SwiftKey in a massive change has made their Pro version keyboard 100% free. They have adopted the freemium model which adds a theme store to the mix where premium themes as well as free themes are available. (more…)
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NFC Competitor HotKnot & Amoi Big V A918T
Amoi has been an interesting company to watch. They normally make a solid mobile, but haven’t caught on quite like Doogee, Jiayu, THL, Zopp and iNew have. They’ve also been relatively quite recently with not much released over the last several months. (more…)
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MT6592 MT6582 Confirmed Compatible With MTK 4G Radio By TCL Expo
In April, TCL released quite a few LTE 4G phones – S838M, S830U, J730U and J938M to name a few. 4G already approved and licensed in China, TCL could wait no longer and used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 in all of them. (more…)
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MT6591 iNew V8 Review Specifications
iNew mostly came to fame with the release of the sleek iNew V3. As great and original looking as the iNew V3 was, it was significantly crippled by a charging system that only charged the battery to 88%, leaving an already smallish battery even further weakened. (more…)
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Inside Analysts Report Meizu MX4 To Come With MTK6595
Though we recently reported it is unlikely Meizu will use MT6595 in their upcoming Meizu MX4, some China analysts are predicting otherwise. (more…)
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LinkIt and Aster from MediaTek
Along with the MT7681 and MT7688 SoC for wearable and home devices, MediaTek will also be releasing “Aster” SoC and “LinkIt” development platform. LinkIt development platform will be mainly geared towards working with Aster.LinkIt is especially designed to develop for wearable networking equipment operating systems and supporting touch GUI infrastructures. LinkIt platform will support development for Android and iOS devices.
From J.C. Hsu, General Manager of New Business Development at MediaTek:
“MediaTek is now in a unique position to assume leadership by accelerating development for wearables and IoT, thanks to our LinkIt platform,”
From MediaTek:
“The launch of LinkIt is a part of MediaTek’s wider initiative for the developer community called MediaTek Labs™ which will officially launch later this year. MediaTek Labs will stimulate and support the creation of wearable devices and IoT applications based on the LinkIt platform.”
According to MediaTek, the key features of MediaTek Aster and LinkIt:
- MediaTek Aster, the smallest SoC in a package size of 5.4×6.2mm specifically designed for wearable devices.
- LinkIt integrates the MediaTek’s Aster SoC and is a developer platform supported by reference designs that enable creation of various form factors, functionalities, and internet connected services.
- Synergies between microprocessor unit and communication modules, facilitating development and saving time in new device creation.
- Modularity in software architecture provides developers with high degree of flexibility.
- Supports over-the-air (OTA) updates for apps, algorithms and drivers which enable “push and install” software stack (named MediaTek Capsule) from phones or computers to devices built with MediaTek Aster.
- Plug-in software development kit (SDK) for Arduino and VisualStudio. Support for Eclipse is planned for Q4 this year.
- Hardware Development Kit (HDK) based on LinkIt board by third party.
The purpose of LinkIt is to provide a turnkey reference software development kit (SDK) for developers to help bring products to market as quickly as possible.
Aster SoC aka MT2502, comes in at a tiny 5.4*6.2mm, but is a full on SoC with CPU and RAM, and configurable by manufacturers to include Bluetooth, 2G and GPS modules.
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MediaTek To Release SoC for Wearable and Home Devices – Review MT7688 MT7681
People love making things as simple and easy as possible and I can see a big market for smart home devices being operated via your smartphone. (more…)
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Solar Roadways
The massive potential of solar roadways is clear. There is virtually limitless surface area that could be converted into power. But what about some of the other uses of these interlocking solar panels? (more…)
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THL 5000 Review – MT6592 5000mA Battery Phone
THL, one of the mature players in the China phone game has really stepped up to the plate with some great phones recently. (more…) -
Tegra K1 Review CPU/GPU/SoC – MTK Time To Step Up The Game
Competition is getting very stiff. There was a time when the only mobile SoC outside Apple Land that could be considered quite decent was created by Qualcomm. (more…)
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Meizu MX4 Preview & Rumors
The successor to the very popular Meizu MX3 — Meizu MX4, is scheduled to be released some time in August. (more…) -
MT6595 MTK6595 Review Specifications – MHL, USB 3.0, eMMC 5.0
The rumors have been flying the last couple months and as we come closer to the MT6595 release, the rumors are turning to facts.
A few days ago I wrote about a release date for MT6595 and we are still in line with those expectations.
This post has a lot of geek info in it, but there is plenty for the non-geeks as well. (more…)