Thursday 19 May 2011

Nokia N9 makes an appearance with Meego

After Nokia and Microsoft made their alliance public, the rumor mill was working overtime to speculate the future of Symbian and Meego. Read More:

Monday 16 May 2011

The 7” shanzai tablet that beats the Samsung Galaxy S

The TCC 8803 tablet is our latest find from the Shanzhai market. Its superior graphics features surprisingly transcend those of the Samsung Galaxy II tab. Read More:

Phantom of the Opera, MOPS Shadow T800 Android smartphone

If you want to play games on smartphones then many people would argue that Android is your best bet. Android has heaps of gaming apps and also boasts Xperia Play, the first official Sony PlayStation phone which runs on Android. Read More:

Thursday 12 May 2011

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Presenting to you the Shanzai’d HTC HD2Windows Phone 7 … which runs Android as well as WM

M10 is the name of the Shanzai’d version of the HTC HD2T-mobile Windows phone 7. What is interesting is that it has dual operating systems,  running Android as well as Windows Mobile 6.5 like the HTC branded handset. Read More:

Tuesday 10 May 2011

K-1000D, the Shanzai’s Samsung Nexus S

The Samsung Nexus S was released this weekend, and so was its Shanzai’d version. The clone runs Android 2.2 and is called the K1000 D. Read More:

Qualcomm CPU for the HTC Imagio Android clone

MediaTek’s delay in bringing the MTK 6573 chipset to the market is working against it. Shanzhai makers have started looking for alternatives. Qualcomm, which has been eying the Shanzhai market for a long time, has grabbed the opportunity. Read More:

Monday 9 May 2011

Pinocchio nose stylus keeps one hand free

This is an American Shanzhai of … well actually it’s completely new that I know of! Designer Dominic Wilcox has developed and made an alternative “finger-nose stylus” which leaves one hand free … Read More:

Sony’s next gen PSP shanzai’d even before its release

RG is the Shanzai version of Sony’s next-gen PSP which is called NGP, and sadly for Sony, the RG playstation has hit the markets before the original product. iReadyGo is the company that has manufactured this PSP wannabe. Read More:

HTC Kingdom to savor the latest Gingerbread

The HTC Kingdom set the web on fire when some pics were leaked but then the Western media brushed it off, supposing that it’s just a code name for the HTC EVO 3D. Read More:

Thursday 5 May 2011

Video Review: Apad D9 10” 16x9 tablet

The shanzhai have got something for all tastes and this time we take a look at a 10.1” sized tablet with a 16x9 aspect ratio and a 1024x600 screen resolution, the Apad D9. Read More:

Posh Nokia Oro coming soon in gold and leather

As we all know, Nokia will drive and define the future of the Windows Phone 7 OS, but what will happen to Symbian, Nokia’s flagship OS for many years? Nokia has passed off Symbian to Accenture, but they haven’t completely disowned it; Symbian will still be at the core of the 150 million handsets that are projected to ship from Nokia this year. Read More:

ZTE and Movistar Telefonica to sell LIGHT Pro tablets in Spain

ZTE, one of China’s largest telecommunication equipment providers, has developed a “Light tablet”, and has collaborated with the Spanish mobile phone operator, Telefonica Movistar to sell the tablet in Spain. Read More:

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Say “cheese” with Leica i9 concept iPhone 4

Unlike bird watching, I find bird photography very challenging. The moment I get the camera out, set up a longer lens and find the right exposure, the bird flies away.  I could take the shot with my iPhone 4, which has a pretty decent camera on it, but it’s not professional quality really. Read More:

Latest USD150 tablet out

The new RayNova tablet looks very similar to the ePad, Apad, Flytouch and other seven inch Android tablets that can be readily found both inside and outside of China. The Ray1 is targeting just the Chinese market, combining Android with a traditional Chinese UI. Read More:

Monday 2 May 2011

First look at Apanda’s new A101 handset

Apanda has been in the Shanzhai headlines for cool phones like the A60, A80 and A100 in the past. About a year ago they even hit the headlines when their A70 smartphone was claimed to run Android 3.0, even before the source code of Gingerbread was released. Apanda’s future is now reliant on their next generation handset, the A101. Read More: