are enough to outshine other middle range smart phones.

T9292 measures 122*68*11.2mm, with industrial plastic shell. It ships with CPU MTK6516 (Dual Core ARM7 460MHZē 280MHZ) and Android V2.2.OS as its operating system.The two are excellent configurations among smart phones. Its RAM is 256M,and ROM 512M. The screen is 4.3'' with resolution 480*800, pretty clear. So, such screen adds much attraction to T9189 indeed.

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Highlighted functions
Internet. Internet is the key function for a smart phone. To the users, if the phone does bad in browsing webs, they would not choose it even other functions are good.

T9292 installs a powerful browser, whose speed is quite fast.I tested GPRS. Entering Google news needs about 2 seconds , and the detailed news takes only about 5 seconds. Even the web page contains several pictures, T9292 can look through the web fast. What is more, it can enlarge the page so that you can look though the web without too much effort.Besides. T9292 supports both Wifi and GPRS and works well with these two internet interfaces.

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Android market
With T9292, android market is just in your hand. You can download thousands of applications and games from it. T9292's performance is absolutely satisfactory, not only the download speed but also running the applications and games. Download and installation are finished without stop, which means you do not need install the applications or games yourself,

I try several common applications downloaded from the market such as Facebook, Twitter, The Weather Channel, Opera’s Mini Web Browser, Google Translate and some other applications.The test results show that T9292 does well in running these applications. With T9292, you can easily know your friends if they like to keep their moods on Facebook or Twitter and the like, or let your friends know your moods anytime. T9292 installs eBuddy, Gtalk, Messenger for chat, you can chat with your friends conveniently.

Video and music

With the high definition screen, T9292 can play much clearer movie than other smart phones. On its back there is a holder to facilitate watching video. This is the unique design of T9292. Its speaker is loud to output sound so that you need not ware earphones when watch video or listen to music.

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Camera.

T9292 installs one camera,2.0MP The camera , which is auto focus, is not only for taking pictures but also for shooting video. You can record your life's vivid moments with it.
There are two LED flash lights next to the camera, auto flash. With them, you can shoot even in the condition with insufficient light.* ** ** *

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Battery life:**1230mAh, can last about 3days (normal use), this is good performance, after all most smart phones can last only two days.
Conclusion: As a middle range smart phone, T9292's performance is good.Its MTK6516 CPU, android 2.2 os, 2MP camera, high definition and large screen, swift response are enough to win the appreciation of the users.

Even Without iPhone 5, iOS Still Gains Smartphone OS Share While Android Stalls

ketu — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:20:44 GMT

Apple’s delay in getting an iPhone 5 out the door hasn’t been a major negative for iPhone sales, according to a Nielsen Wire blog report Thursday. Nielsen’s May survey of mobile consumers in the U.S. found that 38 percent of cellphone users now own smartphones, and 55 percent of new handset purchasers in the previous three months reported buying a smartphone instead of a regular ol’ phone phone, up from 34 percent just a year ago.

The report notes that Android is the most popular smartphone operating system, with 38 percent of that 38 percent of cellphone users who have smartphones running Android devices, and Android also leading in the recently-purchased smartphone category, but Apple’s iPhone line and the iOS have shown the most growth in recent months despite the iPhone 5 no-show.

As recently as February, 27 percent of new cellphone acquirers bought Android handsets compared with 10 percent who went iPhone. However, a scant three months later, the figure for Android is still 27 percent, but the iPhone has zoomed up to 17 percent of recently purchased cellphones.

In terms of overall smartphone OS share, Android, as noted above, currently has a 38 percent of the market, but iPhone/iOS is now in second place, having breezed past RIM’s Blackberry now in third with 21 percent on a downward trajectory, and Windows Mobile a distant 4th at 9 percent.

Given evident massive pent-up demand for an iPhone 5, it will be fascinating to watch how the proportional pie is sliced once the iPhone 5 does hit the market.

Motorola DROID 3 gets official specs and accessories list leaked

ketu — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:31:46 GMT

After weeks of speculation, the Motorola DROID 3 finally has some official specs released courtesy of a leak of Verizon's Product Guide. Much of what is listed for the unit has already been guessed correctly, like the 4inch qHD display, the dual-core 1GHz processor and the world phone functionality which means this beast launches with both a CDMA and GSM radio, and has a Sim card pre-installed. As we already surmised, the DROID 3 will not be an LTE enabled model.

The 8MP camera on back has an LED flash and can capture video at 1080p. There is also a front facing camera for self-portrait and video chat. Android 2.3 is on board and 16GB of internal storage comes out of the box, expandable to 32GB with a microSD card. A 5 row-landscape facing QWERTY keyboard slides out and for those who use the virtual QWERTY, Swype comes pre-installed to make typing more fun and intuitive. Blockbuster service comes with the DROID 3, but it works on Wi-Fi only. VCast video is supported and it goes without saying that Adobe Flash is in the browser.

If you plan on buying the Motorola DROID 3, you might want to examine this leaked picture of the handset'saccessories list leaked from Verizon. The list includes a 1930mAh extended battery, snap-on silicon covers, a hard case, a window mount and a holster. With the launch expected to come off on July 13th, time is ticking away so you better start thinking which extras you will want for your new Motorola DROID 3.

A8 Android 2.2 Qwerty Keyboard Smart Mobile Phone

ketu — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:17:59 GMT

A8is a qwerty keyboard smart phone made for businessmen. Its qwerty keyboard can save much time for those who deal with email, live contacts frequently much time. Its commercial applications provide the business man great convenience. Except the 2.6'' screen is a bit disappointing, the performance of this phone is good.

1.High-class configuration. A8 ships with CPU MTK6516 and Android 2.2 operating system. 256M RAM ensures fast running speed, 516M ROM provides enough room to install different applications. 2.0Mp cameras and voice recorder can record important things anytime anywhere.

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2.Convenient live contact. A8 installs many applications such as eBuddy,Gmail, Voice,Gtalk ,MSN and the like for live contact. So it is very convenient to contact others.
I tested the Gmail, which did not disappoint me. It took about 3 seconds to log in, and about 5 seconds to send the mail. This speed is quite fast to me.

3.Social network. A8 installs Facebook and twitter, you can make friends in these webs. I tried Facebook to post a message, it worked well and input is simple with the qwerty keyboard.

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4.A8 installs Analog TV. In Shenzhen, I can play 8 channels. If the signal in your local place is not suffering external disturbances, you may get more channels to play. And the picture and sound are acceptable.

5.Practical applications.A-gps and The weather are available in A8. What's more, A8 support android market, from which you can download many applications and games. I tried Adobe Reader, easy installed and works well.

6.Battery life: A8 is power saved, its battery can last about 4days(normal use) or longer.**It is excellent.

7.Other Functions :WiFi,**Opera, FM Radio, Tasks, Java, Bluetooth, 3D Music, Calendar, Calculator, Alarm, World Clock, Stopwatch, E-Book reader, Handsfree, WAP

Conclusion：
What is good: Android 2.2 OS, swift response,qwerty keyboard,2.0MP cameras, live contact applications, long battery life.
What is bad: small screen.

IPhones Bring Enormous Challenges to Nokia in European Market

ketu — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:17:57 GMT

Forty percent of Europeans are eyeing an iPhone, while just 19 percent plan to buy Google's Android platform, according to market research firm Yankee Group. Seventeen percent will opt for a BlackBerry, while 15 percent will go for Nokia.

"These findings highlight the continued strength of Apple in the European smartphone market and, in particular, its phenomenal brand appeal," said Declan Lonergan, Yankee Group's research vice president. "The data also highlights the enormous challenges faced by Nokia and RIM to retain mind share and market share in this increasingly dynamic and competitive marketplace."

The numbers suggest that a radical realignment of the European market is in the works. For example, Apple and Nokia were roughly tied in the first quarter for smartphone sales in western Europe, according to IDC.

Monster headphone-------My Favourite

ketu — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:48:06 GMT

I love music very much. I can not imagine my days without music. So there are many music players such as CD, MP3, and notebook. At home, stereo speakers is necessary and working all day long(not very loud in case of disturbing others). The audio effect is pretty good. The longer I listen to it, the more I love music. But when leave home, the poor quality headphones that output terribly bad sound makes me rather disappointed. For a long time I am looking for a better pair of headphones, now I get one at last. It is just a kind of monster headphones. It is the monster headphones that bring Hifi music to me anytime and anywhere!

The monster headphones I bought are of in-ear style, silver shell looks cute. Elaborately-designed look indicates the maker's efforts. Hifi audio effect manifests the makers' high technology level. When I try this pair of monster headphones, an immersed feeling shocked me a lot. What wonderful music it was! I was amazing that my MP3 should be so good then. Absolutely it was because of the good performance of the headphones rather than the MP3. MP3 was the former one, but the headphones were not the the former. So the music output by MP3 was changes for better. With monster headphone stereo music is not just saying any more!

At the same time when I bought this pair of monster headphones, I also tried other styles such as over-ear, artist series which are made for certain people, I found all of them are perfect. If you love music, monster headphones can make you love music more; if you do not love music, monster headphones will offer a new idea of music to you!

Exact iphone5 Release Date------Most Reliable Speculation

ketu — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:41:47 GMT

iPhone 5 Release Date might be most buzzing topic among tech geeks.* Each day is rising with a new rumor or a speculative guess about iPhone 5 launch date. CNET UK, a top internet review site for electronics, has grabbed attention of the techies posting update on iPhone 5 release date.

According to CNET UK, iPhone 5 release date is likely to be September 7th 2011. We guess this is the first exact date prediction about launch of the next generation iPhone.

What is the reason behind releasing iPhone 5 in September?

Apple recently announced iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 which is packed with new cool features, including Android’s drop-down menu style notification.* iOS 5 will be released in the autumn, more specifically in* September. Furthermore, Apple brings new generation iPods and iPod Touches in September. However, according to CNET UK, iPods are not enough glamorous to bring iOS 5 into the world. iOS 5 and iPhone 5 both will be the perfect platforms for each other.

That is the reason why we are expecting to see iPhone 5 release with iOS 5, in the autumn.* We already assumed that Apple doesn’t want to release iPhone 5 until iOS 5 is completely ready which is somewhat similar to CNET UK’s prediction. Here is what we predicted.

Why CNET UK has assumed Wednesday 7 September 2011 as the iPhone 5 launch date? Since 2005, Apple has been launching iPods in September on the first Wednesday after Labor Day. There were some exceptions in the past, though the Wednesday has proven Apple’s a regular favorite day

New Android v2.2 Smart Phone Star X12 Review

ketu — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:40 GMT

In June, 2010, Star company released a new smart phone, Star X12. This device carries on with Star series products' strict quality, stable running platform and low price.If you are smart phone liker, Star X12 is just what you can not miss.

Design
Star X12 is large screen(4.1''), but held in hand, it does not feel bulk at all. This is mainly because of the thin body, which is only 9.5mm thick. Its length and width are 125mm and 56mm. On its front, there are three physical keys: Back, Home and Menu. The Power Key is on the left side panel and the Volume Key, on the right side panel. The USB port and earphone jack are one the top panel.

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Star X12 is Dual Sim Dual Standby, ships with CPU MTK 6516 and Android v2.2 OS, RAM 256M , ROM 512M, which are the mainstream configuration. It installs two camera, the main is 200MP and the front one is 0.3MP.

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Internet: Star X12 performances well in browsering web. GPRS and Wifi are both available. I test Wifi, it download webpage fast, about 2 or 3 seconds. It can enlarge the page so that you can look through the web without too much effort. This function is basic, I think if this is not good, many other functions such as facebook,twitter, and the like will be rather slow.

Android market: Android market is available after you register a Google account. In android market you can download many games and applications. In fact, Star X12 has installed itself the most commonly used applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Ebuddy and YouTube. You can also download other applications such as Adobe Reader, The Weather Channel, Opera’s Mini Web Browser, Google Translate according to your preference. These applications are also quite useful.

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Live contact applications: Star X12 installs many live contact applications such as email, Gmail, Yahoo messaging, Facebook, Twitter, eBuddy and Gtalk. You can use them to contact others whenever and wherever conveniently.

Analog TV: Star X12 can play TV, it has a antenna on the top. In Shenzhen I can search 8 channels . Large and high definition screen make the pictures look quite clear. The loud speaker can output sound so that you can watch TV without earphone.

Battery life: All expect battery of smart phone can last longer than two days, but this is difficult for the large screen and android os are both current consuming, Star X12 are of this kind too.

Conclusion:
Among middle range smart phone, Star X12 has taken the lead.
What is good: large screen, android v2.2 os, stable running platform, tens of applications, swift response.
What is bad: short life battery.

Figure Toys of Transformers III------Dark of the Moon is Coming

ketu — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:45:20 GMT

I will never forget the big success of Transformers I and II, the shocking fight scenes, the exciting plots, the figures with distinctive personalities have rooted in my mind. For a long time I have been wondering the next story of Transformers, now it does come, in July the story will show to all, new fight is going to start.

I love the figures in Transformers,**for a long time I have also been dreaming of getting the figure toyof Transformers but the dream never come true. Now I see them by myself at last!**Do you want see them or to collect some figure toys for your children or for yourself too? Now in pandawill.com, they are available already! You can choose your favorite or tell us who you want if you can not find on the site. We will offer help then.

Official Introduction of Nokia N9

ketu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:08:24 GMT

The first thing to understand about this phone is that there are no front buttons. The Nokia N9 is so intuitive that a swipe or gesture on the curved**3.9 inch AMOLED display is all you need to navigate through the MeeGo OS. To leave an app and go back to the home screen, the user swipes from the edge of the screen. The phone itself is constructed in a one-piece unibody design with the body made from polycarbonate material to improve antenna reception. Under the hood is a TI OMAP3630 1GHz CPU matched as usual with the PowerVRSGX530 GPU, Nokia's first.

The web browser on the handset is powered by WebKit 2 which means you can access a site even while it is still loading. Switching between open windows on the browser is quick and easy and support for HTML5 allows you to see rich web applications and offers fast video playback, but there is no desktop Adobe Flash support for now from what we are seeing.

On the back of the phone is an 8MP camera featuring Carl Zeiss optics with a**super wide 28mm wide lens. The camera on the model is faster than the shooter on any other smartphone says Nokia, and captures video at 720p at 30 fps. Touch-to-focus and continuous aurofocus come standard, too.

The newest Nokia Maps edition is on board to give you free turn by turn directions for walking and driving, without the need to be connected ot the Internet. Also, in 85 major cities, the Nokia N9 will tell you the fastest way to arrive at a location using public transportation. Along the route, there are markings for cafes, hotels, shops and more.

The Nokia N9 is NFC enabled and offers Dolby Headphone and Dolby Digital Plus which makes it the first mobile phone to offer personal surroundsound through headphones. The UI arranges three home views in a carousel. One is an app to launch and organize your apps. The second shows your social feeds and notifications for calls, texts and calendar events. The third view shows all off your live apps and apps that you have recently used. Pinch and zoom to show either 4 or 9 live apps at a time.

