Android
Dakele launch slightly updated Dakele 2S
Well the rumours of Dakele’s new phone couldn’t have been further from the truth and rather than an 8 core super phone they have launched a slightly updated Dakele 2S.
Battle of the big screens, Oppo N1 vs Geak Mars vs Coolpad Magview 4 vs Vivo Xplay
The low to mid range Chinese phone market bas been flooded with large screen phablets for months, but only now are we seeing some seriously impressive hardware beneath all that screen real estate! Take a look at 4 of the best form Oppo, Geak, Coolpad and Vivo.
Samsung not content with ’S’ models. plans new ‘Galaxy F’ range
Rumours out of Korean suggest that Samsung are preparing to coexist current flagship smartphones with a new ‘Galaxy F’ range.
JiaYu G5 teardown
The guys over at JiaYu have taken some time out of their busy schedule to take about the stainless steel JiaYu G5 and give us a sneak peak on the inside.
Coolpad Grand, 5.9-inch and Nvidia Tegra 4! On sale October!
Just ahead of the Oppo N1 launch, Coolpad launched their CoolPad Grand also in Beijing featuring a 5.9-inch display and 1.8Ghz Nvidia Tegra 4 CPU.
9 Chinese tech stories you have to read!
What an amazing week for Chinese technology fans! We have seen next gen phones, seen amazing collaborations and more!
How to drive Mediatek closer to custom ROM developers
The question put up by Andi, whether Mediatek should embrace GPL (or at least offer more tools to custom ROM devs) can, in my opinon, be easily answered with “Yes”. If you buy a device, its always great to have the opportunity to fiddle around with it and change things. Theres already a lot possible, once you acquire root rights on your Android system, but if the hardware base is open too, the possibilities are even bigger.
Should Mediatek honor GPL or shall Chinese phone makers use rival processors?
Chinese phone makers are finally looking to offer their phones to the international community, but with very little developer support available for MTK phones should we push Mediatek to honor GPL, or push manufacturers to rival processors.