The Nokia N9 will be available in three colors, black, cyan and magenta. 16GB and 64GB models will be available. Pricing, carrier availability and a launch date have not been announced, but rumors are that it will be available in about a month from now. Has Nokia completed a long Hail Mary pass? Certainly the no button look has a definite sexiness to it. What do you think? Is this a phone that you would consider buying? Let us know your thoughts by writing in the comment box below.

Nolkia N9 MeeGo UIÂ

ketu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:06:29 GMT

Nokia's Marketing Manager Jussi Mäkinen demonstrated first-hand all the swiping going on in this innovative smartphone UI on the newly announced Nokia N9.

The buttonless phone (at least in the front) needs just two taps to unlock the screen, and is full to the gills with gesturebased navigation. Alas, there doesn't seem to be full Adobe Flash support in the browser for now.

MeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan" is what's allowing all this to happen, plus multitasking seems to be taken to the next level; you can pinch to show either 4 or 9 of your active app icons, and, overall, there are some neat little tricks that we haven't seen anywhere yet. Needless to say, the Nokia N9 is coming equipped with that NFC-enabled Angry Birds Magic time-waster.

Apple and Samsung are Trying Reconciliation

ketu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:05:12 GMT

Apple and Samsung have begun talking outside the court, in hope of settling the ongoing feud and suggesting the restoration of their cooperation.

Last Friday, an attorney for Cupertino, Calif.based Apple disclosed that executives at "the highest level" of each company were meeting behind closed doors. The proclamation came after Jude Lucy Koh urged the two sides to get along and settle the matter outside of court.

The two companies were involved in the lawsuit after Apple claimed Samsung copied the design of its popular iPhone and iPad devices. Samsung made the same request by by filing its own lawsuit against Apple, saying the iPhone maker copied many of Samsung's patented designs.

5-inch Multi-touch screen mobile phone M003

ketu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:03:25 GMT

M003 mobile phone is the largest mobile phone I have ever see. Mobile phone with 5-inch screen is really seldom seen in the market. Its basic functions are almost the same as the middle range cell phones, but some of its functions deserve a detailed introduction.

1.Web browser: the web browser that M003 installs is Opera Mini Browser, which can download web pages quite fast. And due to the large screen, you can look through the web without much effort, the words it shows are not small to see.
2.Video and music: M003 can play video and music. It installs two large loudspeakers, which can output sound well, so that without earphone you can also enjoy music and video well. What is more, its large screen can display video in a large size so that you can enjoy more clear video.
3.Analog TV: M003 can play TV, how many channels it can search depends on the signal strength in the local place. In Shenzhen, it can search 8 channels,**4 of which are very clear with the antenna stretching out.
4.* *2.0Mp camera: M003 ships with two cameras, the main one is 2.0MP and the front one is 0.3MP. There is a shutter button on the left side panel, which make shooting easier.
5. Live contact: MSN, Facebook, Email, Ebuddy, Yamee. You can use them to contact others conveniently.
6. Notes: With M003, you can keep down all important things whenever and wherever, very convenient. It just like an electronic notebook.
7. Other functions: Bluetooth,FM, JAVA,alarm, Stop watch,Ebook reader.

In a whole, M003 is good as a middle range cell phone, its large screen, 2.0MP camera and swift response and some other functions make it outstanding. Especially the screen, it outshines almost all middle range cell phones.

Apple iCloud brings previously Purchased Apps Back to Life

ketu — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:23:00 GMT

For quite a long time it is but a dream to many people to get back apps after having it deleted. Now it become truth because the Apple iCloud has made a way for users to download previously purchased apps in the cloud and have it back up and running in the iPad, iPhone, and other Apple devices, even those are no longer found on the app store. This do make many people happy and find the mishap favorable on their end.

Many users have explored the possibilities of this feature that made them come across banned software way back 2008. The Tris, a Tetris clone is now available for download all over again. While people are delighted by the idea, users should optimize this advantage NOW since it is most likely that Apple will remove this ability for the finalized version of the iCloud.

AT&T Tethering with iPhone OS 4 Beta

ketu — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:45:31 GMT

Apple, who currently have an Apple iphone Developer Program account, has recently launched a new beta version of iphone OS. On AT&T ' s network, Internet tethering can be setup. Though AT&T doesn't necessarily want or allow any tethering, Internet tethering was discovered by someone over at MacRumors forum.

Though AT&T doesn't allow any tethering, we hope that when Apple decides to launch the new iPhone 4G/HD, this feature will come. The new iphone OS beta can be downloaded at Apple's website but only if you have an Apple iphone Developer program Account

Samsung Galaxy S II is sweeping South Korea

ketu — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:15:17 GMT

It is said, South Korea, the home of Samsung, has just reached the 1 million mark in sales on their Samsung Galaxy S II handset. The deviced was first released on April 29th with SK Telecom selling over a half a million devices while KT sold 300,000 and LG U+ with sales of 150,000.

The United States is still waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S II and there has still been no word as to when this may happen. The Samsung Galaxy S II has become such a remarkable phone with its AMOLEDPlus display screen and an 8MP camera that has 1080p recording capabilities. The phone also has a dual core 1GHz chip with 1GB or RAM. The current OS on the Galaxy S II is Android Gingerbread.

T9189 Android 2.2 Smart Phone Review

ketu — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:09:08 GMT

T9189 is a T-mobile, it supports CDMA and GSM,dual Sim Card dual standby. When I first got it, I was impressed by its large and high definition screen. 3.8'' screen, whose resolution is 480*800. After tested it, I found it really an excellent smart phone.

T9189 measures 185*98*58mm, with grey plastic shell. It ships with CPU MTK6516 and Android V2.2.2 OS as its operating system. Both are excellent in smart phone. Its RAM is 256M,and ROM 512M. The large and high definition screen are outstanding in smart phone too, you know most smart phones' screen is 240*400. So, such screen adds much attraction to T9189 indeed. T9189 installs two cameras, the main one is 2.0MP and the front one is 1.3MP.

Highlighted functions
Internet,
T9189 installs a powerful browser, whose speed is amazing in cell phone. I enter Google news, in about 2 seconds it enters the main page, and then I click one piece of news further for details, it takes only about 5 seconds. Even the web page contains several pictures, T9189 can look through the web fast. What is more, it can enlarge the page so that you can look though the web without too much effort. I use it to search locations by maps, it just spends two seconds and the map is accurate to 700m, it is really amazing. Besides. T9189 support both Wifi and GPRS and works well with these two internet interfaces.

Make calls: T9189 is a dual-mode phone, that means you can use GSM and CDMA at the same time. It offers another option to choose SIM card according to the local signal strength. I use two kinds of sim cards to make calls, it works well. Even in the smallest space its signal is strong and the voice is clear, you do not need to worry about interruption when make calls.

Android market
With T9189, android market is available. You can download many applications and games from android market. T9189's performance is certain satisfactory, not only download speed but also running the applications and games.

I try several common applications download from the market such as Adobe Reader, The Weather Channel, Opera’s Mini Web Browser, Google Translate and some other applications. The results show that T9189 does well in running these applications. What deserves a special mention is the Opera’s Mini Web Browser, it is quite useful, with it, Facebook, Twitter, and all you favorite sites load faster than you have ever seen on your phone.

I guess Angry Bird is not strange to you, I play it in T9189, very high, capacitive screen makes it play easily. Pictures are clear and smooth, simply operation..**

Video
With T9189, watching 720P movie is not a dream any longer. Its high definition screen and excellent CPU are enough to play 720P movie. The pictures are quite vivid, color saturation is just right., looks clear and realistic.

Live contact applications
T9189 installs many live contact applications such as email, Gmail, Yahoo messaging, and Gtalk. You can use them to contact others whenever and wherever, very conveniently. You also can download other application for live contact such as Facebook, KakaoTalk and the like.

Other functions:
GPS, Opera, Facebook, Java, FM Transmit, Ebudy, Bluetooth, Calendar, Calculator,Alarm,World Clock, Stopwatch, E-Book reader, Handsfree, WAP, GPRS download, MMS

Battery Life: To be frank, battery of T9189 is not so good, which can last about 2 days. If you use the phone extensively, you may exhaust the battery soon.

Conclusion
T9189**is the best smart phone I ever seen, although its screen is not the largest, it is clearest screen I ever seen, with resolution of 480*800, pretty clear. Its fast response also impresses me a lot.
What is Good: CPU MTK6516, Android v2.2.2 OS, High definition screen, Fast response in Internet, Android market.
What is bad: a little short life battery.

Pioneer A700: Telechips 9201 Android 2.1 Tablet with GPS and TV

ketu — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:00:09 GMT

If you do a lot of traveling and often travel off your planned routes, this 7 inch Pioneer A700 is for you. It is not only an android OS tablet but also a GPS. Not like the previous tablets you saw at Pandawill, it has built-in GPS, working on iGo navigotion, iGo My Way, which was released for android version in January this year.
Pandawill will provide free IGO map to you. Some tablets also have GPS function, but customers have to buy an extra GPS dongle and google map. Now it's no necessary for them to worry about that. iGo is the hero to save people. Besides GPS function, it also supports digital TV. You can watch TV on it anywhere and no need to stay at home to do it.

As the tablet, it is powered by the newly-launched Telechips 9201 and it clock is 800 MHz. Even if it just runs android 2.1, you still can enjoy the fun android tablet bring to you, like surfing online, watching movies, listening to the music and playing games etc. I didn't find android market on it, just an eoemarket. Many Chinese apps can be found in it, not available for other users. But you can find another similar jailbreak market on internet.

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A6380 3.2'' Android v2.2 Smart Phone

ketu — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:32:07 GMT

Compared with large screen smart phone, A6380 may lack some attraction; but when you see and operate it yourself, you may love it soon. For its refined construction and high definition screen can impress you quickly.

Design

A6380 measures 104*58*12mm, it comes with a black or yellow plastic shell, which is polished elaborately and quite smooth. Its all edges and angles are trimmed carefully. So, when held in hand,it feels very comfortable. On the front there are four sensitive keys, Home, Menu, Back and Search. Below them is a metal key for decoration. You can find the power key and earphone jack on the top panel and the volume key on the left side panel.

A6380 ships with Android V2.2.1 OS, its CPU speed is 600MHz. I think this needs little description, you know. Its RAM is 512MB, ROM 384MB. This two provide large running and storage space. A6380 installs a 5.0MP camera with auto focus. This is the best camera in cell phone I ever see.

PerformanceAndroid market: If you know smart phone, you should not be strange with android market. From android market you can download a lot of applications and games. After you register a Google account, you can use the market and install the applications and games in the phone.

*Pre-installed applications: A6380 installs many applications itself, such as Gmail, Gtalk, A-gps, facebook, twitter and other applications. You can send email to others and contact with your friend lively by such applications. A6380 performance well in this applications. Except the latter is a little small which leads to some inconvenience in input contents, it post passages fast, in several seconds it can finish the job. (一下插图) With A-gps, you can search maps easily if the internet is available.

*Music and video players function well, too. You can enjoy high quality music with earphone. As for video, the high definition can make movie looks quite clear.

Other functions

WIFI, MP3, MP4, Handsfree, SMS group sending, Voice recorder, WAP, Bluetooth, GPRS download, MMS, Alarm clock, calculator

Review of 7 inch F2 tablet PC/Cell Phone

ketu — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:51:01 GMT

You are likely to take the item in the picture as another new tablet. Yes, it is a tablet but also a cell phone. You can use this F2 tablet PC or cell phone to make calls or send text messages and whatever you can do with a cell phone. On the other hand, you also can have a fun with it as a tablet, like playing java games, reading Ebooks, watching videos etc.
Let me show you more details about it.

On the front is a return key, a camera and two speakers. A mini USB port, a 3.5mm earphone port, a DC hole and a power button are placed on the right side. Its volume keys can be seen on the top. Compared to most of tablets, it has one button they don't have, a shutter button on the top. When you press it, the tablet will enter the camera automatically. I guess some members may ask where is the TF card slot? Take easy. After remove the back cover, you can find it next to the two SIM slots.

As a cell phone:
F2 is quad band cell phone, including GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz. It supports dual SIM Card and dual standby. Based on CPU of MTK6536, it has 97.5M Nand Flash. You can transfer data with the help of its USB or Bluetooth. It supports Analog TV+ISDB-T Digital TV. When you are free, you can have a fun to watch TV on it. It has two cameras, front and back. Both are 2.0 MP for Picture & Video. As a phone, the most important things is to make calls. I tried to call a free service all. The signal is good. I could hear the sound clearly. It just looks a little silly to hear the calls. You can pick up the phone with the earphone plugged in. It is also very clear to listen. Yes, your call history, phone books, call setting etc. you can find them on it.

As a tablet:
This 7.0 inch tablet has QVGA High definition touch screen with resolution of 320x240 PX. You have two ways to get access to internet: WiFi and GPRS. To be frank, the wifi signal is not good after i tested at my office. It took a long time to load the webpages. After all, it is not based on android or Window OS. So if you want to surfing online and have a fun, i suggest you to connect it by GPRS. About the game, it supports some JAVA games. It is OK to kill time sometimes. But for me, playing android games often, those java games couldn't satisfy me. Another big function is the built-in GPS. You have to pay $5 to buy a 2GB TF Card with Map you need. MTK with free maps of Brazil,Chile, Argentina, Mexico,Indonesia, Malaysia, Thai, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,Arab, USA/,Canada, Russia, Bulgarian, Spain, Netherlands. Are your country are included? Good Luck.

Accessories:
Compared to most of other cell phones or tablets made in China, its accessories are complete, including two batteries, a USB cable, a charger, an earphone, a Bluetooth earphone and a soft protector pouch. I found an English user menu in its box, but i am not sure it will come with all boxes.

Conclusion: It is a cell phone in the shape of tablet.

A9000 Android v2.2 Smart Phone Review

ketu — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:27:23 GMT

To you, smart phone may be not strange and andord v2.2 OS is nothing new now. But things are changing day by day. If your sight is fixed on yesterday, you are to be kicked out today. For things are changing for better at an amazing speed, especially smart phone. The cell phone A9000 I want to introduce is made with the advanced technology and from high quality material. if you are interested in it, follow me,please.

Design and Firmware

A9000 Android V2.2 comes with 4.1'' super large WVGA screen, which is capacitive. The whole phone measures 123.8x65.6x11.4mm. If your palm is not too small, A9000 may feels well in the hand. After several days' use, you will get used to its size and weight. There is a distinctive feature on the back, the bottom are raised, which is seldom seen and feels good. The power key is on the left side panel, the volume key is on the right side panel,and the earphone jack and USB port, on the top panel. There are one physical button on the front, that is Home, with Menu and Back(induction keys) on its right and left.

A9000 ships with android v2.2 OS and CPU MTK6516, RAM256M ROM512M. The former two ensure different applications and games to work smoothly, and the latter, provides large storage room. A9000 installs two cameras, both are 2.0MP, the picture they take can be as clear as 1280*960, it is pretty large.

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Performance

If you are into android smart phone, I guess you should care about the android market a lot. With A9000, this market is not far from you any more, it is just in your hand. You can download thousands of applications and games from android market easily. I download Angry Bird for test. Capacitive screen provide much convenience in playing it, and due to the great CPU and RAM, it works without any interruption, quite smoothly. I also test other games, all the results show A9000 really did a good job for games.

A9000 smart phone installs tens of applications such as GPS, gmail, facebook, twitter and so on. Very convenient. A9000 has a built-in GPS chip, which means you can use GPS without a SIM. It also support A-GPS, you can use google maps too.* With A9000, you can send mails by gmail and post something on facebook, twitter, and the like easily. A9000's performance is satisfactory for I just spend several seconds to post a paragraph on facebook, comparing with the smart phone I used before, it is much faster.

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Music and video are basic functions for a cell phone now. Even for this two functions, A9000 is put into a great deal of effort. With the earphone, you can enjoy quite realistic music. The speaker is large enough to output sound so that you can enjoy music without earphone too. As for video, due to the large high definition screen, A9000 can play video well, pictures are vivid and sound clear. With A9000, you can enjoy high quality music and video whenever and wherever.

I like watching TV very much. Cell phone with TV function can attract me easily. A9000 is of this kind. When I get it, I start the TV first, because it is easy, does not need me insert SIM card. To my delight, it TV function is nice. In our city, I can play 8 channels, in which four are very clear. I think this performance is very good, because in the large city, TV signal is weak because of* kinds of disturbance. With such a small set, you should feel lucky.

If you like taking pictures, A9000 can provide great help. It has two cameras, both 2.0MP, as I mentioned before, its picture can be as clear as 1280*960, colors are vivid and realistic.Its front camera also provide much convenience when you want to take a picture of yourself.*

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Other Functions

WiFi, A-GPS, Opera, Facebook,3D Music, Tasks, Java, FM Transmit, Ebudy, Bluetooth, Calendar, Calculator, Alarm, World Clock, Stopwatch, E-Book reader, Handsfree, WAP, GPRS download,MMS

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Battery life

The only lag I find in A9000 is its short life battery, can last about 2 days, but almost all smart phone 's batteries are like this. So, if you like smart phone, you need to accept the battery.

Conclusion

It is nothing exaggerated to say A9000 is really an outstanding smart phone. If you like smart phone, A9000 is what you should not miss.

What is good: CPU, android v2.2 OS, large RAM&ROM, 4.1'' screen, Dual sim card dual standby, dual 2.0MP cameras, analog TV

What is bad: short life battery

Review of ZT180-8 uPad8

ketu — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:02:14 GMT

ZeniThink launched an ePad Tablet in June 2010 at which time iPad had just been released for 2 months. So the ePad has been particularly noticeable since it came out. In terms of the appearance, the 10 inch touch screen makes the tablet share the similar size with iPad. And its clock also reaches 1GHz.

Recently Zenithink has brought a new tablet ZT180-8 uPad8 to us. It has a smaller size of 8 inch. It follows the low price route, for $199.99 at Pandawill. Let’s take a brief look at the configuration. It is powered by the Cortex A9 and has a 1.2G clock. The 8-inch capacity touchscreen supports multi-touch. The tablet is equipped with 512MB RAM and 4GB storage. With 2800mAh battery, it runs on Android 2.2.

Its design is simple and elegant, very square, just like a book.**On the front only has a square key, working as the return key. On the right side places a mini USB port, a standard USB port, a HDMI port, a reset hole an earphone port and DC port. No TF slot and MIC hole? Don't worry, they are put on the below side. Home and Menu key are on the top side. The camera are placed on the right side. To be frank, it is a stupid design, very inconvenient to take photos. You right hand could cover the camera easily if you try to hold it up to take photos.

The screen looks beautiful and bright enough, easy for your eyes. UI design is also better than some other tablets, with big icons and big font size. Its icons on the menu looks smaller but comfortable to see. The other interfaces are the same, black background and white font with suitable fonts. I have to say, i like it.

In all, it runs well. I has played games, videos and read ebooks on it. The screen responses quickly, no sluggish at all. It supports to zoom in or out during the game of angry birds. Even if it is the capacity screen, you cannot zoom in or out the web pages. Only can click the icon + or -- to do it. A big surprise for me is it performs so well to play the online videos, smoothly and quickly. There is a flaw i found during playing online videos. You couldn't adjust the volume. So you have to do it before you play the videos.

I am not satisfied with the batter life very much. After charged it to full, i left it on the desk quietly for one day in the boot of the state. When i thought of it second day, its battery showed the orange color. After about one hour later, playing videos, games, looking through ebooks, surfing online, its battery was almost running out.

Conclusion: I like it for it runs quickly and steadily. The flaws are the camera place and not good battery life.

Review of Eken M013S

ketu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:35:13 GMT

Do you still remember the EKEN Tablet PC,the first company which produce the Chinese Android Tablet PC.
First Tablet PC named EKEN M001 with the Android 1.6 OS VIA 8505 chip and on the low unit price.Now the lastest EKEN**is model M0013S,From M001 to M013S with so many models. Now let's see the details of this Eken M013S.

It has a big enough 10 inch resistive screen with 1024 x 600px, not support multiple touch. It is based on android 2.2 OS and CPU VIA 8650 like other Eken S series tablets. RAM is 256MB and Nand Flash is 4GB, supporting TF card up to 16GB extended. Even if its camera has the same megapixel with other eken tablets,* * * * 0.3 Megapixel, i felt the photos taken by it better.

You can see it has two standard USB ports, one TF card slot, a mini USB port and a RJ45 port, no HDMI port. And the two small hole on the both sides, one is the microphone hole and the other is used to connected the charger. On the top, you can find the volume keys, power key, home and menu keys. The square button on the front interface is the return key. So far i feel comfortable to its key design.

It runs steadily when i was playing games, videos or surfing online. Good performance than i imaged, especially the touch screen works very good. You can get quick response from it, no sluggish at all. I played the typical game, Angry Birds. It did play, but not support to zoom in or out during the game. Even though it doesn't have the best display but it runs online video pretty smoothly. Another great thing is it supports 3G network with a 3G adapter. You can also connect it to the Ethernet networks with its RJ45 port. The speaker is also better than i expected. The sound effect is good when you play music or video on it.

I am not sure how long the battery will last, but i can tell its battery life will be longer than most tablets i tested before. Coz when i played it for about one hour after charged it to the full status, i shut it down and restarted it again. The battery icon was still displayed full, not know it is the real or just displayed.

As to the market, two market icon could be seen on the menu. I tried both, but failed to enter. One said the google didn't authorize and the other always prompted i entered the wrong account or password. Actually, that's impossible. I entered all right. I will find the reason and share it with you guys here.

Conclusion: For me, it is good choice, cheap and smart, except for the Market. But i have downloaded enough games from andorid market before.
Hope you also like it.

Four SIM Card Four Standby L913 Cell Phone Review

ketu — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:31:11 GMT

Four SIM Card Four Standby L913 Cell Phone Review

When you are experience the convenience Dual SIM and Dual Standby cell phone brings to you, when you are amazed and wondering how the two work simultaniously, another more amazing cell phone comes out.* That is Four SIM Card Four Standby Cell Phone. I guess you have not even imagined this kind of cell phone, but it really comes into being and hits the butt of the market swiftly.

If you feel Dual SIM and Dual Standby cell phone are short of dealing with you daily calls from different people such as family, friends, colleagues, customers and some others, Four SIM Card Four Standby Cell Phone will be a good alternative. You can use different numbers to contact different people and keep yourself away from disturbing calls. To realize it, you just need finish an easy setting, turn off some cards, you will not be disturbed by undesirable calls any more.

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Design

L913 measures 106mm long,60mm wide and 12 mm thick. It feels a bit small. The touch screen is 2.8 inch with resolution of 320*240, which can meet visual needs more or less. It comes with two 1.3MP cameras, and the picture can be as clear as 1280*960. There are five physical buttons on the front of the phone: from left to right they are dial key, menu, home, back, and short cut. The power key is on the top panel as well as the earphone jack. The USB port is on the bottom panel.

Performance

Nowadays multifunctional cell phones are occupying the markets, those with too few functions or not fashion functions are being kicked out day by day. The L913 is of the former kind. Its functions are introduced in details below.

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Making calls: This is the basic function of a cell phone. With L913, you can make calls with different people using 4 different numbers. After test, the result shows L913 performance well. In most places it can receive signal and the voice is clear, you need not worry about the interruption when calling.

What deserves a special mention is its digital TV and analog TV. I have not tested its digital TV for there is no signal but analog TV, its performance is not disappointing. It can play around 8 channels in Shenzhen, and the picture and sound are both clear.*

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Music and video: L913 can play music of MP3,WAV, AMR and AWB format. The former two are more common. I play a MJ' soon, the sound is loud but the effect is not very good because of the speaker, when use earphone, the effect is better. As for video, L913 can play MPEG4 and 3GP format file. I play a short movie, the pictures are clear as well as the sound.

Internet: L913 can also browse internet, and its speed is good. You can open a web in seconds.

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Other functions:

Bluetooth, Calendar, To do list, Calculator, Alarm, World Clock, Stopwatch, E-Book reader, , Handsfree, WAP, SMS group sending, GPRS download, MMS, Unit Converter, Memory extended

Conclusion

In a whole, L913 is a good cell phone, especially it is four SIM and four standby, its two 1.3MP cameras, TV functions are standout, considering its low price(USD65.99), it is worth of a purchase.

A5 Android 2.2 Smart Phone Review

ketu — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:41:23 GMT

A5 Android 2.2 Smart Phone Review

Smart phone is not strange any longer so far. But what smart phone is of more value to purchase? It is a matter of individual differences. Maybe you like this one but he prefers another. Different people,different views. In my opinion, A5 Android Smart Phone is a good choice. It is the last conclusion after extensive test, please look through the review, you will find the truth.

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Design and features

Cell phones with large screen are seen almost everywhere. Those with small screen are fading away now. Maybe only the phones of 3.5''or larger than 3.5''screen can catch your eye and deserve your inquiry.* I am of this kind. Large screen is my favorite. A5, which I am going to introduce, is a large screen cellphone, 3.6'' WVGA Hi Defination screen may not disappoint you.

A5 measures 118mm long, 61mm wide and 12.9mm thick. General speaking, it fits palm well* if your palm is neither too big nor too small.* Black plastic shell looks manly. It is made for man. Its round-rim back shell makes it held more comfortable. On the front there are three physical buttons: back key, dial key and menu key.On the top panel is power key and 3.5mm earphone jack. The volume key is on the left side panel.

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Firmware

A5 ships with Android V 2.2 OS and CPU MTK6515 416MHz. I think it is unnecessary to say good about such OS and CPU, for you can experience them in most smart phones.The ROM of is 512M, which is somewhat good but to my disappoint is its RAM which is 128M.

A5 has two cameras, the main camera is 3.2 million pixel with a flashlight and the front one, maybe 0.3 million pixel. After test, the main camera works perfectly.Maybe you can not find the how vivid and realistic picture it takes is, after all the screen resolution of A5 is 240*400, but after uploading the picture to PC, you will doubt whether it is taken by cellphone then

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A 5 support TF card up to 16GB. But I am baffled that I have to remove the battery before I insert or remove the TF card. This is a bit inconvenient.

Performance

The basic function of cell phone is to make calls. If this function is bad, the phone is a failure. As a low range smart phone, A5 displays this function to the fullest, although other functions are not distinctive. I have tested it even in the places where the signal is weakest such as lift, small corners and the like. You do not need worry the interruption when calling. Dual SIM and Dual Standby may bring you experience of more convenience.

Music and video: If you use the earphone, the music listen clear, strong bass and crisp treble can bring an immersed sense. I was impressed with its perfect audio effect when I first used A5 to listen to music, and remain impressed. As for video, 240*400 resolution screen can make the pictures look clear and video play with seldom problems.The speaker is big so that when you want to listen to music or watch video and TV you do not have to use earphone if you are not willing to.

Internet: The speed to open a web depends mainly on the browser and the information on the web.* I have tested several webs those contains large amount of information with A5 and find it works not rather slowly, in around 8 seconds it can enter to a web. Such performance, I think, is not bad.

Games and some other applications:

Considering 128M RAM, I guess you may not expect it works well in playing games or running other appications. You are right. It is really difficult for such RAM to play large games or run complicated applications. But some easy games such as Angry Bird and easy applications, it does not works bad. In a word, A 5 is not good at playing games or running applications.

Battery life:

Like almost all android smart phone, the battery is the Achil's heel. It can last 2days at the most. If you use it extensively, it may not even last one day. So the battery is the most disappointing in A 5.

Conclusion:

If you want to experience android smart phone's multifunctions at low price, choosing A5 is smart.

What is good: Large screen, Android V 2.2 OS, 3.2MP camera. Strong ability to receive signal, desirable audio and video effect.

What is bad:Tiny slower response in playing games and running applications. Short battery life.

Hero H2000 Smart Phone Android 2.2 Review

ketu — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:33:20 GMT

Hero H2000 Smart Phone Android 2.2 Review

After iphone4, kinds of smart phones come out one after another, H2000 is among them. At the first sight, you may mistake H2000 for iphone4, for they are closely resembling. In fact, they are not only similar in face but also in soul.Its huge apllication system and its low price help it catch all the world ' s eye almost on one night. I just heard its fame before but did not see its face, now I have a chance to experience its huge functions at last. Here I would share with you the views towards it.

Design and features

Save for the logo on the back, the design of H2000 is almost the same as iphone 4, or rather, is identical to iphone 4. The difference in sizes of the two can be ignored and the layout of the buttons, exactly same. On the top are power and earphone jack, the bottom is USB port. The 2 megapixel camera is on the back, and the volume buttons, camera button(need long press), on the left.* On the front are five usual function buttons.

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Personally, I like the size of it. It measures 116.5mm tall, 60mm wide and 10.5mm thick, neither too lager nor too small and fits my palm quite well. And the screen is 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen.

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Usability and performance

As a smart phone, CPU and OS are essential. H2000 is not exception. The CPU of it is MTK6515, OS is android 2.2. This two components make multi- functions and colorful applications possible.*

RAM 512 and ROM 256 are enough for normal use. It supports TF card up to 16GB for you to download softwares and applications. Dual Sim Card and Dual Standby provide convenience to business man those always busy.

H2000 is installed many applications such as GPS, google maps, gmail, facebook, twitter, browser and so on. With these you can contact with friends or customers anytime anywhere conveniently.* In H2000, except GPS, such functions are good. Although it has GPS, but I try it many times, it shows no maps at all. I am afraid it does not support GPS, however, google -maps is OK, you can use it to search places easily. As for gmail, facebook, and twitter, their response depend on the browser, to my delight, the browser does not let me down, it responds quickly, no matter writing something or sending email, it finishes the job in seconds. Very good.

Another advantage of this phone is its android market. You can download lots of softwares, games and the like in the market. I download Angry Bird for test, which plays well with swift response. I also download other games, the outcome is almost the same except certain large games which is not very smooth. In a whole, games and applications from android market work well in H2000.

As mentioned before, H2000 installs a 2 megapixel camera, you can imagine the visual effect.In the cell phone, the picture you take looks nice. Compared with similar products, the camera is not bad.

If you are critical of music, I am afraid you will be slightly disappointed with H2000, for its audio effect is really rather common, maybe it is caused by the loudspeaker, the sound effect is not quite good. Visual effect is another story. Due to the* 480x320 resolusion and the 16 million colors screen, the pictures are nice, even in Analog TV. When refer to Analog TV, I have to say something. You can watch TV program over the world with H2000 if the signal is good enough, if not, the effect is terrible.

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What disappointed me a lot is the battery , an 1580 mAh*3.7V battery can not even last one day if used extensively. Even if you only use it to make calls and send message, it can last only two days. Such battery may disappoint you as well, but if you take other smart phone for reference, you will find that almost all smart phones' batterys fall into this fate, because the large screen is rather current -consuming. So if you choose smart phone, you need accept its short-life battery.

Conclusion

As a mid-range smart phone, H2000 brings all experiences of smart phone, considering the low price, you deserve it.

What is good: Android 2.2 OS, 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen, vivid picture display, swift browser response, smooth applications and games.

What is bad: audio effect, short battery life.

Review of Android 2.2 A 2000

ketu — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:19:05 GMT

Review of Android 2.2 *A 2000

When I first physically contact with smart phone, Android A 2000 indeed surprise me. Its large screen, its simple and easy operating system, swift response and dozens of applications, all these impress me a lot.

You may not expect too much form a mid-range Android. But after testing A2000, I would tell you, even among the mid-range Android, there is no lack of good ones that make you surprise. Not believe? Well, look through the review to find out the truth.

Design & Features

The physical design of A2000 capture my eye first. The smooth plastic shell and well-trimmed edge make the unit hold comfortable, as well as look simple and fashionable. It is certain to add luxury to you when held. The front is a large screen, 4.3 inch, which occupy 98% of the front; and the back, plastic shell with a camera on the top. I think you may see many of the same stye phones later because it is really cool.

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As for size, the A2000 is larger than most phones, it is 122.5*67.8*11.6mm. You will feel a little bulky when hold it if your hand is not large enough. But this brings much convenience when you type on the screen, for it offers enough space to the large fingers. So, most of time when you write something, you will not need a stylus, your finger is enough to handle it well.

There are seven physical buttons on the phone.Five at the bottom on the front, Home, Return, Search, Call, History call. The Power key is on the top panel and, the Volume and Camera, on the right side panel. On the bottom panel are USB charging port and earphone jack.

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Usability & Performance

As a whole, A2000 can satisfy masses' need. As a smart phone, A2000 has most applications those smart phones have, such as Web, Facebook, Twitter, GPS, and the like. Without these, it is not a smart phone any more. For these I will introduce in to detail.

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CPU and OS are essential parts of a smart phone. A2000's CPU is MTK6515, 416MHz, and OS,

Android V2.2. Thanks to the two, most of the applications function well, however, there are exceptions as well.

The basic functions such as calls, MP3,MP4 will not be introduced detailed here. The test result indicates that in receiving signal when make calls, A2000 has excellent performance, and you need not worry about signal interruption when calling. As for music and video,* sound is clear, both bass and treble. Colors are vivid with 480*800 resolution 16 million colors.* General speaking,* visual and sound effects are good.

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Facebook and Twitter function well, you can use them smoothly. And the GPS, loading maps needs seconds, and due to the 4.3-inch screen, the maps are large and clear.

I have to say, browsing web is disappointing with A2000. The response may have you to wait quite a long. After all, it depends on the web you are going to look through. When I am going to a large forum in China, it takes about one minute to enter the web. Maybe because it downloads lots of web contents, its response is not quite swift. But when enter the web, it is another story. You can scan all contents as shown on PC, and when you select some item, you can magnify it even a picture to the best result.

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If you like taking pictures with cell phone, I am afraid you may be disappointed at A2000, because its camera is just 3.2 million pixels, which is far from being clear. So, please do not expect much from the camera.

If you are not a heavy user, the battery may not a disappointment to you. An 1500mh, 3.2V battery can last about 2 days. To a smart phone with large screen, this performance of the battery is not bad. But if you are a heavy user, the battery may run out in only one day, you know the screen and applications are not current-efficient. So in this case, please do not hope it can last long.

Conclusion

As a whole, Android A2000 is somewhat a success among mid-range smart phone.

What is good: Android V2.2 OS, sound and video effect, GPS, price.

What is bad: poor browser response and camera quality.

The Verdict: Android A2000 may be not among the best mid-range smart phones,*

but its functions is enough for me to recommend it to anyone that is into smart phone.

Review of Gemini Tab Win7/Android Dual Boot

ketu — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:57:53 GMT

hi, SteveC, you asked in other thread whether there has been any reviews or videos on Gemini Tab. Sorry for the delayed reply. Today i found one from our warehouse and played for hours and wrote this quick review for you.

Firstly, let us have a look of its hardware configuration. It is powered by CPU of Inter Atom N455, 1.66GHz with 1GB DDR2 built-in memory. Yes, the most highlight is it supports Win7/Android dual operation system. The 10.1 inch capacity screen supports multiple touch. It has a 0.3 mega front camera, which is better than most tablets with so-called 0.3 mega camera. Besides the 16GB SSD Disk storage, you can extend the memory to 32GB with TF card.

It looks very sturdy. Actually, it is a little heavy for me to hold when playing it. So suggest to buy a holder for it. Its speakers are nice. When playing music or videos, the sound is great, not such weak as other tablets. You can hear sound clearly only with earphones.

When it starts up, the system will show two OS, Win7 and Android X86, for you to choose. When you choose to enter one, you couldn't switch into the other OS in the middle way. You have to shut it down and restart it to choose the other OS again.

Under Win7 OS
The win7 interface looks nice just like on a desk computer, but not as quick and sensitive as on desk-tops. It has two standard USB ports and you can use a USB mouse to control. That will be better to control by touching on it. That's my experience. Just follow your own favorite way.

Wifi connection is steady once it gets connected. I feel great to browse webpages on it. You can zoom in or out the pages with your fingers. I have tried several games for Window OS. All of them runs beautifully at full speed. It is also no any problem to play videos or music on it. You can do any setting on the control panel.
The package has included a user manual in English. If you don't how to do something, just turn to it for help.

Under Android OS
To be frank, if you want to buy this tablet, pls treat it as a Win7 tab, not the android one. Our wifi signal is strong enough to connect to internet under Win7 OS, but it is too weak for android OS. You have to wait much more longer time to open a webpage than under Win7. So are the other actions that need to connect internet, such like downloading app from android market, logging in your Gmail. etc. I have to change the other wifi spot with stronger signal. It performs better. Coz this tablet supports to connect to Ethernet service. You can have a try. That possibly work better.

Now Pandawill has white and red colors in stock, for S$399.99 each.

Review on Superpad 2/Flytouch 4

ketu — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:56:58 GMT

Some rumors said Flytouch 4 is actually the 8GB flytouch 3 or Flytouch 4 are NOT Flytouch 3, only faking clones. It is also very confused about the name superpad. Some said flytouch 4 was also called superpad 3. Whatever, the flytouch 4 i played is only with built-in 2GB memory, called superpad 2 as well. Here is its box:

Flytouch 4 is powered by 1Ghz InfoTM X220 ARM11 processor with 512MB DDR2 RAM and 2GB internal storage. Just like the Flytouch 2, the Flytouch 4 also has a 10.1-inch LCD with 1024×600 pixel. The Fly Touch 4 runs Google Android 2.2 supporting Adobe Flash 10.1 so that you can check videos on all websites on the internet including the so popular Youtube. Thus, you can access to the Google Android Market freely and download any apps you like to install on you Android tablet PC, but I can only see free apps in the market - not sure why that is, and if anyone has any tips, please let me know.

First impressions on it are good. Build quality appears sturdy, nothing feels cheap or delicate.

The screen is good, but you may feel not satisfied when you're used to something like iPhone. Once you get used to applying a bit more pressure, then it stops being much of an issue.

The speakers, are fairly dreadful. Even if I have turned up to the maximum volume, it still sound weak. So suggest you guys to hear with the earphones. That will better.

I have installed several games from android market, like angry birds and ragingthunder. Everything has run beautifully at full speed with sound.

Connecting to wifi and browsing web pages, zips along quite quickly as well. However, even if it supports flash 10.1, the online video playing is very sluggish, a little disappointed about it. In addition, the web page will skip out to the home interface suddenly when i tried to play some online videos. It succeeded finally after skipped out for several times.

Now it is for $194.74 at pandawill. Here is video for you to get more details:
http://www.pandawill.com/dropad- ... b-white_p43090.html

Review on android 2.2 Eken M010S

ketu — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:39:43 GMT

Following Eken android 2.2 tablet series M009S, M002S and M008S, it has released this Eken M010S.

Same with other android 2.2 eken tablets, it runs on CPU of VIA 8650, 300~800MHz with RAM 256MB and has 7 inch resistive screen with 0.3 mega camera in the front. Yes, it also supports flash 10.1.

Here is its box. Please pay attention. The tablet on the box is Eken M001, not the Eken M010S. The reason is Eken company didn't design the box special for every eken tablet.

You can see the its ports/slots on the side. Eken company only supplied a power charger and an adapter including two usb ports and one RJ45 port.

Compared to other eken tablets, this M010S has a great improvement on UI design. It looks more elegant and elaborate, from the homepage, the menu to the setting interface.
Homepage

Menu

Setting

Photos Browsing

Playing video

Playing Games

Note: When playing the anger birds, it didn't allow you to zoom in or out the game picture. In all, it runs smoothly.

Here is the video for you to get the details about it:

http://www.pandawillforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=3684&extra=page%3D1

Review of 9.7 inch SmartQ T10

ketu — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:41:34 GMT

SmartQ T10 looks the same with the Smart R10. It has CPU of ARM Cortex-A9 with android 2.2 OS, supporting 1080p HD videos. Now it is for $352.99 at pandawill. According to one supplier who played this SmartQ T10, he is satisfied with it very much.
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We picked up a part of review on this SmartQ T10 from a Chinese forum.

Smart T10 has two version. One is called the standard one with built-in wifi and the other is Geek one with built-in 3G and GPS. Now the one at pandawill is the standard.

Screen of T10
It is equipped with 9.7 inch 4:3 IPS display with the resistive screen. With resistive screen, it is no need for you to worry about this screen couldn't get response when you touch on it with fingers wearing the gloves in Winter. Besides that, the resistive screen will get response more precisely than the capacitive screen. You can feel how this screen displays the colorful images from the below pictures from different angles:

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The menu of T10

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From the pictures, we can see ome small changes made on this android T10, compared to android 2.1 UI.

System Info
The basic system information

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The score T10 got given by the tool QuadrantAdvanced as follows:

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Game Performance
We tested two 3D games Angry Birds and AirAttack on it. Both run smoothly, without the problem of sluggish pictures. And the screen gets quickly response when you touch on it to operate during the games.

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Play Music or Movie
T10 supports playing 1080p HD videos, including the format of AVI, MKV, MOV, TS etc. and 720p videos in format of RM, RMVB etc. When you playing movies on it, there is no laggy and the picture color looks nice.

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About the audio, it supports the general audio format, like WMA、WAV、AAC、APE、FLAC、OGG etc. The sound quality is better than R10. Some people think the sound of R10 is too loud.

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Network Connection and Speed
It is comfortable to touch on its 9.7 inch IPS screen to view web pages. The speed is no problem, very fast based on the powerful Cortex A9 and 512 ARM. It is great to watch online videos on it as well, thanks to android 2.2 OS support flash widget.

7 inch tablet Optimus Tab, Similar to Gpad Gforce

ketu — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:55:48 GMT

This is a tablet one of our suppliers recommended to us. We found its hardware is similar to the Gpad Gforce. So i made a chart for you to get know it quickly.

The red font parts are the differences between them. Compared to Gforce, this Optimus Tab is smarter and lighter, with built-in 3G modem and a HDMI port. You see, Gforce only supports external 3G dongle and only has a 30 pin port without HDMI port. It is more convenient for you to plug in or out the TF card from Optimus Tab than Gforce. If you like the tablets based on CPU of Freescale imx515, Cortex A8 and don't care the size, Optimus Tab may be a good choice.

OEM RAMOS W10: android 2.2 tablet with Cortex A9 processor

ketu — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:50:24 GMT

We are too busy these days. Some members might noticed that we release some news or rumors about new tablets frequently this week. Pandawill guys brought them to us one after another. And most time we are the first ones to get it. The common customers even couldn't see them in the market.
The harsh competition between tablet manufacturers force them to work hard to develop tablets with better quality, faster speed and cheaper price. Today, we got an android 2.2 tablet, OEM RAMOS W10, which is based on CPU cortex A9 and the main frequency is up to 1.2GHz with 512MB RAM and 4GB Nand Flash. This 7 inch tablet has resistive screen. Cortex A9 tablet has the great improvement on running speed. That's the most highlight on it. Its price is competitive among android 2.2 tablets, for $168.99 at Pandawill now.

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Upgraded TMD/A816 : android 2.3 tablet Debuts!!!!

ketu — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:55:25 GMT

We mentioned in the forum that G10 would be upgraded to android 2.3. Gpad company is still testing their android 2.3 software on G10.
But today upgraded TMD/A816 took the first step to release the demo running android 2.3. We took some screen-shots of this tablet, which has been upgraded to android 2.3 for you.

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Anroid 2.2 Eken M003S & M008S Have Hit the Market

ketu — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:43:37 GMT

Eken M009S is the earliest android 2.2 tablet released by Eken. Due to its price advantage, it is very popular among customers. Now another two android 2.2 eken tablets, 8 inch M003S and 9.7 inch M008S, have been following to hit the market and you also can find both of them at pandawill now. They are for $115.99 and $169.99 respectively.

Eken M003S

Eken M008S

Both of them each gets the CPU of VIA 8650, 300~800MHz and has 0.3 mega camera in the front, supporting 720p videos and flash player 10.1. About other features, you can get details from the below links:

Eken M003S
http://www.pandawill.com/eken-m003s-tablet-pc-8-inch-android-22-via-8650-flash-101-720p-camera-silver_p42347.html

Eken M008S

http://www.pandawill.com/eken-m008s-tablet-pc-97-inch-android-22-via-8650-flash-101-720p-camera-silver_p42350.html

Gemini Tab: First Dual OS Tablet PC Window 7 + Android 2.2

ketu — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:14:36 GMT

Android 2.2 is the most popular OS running on the tablets now. This 10.1 inch Gemini Tab not only gets the android 2.2, but also runs WinXP os on X86 hardware. It has inter Atom N455, 1.66GHz as CPU with memory 1GB DDR2 and disk storage 16GB SSD. Besides that, it is equipped with a 0.3 mega front camera, supporting Flash 10.1, 720p videos and external 3G dongle. Its capacity screen supports the real multiple touch. Now it is for $399.99 at pandawill now.
Later, we will write a detailed review on it in the forum. Pls stay tuned.

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White Dropad A8/D10 is Coming

ketu — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:50:47 GMT

The white iPhone 4 hasn't been launched while the white iPad 2 leads the trend of white design on tablets now. Some white tablets appear in the market recently. One of them is Dropad A8, we mentioned the black one before in the forum.

I introduced its basic features briefly here: It got CPU of Samsung S5PV210, 1GHz, RAM 512, 4GB internal memory, running android 2.2 OS, supporting flash player 10.1.

Here are the pictures of white White Dropad A8/D10: (you couldn't find it at pandawill now, but we will get it for you soon.)

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Telechip 8803 tablet Bio Tab Has been Launched

ketu — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:58:17 GMT

We got the first demo of this Telechip 8803 tablet several days ago. At that time, only one demo was passed among sellers' hands in the shenzhen market. Now it was called Bio Tab, for $177.99 at pandawill. It has two colors, white and black. Now you can only find the white one and the black one will come soon as well.

Besides having ARM Cortex A8 processor, Telechip company claimed that it can overclock to 1.2 GHz. It said it integrates 512MB DDR3, supporting flash 10.1, GPU up to 320MHz, supporting a variety of ports such as SATA/PCI/ISP/LVDS, supporting 1080p HD videos and also supporting android 2.2 OS.

You can check details about it here:

http://www.pandawill.com/bio-pad-7-inch-tablet-pc-android-22-telechip-8803-1ghz-cpu-4gb-white_p42122.html

Review of flytouch 3/Superpad 3

ketu — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:42:36 GMT

Yesterday, this flytouch 3 arrived us. It seemingly has another name superpad 3 in the market. I am glad to share my experience on this tablet.

Screen:
This display is 10 inch. This size is good for watching movies or viewing webpages. But you know, it is a little bigger to carry it around. Like flytouch 2, you also have to press harder than on other tabs to get the screen responsed.

Basic features:
It runs based on CPU of Infotmic IMAPX210, 1GHz with RAM 512MB and is based on Android 2.2.

Internet connection:
you can get access to the internet by wifi, 3G network or internet cable on Flytouch 3.

Built-in Memory: 4GB. It will be about 3GB left coz the system occupies about 1GB. You can extend it to 32GB with TF card.

Camera: Flytouch 3 has a 0.3 mega camera. Don't expect too much at it. It is poor as usual.

Speaker: The sound quality is just so so.

Video/Music: Flytouch 3 not only supports lots of video and music formats but also supports 1080p HD video with HDMI port.

GPS function: Coz it is hard for flytouch 2 to search satellites with the built-in GPS module and antenna. This time the factory has changed into the built in GPS, with external antenna. That will be better.

Flash player 10.1
The player 10.1 has been pre-intalled. You can watch online video directly, but it is a little sluggish, compared to playing on iPad or your PC.

Android Market:
It is ok to download apps from the market, no failure. All the apps work nornally as well.

Now it sells $206.99 at pandawill.com. Here is link for you to check details:
http://www.pandawill.com/superpa ... 45-port_p41662.html

Upgraded A815 tablet Arrives, $10 More than Before

ketu — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:14:43 GMT

The new upgrade A815 arrived us today. Some changes have made in its appearance. The previous version has two colors, gold and black. The shell is made of aluminium and the current is made of plastic. We only have white and black color in stock now. Besides that, the new one comes with the virtual keys design on its right side.

But why the A815 has been changed the appearance design? LOL, there is a story. The supplier broken up with the factory that produced cases for A815. So they changed the partner. So you know the result. The main board and the software are all the same with the original but the small changes in appearance.

I have tested it for hours. It run steadily and fast, from wifi connection, network speed, watching online video, playing games to downloading apps. All is good.

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Eken M009S, Android 2.2 tablet under $100?

ketu — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:10:00 GMT

The other day i mentioned an android 2.2 tablet named upgraded uPad in the forum. At that time, it is the cheapest one among android 2.2 tablets and sells $129.99 at pandawilll. (Upgraded uPad, Cheapest One among Android 2.2 Tablets)

Two days later, the record has been the history. Another android 2.2 tablet Eken M009S arrived, which is $30 cheaper than upgraded uPad and only $99.99 for sale now.

Its package looks almost the same with the other eken tablets. It runs on VIA 8650, 300~800MHz, RAM 256MB. 7 inch resistive screen, 0.3 Mega camera in front, support flash player 10.1, 720p HD video and pre-installed android market.

After played for hours, its overall performance is not bad. Wifi connection is fast and steady. After connected with wifi, the webpage viewing is not very fast, a little laggy, compared to other android 2.2 tablets with much higher price. Camera is just a toy, no good. Don't expect too much about it. If i were the manufacturer, i would rather cost the money that made this suck camera to improve another function. It supports watching online video, a little sluggish, not ceased. Playing local videos and music, both are OK. As to the android market, i suggest to download some small apps. If too big app, i am afriad it likely cannot run on this tablet.
In general, with this super price, it is good value for you to buy as a toy to have a fun.

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Upgraded uPad, Cheapest One among Android 2.2 Tablets

ketu — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:55:53 GMT

Now this 7 inch upgraded uPad sells $129.99 at pandawill. Compared to other android 2.2 tablets, it is the most cheapest. Now let us have a look of its features---it is cheap but has complete features the most of other android 2.2 tablets have.
It runs on CPU ARM V6L, 1GHz, RAM 256MB with built-in 4GB Nand Flash. 7 inch resistive screen, 0.3 Mega camera in front, support flash player 10.1, 3G external dongle, 1080p HD video with HDMI port and pre-installed android market. More than that mentioned features, it also supports to connect U drive directly, not only TF card.

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High-end 10.1 inch tablet Runs on Powerful Tegra 2 dual-core CPU

ketu — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:05:53 GMT

This 10.1 inch tablet named Venus Pad at pandawill arrived us this morning. It runs on Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, which is said the most advanced in the current market. So you can guess this tablet price won't be the same rank with Gpad or Dropad. The CPU can be up to 1.2 GHz.

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Except for the powerful hardware equipment, it seems the manufacturer also paid attention to the detail design. As all we know, Some China manufacturer often ignored the details. So i would like to bring this point up.

Firstly, it has a cover on the side for two standard USB ports and TF port, good protection for ports from dust or something dirty. It is easy for you to open it.

Secondly, it is with removable battery. If something is wrong with the battery, you can change new one easily, not like other tablets with the built-in battery.

Thirdly, two speakers are placed on the back symmetrically. Some people who know well about the tablets made in China may notice that some tablets have one speaker on one side or two speakers together on the top. Even if no pay attention to it, you won't find the difference, i am still impressed by the sweet improvement.

The bad thing is there is no one key for skipping to standby status. I don't know why the manufacturer forgot so important thing, almost all the tablets have this function. Now it is still a demo. The mass production is expected around the end of March. Hope at that time, it will get improved.

9.7 inch Samsung CPU android 2.2 tablet with front-back cameras

ketu — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:20:41 GMT

These days android 2.2 tablets come one after another from the market. This one we called it Apollo Pad at pandawill. It runs based on Samsung S5PV210, 1GHz with IPS display. Its screen size is the same with the ipad but the design is different, no round home key in the center but four touching-like pressed android keys, search, return, menu and home keys instead.

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One of most outstanding feature is it is equipped with front and back cameras, which are 5.0 and 3.0 mega pixel respectively. The one we had is only a demo, without the real cameras yet. So we couldn't tell it is good or not.

The bad part is we cannot get the wifi connected on it. After all, it is a demo. There is still bugs. We only know how fast it runs when playing big 3D games on it or switch between interfaces.

It said this tablet with Samung CPU can upgrade to 2.3 directly, no need to make any changes by engineering software company.**They are out of stock at pandawill. Supplier told us it is possible to arrive from March 15th to the end of March.**We are almost the first one companies in the market to see it.

Any upgrade news, we will post the forum.

Initial Review of Android 2.2 Haipad M7

ketu — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:04:30 GMT

When i saw it for the first time, i took it as another Dropad A8/D10. Both of them look almost the same.

But it work not as well as Dropad A8. This Haipad M7 is based on CPU freescale cortex-a8 1Gz while Dropad A8 is equipped with Samsung S5PV210, 1GHz.
After playing for several hours, there are two obvious shortcomings:
1. Not support flash player 10.1. That means you almost couldn't watch online videos.
2. It crashed down several times during the testing. It seems the operation system runs not very steadily.

Except that, it runs well. You can manage to download some apps from pre-installed applanet market or android market (i am not sure whether it is official.）The reaction speed is fast when you switch between interfaces or look through the web pages. Compared to the Dropad A8, its speaker sound is a little lower. Gmail and Gtalk are pre-installed and you can find them on the desk menu.

In addition, when i tried to connect the wifi for the first time, it failed. Our colleague helped solve the problem. if you come across the same situation, you can have a try. The way is as follows:
1. Find Application Settings option in the Setting
2. Tick the Unknow Sources option.
3. Find Advanced Setting option in the Setting(sometimes there is no this Advanced Setting optional on tablets. it depends.)
4. Tick the Compatibility Mode.
5. Try to connect the wifi again.

You couldn't find it at pandawill now. One reason is for that two obvious shortcomings and the other is according to our previous experience cooperated with Haipad company and some rumor from the market, we couldn't guarantee to get the stable supplies from them. So if you are interested in Haipad product, you'd better buy them from Haipad directly, with better support and better-quality items.

Nanocade kit now on sale in the USA

ketu — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:18:24 GMT

If you asked us to drop $350 for 23 pieces of laser-cut plastic, we'd probably shoo you away, but it's hard to resist the incredible charm of the Nanocade.
The Nanocade is a DIY kit that consists of 29 pieces of acrylic which can be assembled into an arcade game-style computer case. It’s designed to handle a 10 inch display and is the perfect size for anyone looking to disassemble a netbook and rearrange the pieces in a slightly less portable fashion. The upshot is you get a retro look and an old fashioned joystick experience for playing Pac-Man, Galaga, or other classics.

if you want to get your old-school game on with your netbook, all you have to do is load up MAME and track down some classic arcade games. But if you want a slightly more authentic experience, and happen to have some free time and $349, you can convert your netbook or other small computer into a mini-game cabinet that looks like it was designed to hang out in the arcades of your squandered youth.

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Ixonos showcases at MWC off windowed UI for Android

ketu — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:05:54 GMT

When your tablet needs a windowed UI, has it crossed some undrawn, implied boundary that makes it too complex for the kinds of casual tasks you'd want to accomplish on a tablet? Hard to say, but the mobile developers at Ixonos took to MWC last week to showcase a windowed build of Android on top of a tablet developed by Aava -- so at the very least, we know it's possible. The system is built atop Froyo and allows apps to continue running in the background -- they don't suspend, which means you can, say, play a video while you're off composing messages. The company also demonstrated the software on a dual-screen 7-inch tablet, allowing apps to be launched on either screen and transferred between them -- all seemingly without any customizations needed to individual apps, which is going to be key for a system like this to gain any market traction. Follow the break for Ixonos' press release and demo video.

You Can Buy Android Apps even Without Device at Amazon

ketu — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:03:17 GMT

source from engadget.com

No Android device? No problem! Turns out Amazon's upcoming Appstore for Android -- which has been in the works for some time -- will allow you to purchase apps even before you receive the device you intend to install them on, presumably so that you're stocked up and ready to go by the time the phone (or tablet, or whatever miscellaneous gizmo) arrives on your doorstep. As AllThingsD points out, the concept appears to go partway toward mimicking Amazon's Kindle business model, which does a decent job of decoupling content (which is associated with your Amazon account) from the actual hardware you've got it installed on. We still don't know exactly when the Appstore is launching, but considering Amazon's retail chops, these guys might actually stand a chance at cutting into the Android Market's revenue by some noticeable margin.

Motorola Xoom is pre-order $800 at Best Buy

ketu — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:02:14 GMT

Finally Best Buy's fully officially lists for the Motorola Xoom. Buyers can make pre-order one in store, with full availability coming on Thursday, February 24th.
The $800 3G-equipped model is accompanied by a $40 portfolio case, a $50 basic charging dock, a $130 stereo speaker dock, and a $70 Bluetooth keyboard, but there's no sighting of the cheaper WiFi-only Xoom. There was some suspicion that the $600 SKU would launch a little later on and that is indeed what appears to be happening. One final note of caution: even if you're intending to use the Xoom as a pure WiFi-only device, remember that you'll be required to activate data with Verizon for at least a month.

Apple announces new high-speed interconnect

ketu — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:01:08 GMT

Source from engadget.com
There's not a scrap of evidence to back this rumor, but everything seems to line up: CNET reports that Apple will announce "a new high-speed connection technology" soon -- and Intel's Light Peak seems to be a shoo-in for the job. We've long known that Apple's been secretly backing the 10Gbps interconnect, but with a likely MacBook Pro refresh right around the corner and Light Peak allegedly due for a 1H 2011 launch, it seems the time for action could be right around now. It also doesn't hurt that this latest rumor comes from CNET, actually, as we're pretty sure the publication has an inside source. The very same reporter wrote that Light Peak would be downgraded to copper, a full month before Intel would admit anything of the sort.

Nokia baits developers with free Windows Phones

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:29:32 GMT

source from Cnet.com
Microsoft and Nokia may have spent much of Mobile World Congress trying to convince attendees of the merits of their fresh, new partnership, but the harder step will perhaps be urging Nokia's loyal Symbian developers to shift alliances.

There's nothing like free stuff to help change one's mind. To that end, Nokia will be giving away one E7 smartphone and one Nokia-made Windows Phone to each developer in Launchpad, it's program for mobile app developers, according to information procured by SlashGear.

In addition, Nokia will waive its tech support charges for developers for the next three months.

Developer support is one key to make Nokia's Microsoft pairing successful, especially as the two companies are poised to battle Canada's Blackberry maker RIM for market relevance behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms.

On the handset front, Nokia will also feel pressure from Sony Ericsson, as both brands will keep a hungry eye trained on the US smartphone market.

IDAPT i2: Charge up to 4,000 Mobile Devices in One Simple Solution

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:28:23 GMT

Source from engadget.com

IDAPT, a leading mobile technology leader, is excited to announce the availability of the new IDAPT i2+ universal charger. The new charger, announced originally at CES, allows users to charge up to 3 different mobile devices simultaneously while eliminating cord clutter.

The IDAPT i2+ has 2 charging ports and a bonus USB connection to meet all mobile electronic charging needs. The new i2+ also features IDAPT's unique interchangeable tips system, making it compatible with over 4,000 different devices including iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Nintendo PSP, XBOX controllers, GPS systems and Bluetooth products. Additionally, the "quick release" button allows for safe and easy ejection of the interchangeable tips.

The IDAPT i2+ is available now for $39.99 at IDAPTweb.com and soon at PC Richard, Batteries Plus, BiMart, Costco.com, Walmart.com, Crutchfield.com and Frontgate.com with other IDAPT branded products. The packaging includes 6 of the most popular tips – miniUSB, microUSB, iPod/iPhone, Samsung 4, Nokia 2 and Sony Ericcson 2. Additional tips can be purchased at IDAPTweb.com.

Mini iPhone: Will it come or not?

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:26:53 GMT

A smaller and cheaper iPhone model at Apple have put two competing newspapers. The Wall Street Journal says Apple is making a half-sized iPhone, then The New York Times comes in three days later saying the opposite thing. Given both papers are thought to be occasional publishers of ‘official' Apple leaks, is there or is there not a small and cheap iPhone?

INQ Cloud Q busts from cover at MWC 2011

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:25:35 GMT

INQ Cloud Q is really an Android-powered device with some Facebook-oriented widgets and shortcuts that make accessing the social network’s chat, contacts, events, notices, news feeds and more much easier. The phone is powered by a 600MHz Qualcomm chip and INQ is planning to get Android 2.3 on the device further down the road. An interesting feature of this phone will be the use of Spotify in place of the stock Android media player, offering users unlimited music, though it will require a subscription that will likely be bundled as part of the package.

A variant of the phone, dubbed the Cloud Q, will offer a QWERTY keyboard, which should appease the text-hungry users out there. The Cloud Touch will ship to Europe first and will launch in the UK in April, with other countries getting the device later.

Here is the pictures taken from MWC 2011:

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Stylus will comes back on mobile devices in following days?

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:24:07 GMT

Since iPhone, finger touch control seems replace the stylus, which becomes the main input way on cell phones or tablet PCs. However, there are some signs that stylus appears to come back again, from EP121 launched by Wacom digitizer to the HTC Flyer released recently. Both of them are equipped with the stylus. Flyer is far from the only one new tablet with stylus, said by Vice General Manager of N-trig Lenny Engelhardt, the company produced stylus for HTC flyer. In the following days, there will have more tablets or cell phones with stylus offered by N-trig company. Now the question is android OS is based on touch control and what kind of apps people will use the stylus?

Huawei officially announces the IDEOS X3 smartphone

ketu — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:22:52 GMT

The IDEOS X3, lauched by Huwei in at MWC, is an entry level phone, with a 3.2 inch HVGA display, a 3.2 MP camera, running Android 2.3.**It's also touted as the thinnest 3.2 inch device on the market, but no dimensions were given.**Expect the device in the spring of 2011, with an initial launch on Softbank Mobile in Japan.

HTC flyer joins the tablet PCs wars

ketu — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:57:41 GMT

source from Cnet.com

With Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola all entering the tablet space, you had to know HTC would join them sooner or later, so we can't say we were completely surprised when the Taiwanese handset manufacturer unveiled its first tablet today at Mobile World Congress 2011.

Everyone, meet the HTC Flyer. This Android 2.4-based tablet features a 7-inch Super LCD touch screen that's encased in an aluminum unibody design. This is a design that the company has used on a number of its smartphones, including the HTC Legend, and we've always been fond of HTC's craftsmanship, so we expect the same from the Flyer.

In all, the tablet measures 7.68 inches long by 4.92 inches wide by 0.51 inch thick and weighs just under a pound. HTC calls it a tablet that's both compact and powerful, the power coming from a 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor.

The tablet also has 1GB RAM and 32GB ROM, along with a 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, HSPA+ support, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. However, it's not the hardware that makes the HTC Flyer distinctive, rather it's the user experience and services that make this tablet notable.

Like its smartphones, the Flyer will run the company's custom user interface, HTC Sense, but it has been optimized for tablet use and now includes a carousel of widgets, which you can swipe through and see the most important information to you. Obviously, with such functionality, touch interaction will play a big role, but HTC is taking it even further by integrating pen-based use.

The Flyer will feature HTC's Scribe and digital ink technology to give you the experience of using a pen to take notes, draw pictures, and more, right on the tablet. The device will actually come with built-in synchronization to the popular note-taking app Evernote, and also comes with something called Timemark. This lets you record audio during a meeting or event and syncs it up with your written notes. When you're ready to go back and review your notes, you can simply tap on a word and hear the recorded audio. It's very much like the Livescribe Echo pen but for a tablet.

Who wants to use a tablet just for taking notes, though? HTC certainly doesn't and it has loaded up the Flyer with some multimedia goodies. For one, there's the company's new video download service, HTC Watch. With it, you can get HD movies from major studios.

Recently, HTC invested in the cloud-gaming service OnLive and the companies wasted no time in partnership, as you'll be able to access OnLive's library of games and play them right on the tablet or on your TV over a broadband wireless connection.

So now that we've got you all excited about the Flyer, you're probably wondering about release dates and pricing. Unfortunately, the availability date was not released at press time, and you can pretty much bet that it will hit the European and Asian markets first. The HTC Flyer has an estimated retail price of 499 Euros. We'll be meeting with HTC later today, so we'll be sure to ask about U.S. availability and bring you some hands-on photos and video.

rumor: Most of Tablets cannot upgrade from android 2.x to 3.0

ketu — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:05:48 GMT

Google launched the latest Android 3.0 (honeycomb),**which is developed special for the Tablet PC. Android 1.x or 2.x actually are designed for the mobile devices, like smart phones.

Because Android3.0 hardware requirements are high, at least A9 dual cores as chip set, 512MB of RAM, and even rumors that need dual-core processor. So most of the Tablet PCs now cannot upgrade to Android3.0.

The first half of this year, the largest sales still will be based on ARM9, 11-core chip tablet, for example VIA8650, RK2818, TCC8902, these Tablet PCs can only run Android2.X system performance in general, but most applications can be run relatively smooth. The most attractive point is cheap, most of the retail price of less than $150, and even some ex-factory price, only $75.

It is said that, from the ARM9, 11-core transition to the A8 core, it would have to wait until the second half of the year. However, there are several main point in the first half, the low-priced WM8650 Tablet PCs (WM8505 chips will begin to reduce supply in March to June to stop the supply), and the other is based on the A9 core AMLogic chip Tablet PC (FLASH online playback capability is very powerful), and some capacitive screen, high resolution screen, integrated 3G and other products will be introduced, some tablet PCs will be upgraded to Android2.3. We look forward to seeing Android3.0 cloned Tablet PC in the market. Currently based on ARM11 core RK2818 and TCC8902 will continue to pop for some time. In 2011, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Lenovo and other top makers, will launch Android3.0 tablet PC, iPad is no longer a solo act, Tablet PCs war has just begun.

Dreambook W7: King of tablet among Shenzhen tablet market

ketu — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:03:30 GMT

The title was the impression one of our purchasing colleagues to the Dreambook W7 after he played it at the supplier place, whatever the appearance design or the functions, hardware.

Detailed Product Description
Hardware Specification
Processor / Chipset： Freescale i.MX515 Cortex-A8 processor
Memory： DDR2 SRAM 512M Bytes
Display： 7” TFT XGA (1024x600) w / backlight control
Display Control： Multi-touch Touch screen, Virtual keyboard
Storage： NAND Flash memory ( 8G ) ; External SD Slot
Embedded WiFi/BT connectivity： Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n ; BT 2.1+EDR
3G Module WWAN connectivity：PCIe mini module (WCDMA/HSPA,CDMA EVDO, TD-SCDMA)
Audio：Speaker, Microphone 3.5mm (stereo) headset jack , FM transceiver
Camera：2M pixels
Controls：Power On/Off , Home, Volume + -
GPS：GPS/AGPS
Sensors：Ambient Light Sensor, 3 axis Accelerometer, 4 direction
Inputs/Outputs：SD slot (SDIO), USIM card slot , mini USB ( host ) ,HDMI, Camera, earphone, DC jack
Battery：Working time: 6 hours

Multimedia/software specification
Video Codecs : HW Video Codecs, HD720P TV-Out
Graphic : OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenVG 1.1
eReader File Formats : PDF, 3rd party SW, TXT, HTML
Operating System: Android Froyo (Version 2.2)
Flash* * * * : Flash 10.1 (License needed)

Applications
Browser: Android Webkit
E-Mail: Android Email
IM/Socialmedia: Facebook,Twitter, etc.
eReader: Text to speech, Dictionary, Thesaurus
Productivity: Calendar , clock etc
LBS ( navigation): Google Map
Games: 3rd Party
Applications/Content Store: Android Market Place, 3rd party

Mechanism
Dimesion: 195*118*14.5mm

Its first batch of mass production is only 150. Now only 50 was left in the whole market. The second quantity is expected to arrive around March 15th.

HP's 9.7-inch TouchPad: webOS 3.0 tablet with 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon

ketu — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:43:58 GMT

source from engadget.com

There she is, the HP TouchPad. It's the webOS slate we've been yearning for ever since probing (then) Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein on our first-ever Engadget Show, but sadly, it looks as if HP has yanked any and all Palm labeling from the final product. Introduced today in San Francisco as part of a newfangled webOS triumvirate, the TouchPad (previously known by Topaz) is shaped almost exactly like the iPad. It tips the scales at 1.6 pounds and measures 13.7mm thick, which is somewhat of a downer for those already put off by the heft found in Apple's slate. As we'd heard last month, HP's shipping this one with its own Beats audio engine, Touch-to-Share (a feature that lets users easily transfer a website, document, song, text or call from the phone to the tablet -- or vice versa -- simply by tapping the two devices together) and a huge reliance on the cloud. Also of note, Jon just mentioned that this is only the "first in the webOS TouchPad family," hinting that the Opal may be just around the bend.

Other specifications include webOS 3.0, "true multitasking," Touch-to-share, instant-on productivity, a 9.7-inch display (1024 x 768 screen resolution), a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU (!), inbuilt gyroscope, accelerometer, compass and 16GB / 32GB of internal storage space. There's also a front-facing 1.3 megapixel webcam, support for video calling, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, A-GPS (3G model only), "twice the memory of a Pre 2" and a set of stereo speakers. Rubenstein claims that this here tablet is "screaming fast," and the software UI we're seeing looks downright luscious. There's a new paneled email application a Growl-like pop-up notification system, support for Skype calling, compatibility with Amazon's Kindle e-book store, plenty of cal / email integration courtesy of HP Synergy, a slick virtual keyboard, VPN support, wireless printing as well as Google Docs, QuickOffice, Dropbox and Box.net compatibility. One of the killer features that can't be found on a competing tablet right now is this one's ability to talk to the Pre 3 -- so long as there's a Touchstone involved, one can have their Pre 3 and TouchPad communicate, even piping over notifications and texts from the phone onto the slate. It's a brilliant idea, and we're obviously amped to see just how well it's implemented.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo android 2.3 smartphone

ketu — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:18:46 GMT

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo was just made official not too long ago at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and now comes a mountain of photos and a hands-on video courtesy of the folks at Engadget. The Neo sports Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, a 3.7 inch touchscreen enhanced with Mobile Bravia Engine with EXMOR R display technology, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and an 8.1 megapixel camera with a 2 megapixel front facing camera.

The Xperia Neo is expected to launch sometime in March with two versions, a 900/2100 HSPA and 800/1900/2100 HSPA. It will be available in dark blue, and an exclusive red on Vodafone. You can browse the official press release, spec sheet, and photo gallery below.

Apple Plans Small iPhone, Free Backup Service

ketu — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:16:23 GMT

Source from stickerscan.com

Apple is working on a tiny iPhone that would be about half the size of the current model and cost half as much, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new phones will come out this summer, says the report.
A Bloomberg report earlier this week suggested that the new phones may cost as little as $200 without a wireless contract.
The Journal also says that Apple may open up its MobileMe service, which automatically backs up information like contacts, photos, and videos, to a Web service. Currently, MobileMe costs $99 per year, but Apple may be planning to make the service free.
Apple may also add music backup -- similar to the feature offered by Lala, which Apple acquired in December 2009 and shut down a few months later. Google has also been working on an online music "locker," but has run into problems with licensing.
Apple recently opened a massive new data center in North Carolina, and is apparently already planning an expansion. This could help it meet capacity needs as millions of new users take advantage of the service.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Not Samsung Galaxy 2 Released

ketu — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:14:55 GMT

It felt like we were watching videos of neat, cute and quirky ways to use the Samsung Galaxy S2. I kept looking at the time on my phone thinking man if we’re going to get to that tab than they need to hurry. Finally in the last 15 minutes of Samsung’s Unpacked Event Kim Titus said they were having technical difficulties and then all of the sudden it was there. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
The follow up to the 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab is the 10.1″ Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 part of a portfolio of tablets for the Korean giant.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will first release overseas to Vodafone in the spring.**The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will feature Honeycomb over a dual core processor. It features HSPA+ which could mean it may see the likes of AT&T or T-Mobile or perhaps they will do a CDMA version as well and release it across all 4 carriers as they did with the original Gtab.
The other specs include:

Android 3.0 Honeycomb
1ghz Nvida Tegra 2 processor
8mp camera with 2mp on the front as reported here earlier in the day also full 1080p HD recording
10.1″ WXVGA TFT display with 800 x 1200 resolution
HSPA+ at 21mbps
DDR2 Memory
6860 mah battery
Available in 16gb and 32gb models

Belkin came on stage to announce a line of accessories specifically for the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 It looks like a winner and a true competitor to the Motorola Xoom and the iPad. Are you picking one up?

WSJ’s iPad 2 story deflates some “lofty” expectations

ketu — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:14:22 GMT

Yep, it's another iPad 2 rumor story, this time from the Wall Street Journal—except this one seems as focused on lowering expectations for Apple's next-generation tablet as it is on hyping its new and improved features.

The reportedly in-production iPad 2 will indeed add "at least one" camera for video chat, the anonymously sourced Journal story claims—raising the possibility that it won't get a rear-facing camera for recording HD video, like on such Android-powered competitors as the Dell Streak 7, the Motorola Xoom, and the LG G-Slate.

The new iPad will also be "thinner and lighter," but the display may "disappoint customers" hoping for a "significant improvement" in resolution, the Journal reports.

While the current iPad's display resolution of 1024 by 768 is nothing to sneeze at, earlier rumors had it that the new iPad might get an ultra-dense, double-resolution screen, similar to the "retina" display on the iPhone 4.

And while the iPad 2 will be available through both AT&T and Verizon, it won't be offered by Sprint or T-Mobile—and don't count on 4G data support either, the Journal adds.

On the other hand, the LG G-Slate will work on T-Mobile's 4G HSPA+ network, with later versions of the Motorola Xoom slated to support 4G LTE data on Verizon. (Initial Xoom tablets will also get 4G access via an update, Motorola promises.)

The Journal story also notes a few other rumored (and oft-repeated) details about the iPad 2, including word that it'll boast more memory for better overall performance and improved multitasking, plus a souped-up graphics processor for games and video.

So, what gives? GigaOm has an interesting perspective, noting that the Journal piece "feels like an intentional leak" on Apple's part, intended not only to "bolster interest" in the next-generation iPad but also to deflate "some of the loftier expectations floating around," such as word that the iPad 2 might arrive with an eye-popping, 2,048-by-1,536 pixel display.

Word had already been circulating that a "retina" display for the next iPad might not materialize, although there's still plenty of chatter that the iPad 2 will boast a pair of cameras—one in front, another in back—and perhaps a longed-for SD memory card slot. (The Journal didn't address the SD slot rumors, by the way.)

Apple, of course, has yet to officially announce the iPad 2, but the general consensus is that an unveiling could be just weeks away—perhaps by the end of this month, although some observers believe we'll have to wait until March.

OK, but when will the new iPad actually go on sale? Given the Journal's claim that the new iPad is already in production, a "March or April release is most likely," GigaOm predicts.

That would put the new iPad on the market about a year after the original, and smack-dab in the middle of a host of tablet competitors, including the latest, Honeycomb-powered Android tablets, the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook, and HP's just-announced TouchPad webOS tablet.

Analysts seem to believe that Apple will be able to fend off the coming tablet horde, with Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley telling the Associated Press that Apple stands to sell a whopping 34 million iPads this year, well up from the 14.8 million iPads sold in 2010. The proof will be in the pudding, of course.

What do you make of the latest iPad 2 rumors—excited? Disappointed? Plan on snagging the new iPad the day it comes out, or will you go the Android way—or the BlackBerry or WebOS way, for that matter?

Facebook Phone not launched by facebook

ketu — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:57:44 GMT

source from mashable.com

Facebook may not be launching a branded phone of its own, but INQ has built a phone that is all about Facebook.

INQ has unveiled the INQ Cloud Touch, an Android smartphone deeply integrated with the world’s largest social network. Thanks to the help of some Facebook engineers, this phone has countless custom Android apps, widgets and quick jump links that dive into every aspect of Facebook. It’s not a Facebook-branded phone though, so don’t expect Zuckerberg to be touting it as the iPhone killer in a press conference anytime soon.

Last Friday, INQ CEO Frank Meehan stopped by Mashable‘s office to give us a private demo of the INQ Cloud Touch. The first important thing to note about the phone is that it runs on Android 2.2, so it runs apps, connects to your Google accounts, and does everything else an Android phone is supposed to do.

Facebook has been built as a layer on top of the phone, though. The home screen has been customized with a Facebook Widget that delivers the News Feed. Not only will users see their friends’ status updates when the first unlock their phones, but the phone will also bring up multimedia content like YouTube videos and photos automatically.

The second core part of the INQ Cloud Touch is its bottom scrollbar, which links directly to the Android Facebook App’s many features. Photos, Chat, Contacts, Messages and more are easily accessible on the device.

The device itself isn’t all that powerful, though. It sports Qualcomm 7227 chipset that clocks in at 600MHz, a far cry from the 1GHz Snapdragon devices on the market today. It includes only 4 MB of memory, which is expandable. It does have a decent 5MP camera and a 1300mAh battery, which should suffice for most casual users. It has a 3.5-inch HGVA touch screen and has the Android Home, Menu and Back buttons — the search button has been removed because, as Meehan told me during our demo, “How often do you really use it?”

INQ will be launching the device in Q2 2011 and will be available at The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy. The company is still negotiating with carriers over a U.S. release. The company will follow up the INQ Cloud Touch with the launch of a second phone, the 2.6-inch iNQ Cloud Q, in Q3 2011.

Verizon iPhone May Suffer Same 'Death Grip' Antenna Problem

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:03:57 GMT

source from stickerscan.com
That metal band that surrounds the iPhone 4 isn't just for looks—it actually doubles as the phone's antenna. And as you may recall, the AT&T version of the iPhone 4 that came out in June suffered from signal degradation when held in a certain way.

The "death grip" as it came to be known, ultimately led Apple to offer iPhone 4 owners free protective bumpers in order to eliminate the reception issues that occurred when a user's skin came in contact with certain points of the metal band.

When held in landscape mode, iLounge was also able to produce similar signal degradation to the phone's Wi-Fi chip by using the newly-coined "death hug" though, again, you'll notice that the guy in the video had to wrap his hands around the phone pretty deliberately.

Both problems can be alleviated by using a protective bumper. Though signal degradation issues appear to exist on the Verizon iPhone, too, it almost seems like it's not as much of a design flaw as it is a "if you wrap your hands around an antenna, the signal will drop" issue. The signal degradation on the AT&T version happened without as aggressive a grip in some instances.

It's not likely that many owners will notice the same types of problems unless they hold the phone like it's a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter day, in other words. Still good to know, though, if you experience signal problems yourself.

Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Embraces Windows Phone 7

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:57:33 GMT

source from http://mashable.com
A couple of days ago, an unusually honest internal memo from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop revealed that the company is at a crossroads, and that a new smartphone strategy is necessary.

Today, Nokia and Microsoft have officially entered a strategic alliance that makes Windows Phone 7 Nokia’s primary smartphone platform, but also extends into many other Microsoft services such as Bing, Xbox Live and Office.

Furthermore, the two companies will combine many complementary services; for example, Nokia’s application and content store will be integrated into Microsoft Marketplace, while Nokia Maps will be – as Nokia’s press release puts it – at the heart of Bing and AdCenter.

Angry Birds Hats

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:51:40 GMT

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Put on one of these snazzy Angry Birds Hats and protect your head from the Winter cold and pooping angry birds. You’ve heard of Angry Birds, right?

LiveView™ phone remote: Take control of your phone without ever taking it out

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:33:27 GMT

A tiny sub-display, for remotely-controlling your Android smartphone and sneaking glances at incoming messages when you probably should be paying attention in class, in meetings or in the midst of romantic dinners: what’s not to like about Sony Ericsson’s LiveView? The compact OLED display promises to pick out the most important updates from your smartphone and push them out to your wrist or wherever you have the LiveView clipped.

Hardware
Measuring in at 35 x 35 x 11 mm, the plastic-bodied LiveView is a lightweight if somewhat thick black square, fronted by a 1.3-inch 128 x 128 color OLED display. On the back there’s a metal clip, sturdy enough to keep the LiveView fixed snugly to your lapel or the shoulder-strap of your bag; Sony Ericsson also supply a nylon wrist-strap and a plastic frame assembly to turn the LiveView into a chunky watch. Hardware controls are limited to a power button with integrated multicolor LED on the top left corner and a second button on the top right; on the bottom edge there’s a microUSB port for charging, covered with a somewhat fiddly rubber flap.

Unfortunately there’s no touchscreen – likely to keep the price down – and instead the bezel around the display hides four touch-sensitive directional controls, with the right physical button acting as select. It’s not as intuitive as, say, sweeping the display on the iPod nano. As well as flashing its notification light, the LiveView also has a vibration motor inside for discrete updates of new messages, calendar appointments and the like. It’s not the most powerful we’ve seen, but it’ll get your attention, particularly if you have the display clipped to your wrist.

Software
Sony Ericsson get points for not making the LiveView an accessory solely for their own range of XPERIA smartphones, and more again for opening up the SDK for third-party developers. Instead, it’ll work with most Android smartphones running OS 2.0 or above, and the LiveView application – which runs in the background on your phone – is freely available in the Android Market.

It’s not quite as straightforward as installing the app and going from there, though; there’s actually a second app, Sony Ericsson LiveWare, which the company tells you to install first and then which guides you through the LiveView installation. It’s not entirely clear from the description of either app as to the differences, which could well lead to confusion, especially as – when we tried running both or just the LiveView app on different devices – we couldn’t see any particular difference in operation.

You also can read the review from engadget.com

smart android app: turn your phone face-down, it will turn all the sound off

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:19:39 GMT

Android only: Most people like to mute their phones when they are buried in work, sleeping, or driving my car, but turning on the phone and fiddling with the sound isn’t ideal. RD Mute is such a smart app that it will mute your phone whenever you turn it upside down.

The basic functionality of the app is pretty self-explanatory: whenever you turn your phone face-down, it will turn all the sound completely off. That way you can just flip your phone over and get back to whatever you were doing. This is something that we’ve covered doing before with Tasker, but it’s nice to have it in such a simple app with no setup (and it’s free, for those of you that don’t want to pay the $5 for Tasker).

RD Mute also has a car mode, which (while seemingly unrelated, but still awesome) mutes your phone while you’re driving, so you don’t get distracted. You can pick at what speed your phone mutes itself, and even send an automatic text message to your friends so when they call you, they’ll know you’re driving and that you’ll get back to them soon. You can even have it only send the automatic text message to specific contacts if you prefer. Honestly, I’d love to see this feature apply to the regular “face down mute” feature of the phone, too—so I could automatically text my friends to let them know I’m working, asleep, or otherwise unavailable and that I’ll get back to them soon (sadly, it only activates this feature if your phone’s moving at 31 miles per hour or more).

RD Mute is a free download for Android devices.

Twitter Icon Pillow

ketu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:32:50 GMT

This twitter icon pillow was made by Etsy seller Craftsquatch.
The Twitter Icon Pillow measures 12″ by 12″ square, it is bound to look great in your apartment.
The Twitter Icon Pillow is available for $17.99, form Craftsquatch, make sure you check out some of the other designs, like the Reddit, FriendFeed, Facebook and MySpace Icon pillows.

Alphyn Industry jackets play iPad close to the chest

ketu — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:04:20 GMT

source from engadget.com

When startup Alphyn Industries speaks of jacketing an Apple iPad, the company means it in a literal sense -- this PADX-1 Ledge is a form-fitting polyester and silicone pullover with a zippered shelf to both protect your slate and offer easy access. Twin straps hold up the slate in a work-friendly position, connected to load-bearing straps built into the jacket that fully distribute the weight -- a technique founder Ben Raviv learned as a ballistics specialist for defense equipment provider HighCom Security. At $285, it's certainly an investment, but we found the garb both comfortable and quite warm when we donned it today at Macworld 2011, and though the close proximity of the screen to our chest didn't make for easy typing, it's more useful than other products we could name.

Alphyn's also got a second $285 jacket, the SOMA-1, which also quite literally sticks an iPhone or iPod touch up your sleeve. We weren't able to wear this one, but we admired the design, with a zippered channel that runs all the way up one arm to connect and store earbuds and a thick transparent film for wrist-mounted use. You'll find the PADX-1 available right now, and the SOMA-1 up for pre-order at Alphyn's website. PR after the break.

Review of iPhone 4 style Dropad D9 with capacity screen

ketu — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:24:09 GMT

Recently a company in Shenzhen of China called saayi launched a tablet Dropad D9. Its appearance design isn't like iPad like most of other tablets from China. It looks more like a bigger iPhone 4, the black shell and the sliver edge. Compared to the real iPhone 4, it obviously has more slots/sockets on the side.

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This Dropad D9 is based on CPU Telechips TCC8900, 720MHz with android 2.1 OS. The other features include android market, G-sensor, capacity screen, 0.3 mega cerama in front, 1080p HD videos. After about 3 hour testing, the initial impression about it is as follows:

Pros:
We tested many tablets. Lots of them have a common problem that the speaker sound is weak. If members want to listen to music or watch videos on them under a little noise condition, they have to put on earphones. But this tablet's speaker performs very well. The only concern is when you play music or videos, the loud sound may bother people around you.

I noticed that some members gave comments to the cameras on some tablets with the word SUCKS. Most of time, that's the true. I took several pictures with its camera. They are ok, compared to that kind of suck cameras.

It is the second 7 inch android tablet with capacity screen at pandawill. BTW, the first one is Wopad. When you view pictures or web pages, you can enjoy its real multi-touch feature.

I managed to download four apps from android market. It is done very quickly.

Cons:
The battery is consuming a little fast. When i got it, the battery is about a half left, after about 3 hour testing, it remained a little.

When i was playing the game angry bird on it,**the game displayed not completely, but that didn't affect playing games smoothly.

Luxury Gresso iPad Case

ketu — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:37:05 GMT

It is not very often that we hear of iPad accessories, particularly iPad Cases, wearing the imperial crown of luxury. Most of them, as we’ve witnessed, are designed for the mere purpose of protecting your iPad.

Of course, they are stylishly designed, some of them even blessed with rugged construction, but none of them is as elegant and classy as the recently announced Gresso iPad Case. Gresso’s Luxury case for iPad speaks volumes about rare wood lavishness that reflects from its mere appearance.

The Gresso iPad Luxury case is a unique blend of wood-crafted finesse with 18K gold plated accents. It is made out of a rare wood extracted from 200-year old African trees. Yes, precisely the one that graced the million-dollar Luxor Las Vegas phone.

It dresses up your iPad in elegance without hindering access to all its communication ports and buttons. Perhaps, it’sthe perfect iPad accessory you’d want to flaunt as you sneak it out for some fun in ball room gatherings or your princely work place.

Nokia’s MeeGo based Tablet leaks

ketu — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:28:22 GMT

source from newsden.net

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What we have here is supposedly the prototype of Nokia Tablet running on MeeGo operating system that has leaked over the internet today. The photos of Nokia Tablet were first discovered at mobile-review forum but unfortunately no one exactly knows about its specifications. Some reports over the web are suggesting that it could be a development device for the Intel and Nokia joint platform whereas other reports suggest that it could be an authentic slate, however there is no clear report over it yet. As we already know Nokia was previously working on big-screen tablet called the Z500, but according to rumors Nokia canceled this project due to its pricing issues from the carrier, so now it is unclear that whether this is the same device or something new?

Moreover if this device is for real and will be available for general users than it is for sure that it will feature Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and possibly some sort of 3G/UMTS and why is that? Because if you look closely at the top left side of the photo above you will see the Airplane mode is active, which means that wireless options of the device are switched off. Anyhow this is just a leak but a strong one, so stay tuned and we’ll let you know if we hear anything over it.

Sony takes on iTunes as digital music growth founders

ketu — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:20:13 GMT

source from smh.com.au

Sony and the world's major record labels are launching a music streaming service in Australia that will challenge Apple's iTunes - but it may be too late to save the industry's shrinking revenues.
The news comes as new figures released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed global digital music sales had risen by just 6 per cent last year - half the rate of the previous year - while the overall music market had shrunk 8 or 9 per cent.

Sony's service, called Qriocity, was launched recently in several European countries and is available on Sony's PlayStation 3 games console, Blu-ray disc players, Bravia televisions, PCs and some smartphones.
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Pricing details for Australia have yet to be announced but in Europe users can stream an unlimited number of songs, from various devices, for €10 ($13.70) a month.

Apple creates App Store Twitter account

ketu — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:52:45 GMT

Though the App Store has several methods for keeping track of the newest and most noteworthy Apps, Apple has decided that a dedicated Twitter account would further promote some of its favorite applications for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

The @AppStore account has just been verified by Twitter as officially as the first post, "Welcome to App Store on Twitter! Follow us to discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with friends. #appstore" was retweeted by the verified @iTunesTV account (and several other accounts).

The second tweet from @AppStore promotes the Nike Training Club App, "Motivation. Full-body workouts. On-demand instruction. It's all available on Nike Training Club. http://tw.appstore.com/4zo #appstore".

Apple asks users to "follow us for official App Store tweets including our featured apps, exclusive offers, and more." No exclusive offers have been posted, though following certainly can't hurt.

14-Year-Old's 'Bubble Ball' App Knocks 'Angry Birds' Out Of Top Spot

ketu — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:03:32 GMT

Source from huffingtonpost.com

Bubble Ball, a physics puzzle game, knocked the smash hit game Angry Birds out of its top spot on the Apple App Store's list of most popular free apps.

While Angry Birds was created by a 17-person company based in Finland, Bubble Ball is the work of 14-year-old Robert Nay, an eighth grader living in Spanish Fork, Utah, who taught himself how to program and created his first website while in third grade.

His company, Nay Games, launched an iOS version of the app on December 29 and its popularity in the App Store quickly skyrocketed. As ABC News reports, "during the past two weeks, his free game 'Bubble Ball' has been downloaded more than 2 million times."

All Things Digital explains how Nay learned the skills needed to create the app:

Some months back, a friend suggested that if Nay liked his iPod touch so much, perhaps he should try his hand at programming for it. At first he tried the standard Objective-C programming tools, but found the learning curve a little steep. He tried another tool called GameSalad, but didn't like the results. In the end, he settled on the Corona tools from Ansca Mobile. Corona was easy to use, he said, and also let him write once and publish for both Apple and Android devices. [...]

Robert's mom, Kari Nay, drew some of the levels of the game, though Robert did all the coding. Kari Nay also handles the business tasks, such as submitting the apps to the App Store and Android marketplaces.

See Good Morning America's story on Nay and a preview for Bubble Ball below. An Android version of the app is also available.

Comparison Chart: Motorola XOOM vs. iPad

ketu — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:26:25 GMT

source from droid-life.com

The price of the Motorola XOOM has been quite the topic of discussion over the last couple of days so we thought we’d drop some additional information into the conversation.**Here is a comparison chart of the XOOM ($699) to the 32GB 3G iPad ($729).**Yes, we actually compared it to the version of the iPad that matches up closest rather than to the $499 Wi-Fi-only model that so many keep referring to.**This battle isn’t even close.**Chart after the break.

Galaxy S 4G Coming to T-Mobile offically

ketu — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:09:30 GMT

source from amazingadgets.com

At a press event on Thursday, T-Mobile officially announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, an Android 2.2 (Froyo) smartphone. According to T-Mobile, the Galaxy S 4G will be “the fastest smartphone running on America’s largest 4G network,” delivering peak download speeds of up to 21 Mbps.

“With Galaxy S 4G, T-Mobile will deliver its fastest smartphone yet on America’s largest 4G network, providing rich entertainment virtually whenever and wherever consumers want,” said Cole Brodman, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “And with 4G data plans from $10 per month, we’re making blazing-fast 4G speeds and super smartphone experiences easily accessible to the millions who crave them.”

The Galaxy S 4G will feature Samsung’s Super AMOLED touch screen display, but that’s all we know about the device…a photo of the phone isn’t even available (the Samsung Vibrant, the first Galaxy S smartphone is pictured above). No word on pricing or when the device will be in stores was mentioned either. The press release simply states “More information on the Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile will be available in the coming weeks.” I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Concept Cell Phone: Enhanced Operation by One Hand

ketu — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:53:52 GMT

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No glasses-free 3D display for LG G-Slate

ketu — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:43:54 GMT

source from www.phonearena.com

Some rumor on the internet that the LG G-Slate would offer an 8.9 inch display that would feature glasses-free 3D. Today, sources over at Android and Me are confirming that the tablet will not offer a glasses-free experience, but will have 3D content that will require the use of special glasses. An accessories list discovered for the G-Slate showed that owners of the tablet will be able to buy 3D glasses that will work on the device. As far as the rear camera is concerned, the LG G-Slate will indeed take 3D pictures.

Yes, the Korean based firm did have a 4.3 inch**glasses-free 3D screen on display at CES, but that is far from the 8.9 inches on the tablet. It might be too much to be asking for a glasses-free 3D for a screen that size at this time in the technology's development. We should know a lot more soon with the tablet expected to make an appearance at next month's MWC in Barcelona.

Google Could Quash Amazon's Android App Store Plans

ketu — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:13:02 GMT

sourch from http://news.yahoo.com
Amazon.com had originally made its Android 101 website available to the public in October, featuring just about anything anyone wanted or needed to know about Google's popular Android operating system and the devices using it. It was also announced that Amazon's Android 101 would eventually feature Android Apps in a third-party app market.

However, in a strange and somewhat strange development, Amazon.com's plans to that third-party app store could already be quashed, according to Gigacom. Why? Because Google immediately removed the Kongregate Arcade app the day it was released for "illicitly installing applications," according to a Kongregate announcement. What is Kongregate and what does it have to do with Amazon.com's Android 101 app store?

What is Kongregate Arcade?

Kongregate Arcade was (is) an application offering 300 plus games to which users could synchronize with their Kongregate web accounts. Essentially, the Kongregate Arcade app is a simple flash enabled browser that navigates directly to the Kongregate website, allowing users to download and install games for use online or install flash files for use offline.

So what is the problem? The Google Android Market has a Developer Distribution Agreement, which includes a non-compete clause. The clause states that developers cannot develop, share, or sell any Android application or, "Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market. " Essentially, because the Kongregate Arcade made games available to Android users outside the Android market, it pulled the browser.

The Amazon Android 101 Connection

Anyone who purchases an Android app from Amazon.com online needs to install the Amazon app to his or her smartphones. Only then will users be able to install the applications purchased from Amazon. However, because of the same non-compete agreement, Amazon's app would also be in violation. Users will also be able to purchase Android apps from the Amazon.com application already available in the app store-an even stricter violation of the non-compete clause.

Other "App Stores" Allowed

Although it is understandable that Google does not want other app stores competing with Android's store, it is interesting to note that other apps stores are available on the market as well. For instance, the Verizon V-Cast app store is allowed and offers hundreds of apps to users. Technically, because this app store sells Android apps, it is also in violation of the same non-compete agreement as Kongregate and Amazon.

The real question here is why would Google allow Verizon to offer an app store that obviously competes with Android, and then pull Kongregate? It is simple, really, because these apps are hardcoded into the operating system and come pre-installed by the handset makers. The V-cast app store is also only available to Verizon users, not to the public as Kongregate is, so it is less of a threat to Google. It is possible that Amazon could in fact strike a deal to have its Android market pre-installed on devices as well. The company is already in talks to have this happen and appears to be the only way that Google allows any company to compete with the Android Market.

Nintendo: 3D Games May Damage Kids' Eyes

ketu — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:11:38 GMT

As gamers eagerly await the release of the Nintendo 3DS, a portable console featuring glasses-free 3D technology, the company has issued a warning to consumers. Nintendo stated that viewing images in 3D may cause damage to the eyes, especially in children younger than six years old.

The disclaimer was posted to Nintendo's Japanese website along with guidelines for proper use of the 3DS device, Fox News reports.

According to a translation of the warning (via Google Translate), Nintendo says that young children's eyes are not fully developed and that prolonged exposure to 3D images could interfere with proper growth in a ways that might not affect an adult's eyes.

Engadget has details: "Nintendo [...] says that children under six shouldn't use the 3D mode at all, since their eyes are still developing, and that parents can use controls built into the 3DS to lock it into 2D mode for children."

Nintendo's warning also informed adult gamers on proper 3D gameplay. "[P]layers are advised that 3D gameplay causes eye fatigue more quickly than 2D gaming and are told to take a break after 30 minutes of play -- and you should quit immediately if you get ill," writesEngadget.

The Escapist is now reporting that young children will be barred from using the 3DS console at the upcoming Nintendo World event, which will showcase the device.

Ophthalmologist Michael Ehrenhaus told Fox News that children as old as eight years old may be at risk of developmental damage, but he also said that Nintendo's warning may be a bit extreme. "I don't foresee it as a major issue," Ehrenhaus conceded. "[Nintendo are] just being overly concerned."

Playboy to bare all on iPad

ketu — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:08:41 GMT

source from www.torontosun.com

The bunnies are hopping to iPad.

Hugh Hefner took to Twitter to reveal a new bare-all Playboy magazine app is on the way.

"Playboy on iPad will be uncensored, Hugh," the nude mag founder tweeted Tuesday.

Answering fans' questions, the 84-year-old said the iPad version will include every issue of the magazine from first to latest.

Last August, Hefner said the app would be "available on iPad without the Playmates. Steve jobs has a thing about nudity."

But it appears Playboy officials have bypassed Apple's no-nudity rule by offering the uncensored app as a web-based subscription, not in the App Store.

The service, to be launched in March, will "utilize iPad functions," a Playboy spokeswoman said.

Another no-nudity version is in the works for the App Store, she added.

Cool Cases for iPhone 4

ketu — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:29:45 GMT

There are so rich cases for iPhone4 in the market. We picked up several ones with cool design.

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Facebook Launches New Mobile App for Feature Phones

ketu — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:45:36 GMT

Facebook has rolled out a new application targeting lower-spec feature phones. The app was developed in conjunction with the Israeli-based Snaptu.

The Facebook for Feature Phones app works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and other manufacturers, Facebook’s announcement says. While smartphones have captured the attention of the media, four feature phones are sold globally for every one smartphone.

Mobile phones have proved to be a huge boon for Facebook—the Facebook app on iPhone is reported to be the phone’s most popular app, but support for feature phones has mainly relied on stripped down mobile sitse offering limited services.

According to a spokesman for Snaptu speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Europe, the Facebook App is a specially developed version of the existing Snaptu platform. The two companies had worked together for “months, not years” to build the application. Sanptu’s software currently runs on 27 million mobile phones globally and provides a smartphone-like experience.

“Snaptu runs on any phone,” he said. “Its very hard to provide that kind of experience on a feature phone. It has to be very light, both in the size of the app and in the data. It is not just a question of hiring a couple of Java programmers and pulling something together.” It was this experience, he said, that attracted Facebook to them.

Snaptu is a V.C.-backed start-up founded in 2007 with offices in Tel Aviv, London, Silicon Valley and Melbourne.

Facebook has partnered with 14 mobile carriers worldwide to offer free data access to the application for 90 days. European operators include Life (Ukraine), Play (Poland) and Vodafone (Romania). Providing a Facebook app is likely to be a major draw for these companies and differentiate them from their competitors.

From the screenshot shown on Facebook’s announcement, it appears that the app includes a home screen much like the smartphone apps. “The app provides a better Facebook experience for our most popular features, including an easier-to-navigate home screen, contact synchronization, and fast scrolling of photos and friend updates,” the announcement said.

Camera in disguise of cute drink box

ketu — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:25:12 GMT

When you saw it for the first time, you may cheated by its appearance design and take it as a common paper drink box. Acutally, it isn't. It is a cemera.
The designer may want the users to have more fun when take photos.

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White iPhone 4 Appears in Best Buy Inventory System

ketu — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:54:05 GMT

source from macrumors.com.

We've received information today from a source sharing the above screenshot claimed to be from a Best Buy inventory database showing both 16 GB and 32 GB white iPhone 4 models listed with expected in-stock dates of February 27th. The SKU and model numbers associated with the entries are identical to those previously used by Best Buy when it was taking pre-orders for the white iPhone 4 prior to last summer's launch, pre-orders that were canceled when Apple delayed availability of the white versions.

The discovery comes as Engadget notes that the white iPhone 4 has similarly showed up in the inventory system of Vodafone Germany. That report's source also indicated that a launch is expected "soon".

It is unknown whether these outlets have actual information on an upcoming release of the white iPhone 4 models or if they are simply preparing their internal systems in anticipation of Apple's most recent claims of a "spring" release for the long-delayed white versions. February 27th is a Sunday, which would be an odd choice for an Apple product release, as the company typically targets its launches of highly-anticipated products for Thursdays or Fridays in order to generate high-volume sales over the launch weekends.

The potential impact of a white iPhone 4 has likely lessened as the months have gone by, with customers who had been interested in the white version in many cases having moved on to second-choice handsets and consumers already looking forward to the expected release of a fifth-generation iPhone in the middle of the year. Rumors surfacing just after Apple's October announcement of the latest delay in availability had even suggested that the company has no intention of releasing the white iPhone 4 and will simply announce another delay sometime early this year that will lead into the release of the fifth-generation devices.

Smart Bubbles

ketu — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:57:43 GMT

These cute bubbles is made by soft and smooth silicon rubber. The kind of special material can absorb on the surface of cell phones, computers etc. So it can be used as a cell phone holder, a notebook cooling base or a comfortable mouse mat. More magic, it will turn to a small bowl after turn it over.

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Leaving the loving hearts on the way with Bicycle

ketu — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:54:11 GMT

The valentine's day is approaching one month later. This special-designed bicycle may be a good gift for your lover.
Designer Hamed Kohan designs the tyre patterns into the shapes of heart. When the bicycle runs through puddles of water and goes back onto the road, a string of heart-shaped trace.

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Cute Mini Speaker/Radio in shape of Acorn

ketu — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:49:48 GMT

Did you remember abre-toothed squirrel (known as Scrat) who are trying to find a location to store his prized acorn? It paid almost all the dedication to keep it but now you can own it easily.

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This mini wooden acorn speaker/radio is made from Korean company Motz. It is with the built-in lithium polymer battery. It can last 3 to 8 hrs.

It cannot only connect to a computer or a MP3 or a cell phone etc, it also can be used as a radio independently.

eken will launch android 2.2 tablet as well?

ketu — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:44:09 GMT

We got the news that eken will lauch android 2.2 tablet. Today we took one prototype from the market. Its CPU was claimed VIA VM8650 800MHz, but the software test result is around 350MHz and it can overclock to 800MHz. It heard that Eken planed to make it to be the upgrade one for eken m008 with android 1.6 now.

Its display is 9.7 inch and looks very slim. Just like other eken other tablets, it is very light, comfortable to hold or carry around. The UI design and the fonts looks nice as well.

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Even if it is with android 2.2, but we failed to install adobe flash player 10.1 on it. That means you couldn't watch online videos at all on it. You have to press harder on the touch screen to get it responded, compared to other tablets. When look through web pages or pictures, it gets a liitle slowly and you can feel the obvius lag. Playing games is terrible. Angery Bird cannot be played.

Eken company is still making improvements now. Hope when it is put into the mass production, it will get better. Price will be the most attractive for people to buy it.

Haipad M7 Android 2.2 - Come at the Begining of Chinese Lunar New Year

ketu — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:28:11 GMT

According to the news from Haipad company, there would be Haipad M7 tablet with Android 2.2 next year(lunar)!

This is the description offered by Gpad company, but we havent tested it yet:

Main IC : samsung A8 PV210 1Ghz
Memory DDR : 512M
Flash: 2GB-32GB
Storage Extend 2GB-32GB SD/TF Support
WiFi highperformance* *802.11b/g
3G* module supports USB external
CAMERA : 0.3 million pixels
G-SENSOR Internal G- Sensor
OS Google Android 2.2, Support 3D by internal hardware
Screen : 7"800X480 resolution , Capacitive touching panel multi-point
Language: ChineseSimple,ChineseTradition,English,French,Germ an,Italian,Japanese,Korean ,Polish ,Russian ,Spanish
Browser Opera,UCWeb,SkyFire,Dolphin
online entertainment : Support Online video,online Tv,online Movie,Online Music,Online Radio.
Office software WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, PDF, TXT,
Games 3D Game can be supported by internal**3d accelerate of hardware
Extend There are more than 20 thousands kind of free software in goole market
Formats support Support MP3,WMA,MP2,OGG,AAC,M4A,MA4,FLAC,APE,3GP,WAV formats audio playing and support songs list
S/N above 90dB
Recording Support MP3,WMA formats recording
other LRC,ID3 Tag searching, searching by folders, Album,self-definition audio effect
Audio chip Super Cirrus audio coding chip

Gpad company also made a video for M7: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM1ODM1NTEy.html