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As you may have already known that the “MX” on Meizu’s latest smartphone means “Dream” in Chinese, which is the core message that the brand is trying to deliver to their customers. And, two weeks ago, Meizu released a video to strengthen its message. The video is embedded after the break and we will tell you how the campaign was done as well.
Chinese companies are rushing to build their own mobile phone operating systems based on Google’s Android platform. The companies include up-and-coming Chinese mobile phone makers Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Xiaomi, and internet service portals like Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba. Most have outsourced their Android projects to a Chinese company called ArcherMind, which based at Nanjing city, the capital of Jiangsu province in China. ArcherMind is one of the largest Chinese companies devoted to develop Android-based software, they are the software engineers team behind the Android’s face-changed in China …
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news which have left behind for last week just because we are too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Apple’s revenue in China, Asus new ultrabook, BYT new electric car, Meizu custom UI and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: China new innovations in TV technology for the upcoming London Olympics… Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.
Today, we got a great news for all enthusiasts of Meizu. Follows on from the dual-core MX that announced five months ago, the quad-core model is now on its way to Meizu flagship store! The new device will come the promised quad-core Exynos 4412 processor, customized Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and some more…Are you looking forward to grab one? Check out the pricing details after the break.
This above is the first glimpse of Android 4.0 running on the Meizu MX. Yes, it looks like Ice Cream Sandwich is in being ported to Meizu’s iconic handset by some technician guys, or developers? However, looking carefully, it’s not running the Flyme OS (Meizu’s heavily customized Android UI). Meizu CEO Jack Wong previously teased us the upcoming version of FlyMe OS which will be based on Android 4.0 ICS. Anyway, we certainly can’t wait to experience using Android 4.0 on the Meizu MX. Two more photos after the break!
Meizu CEO Jack Wong previously told fans on his forum that the quad-core version of the Meizu MX will probably arrive around May with revamped UI. The latest news we have today is that the quad-core Meizu MX will contain Samsung’s new quad-core Exynos 4412 processor that overclocks at 1.8GHz. The phone will come with an updated FlyMe OS which will be based on Android 4.0, and Jack Wong has recently posted screenshots of the new Flyme OS’s UI. Check after the break for the shots of the new UI!
All thanks to the release of Meizu MX, Meizu announced that more than 100 million download have been downloaded from its Meizu’s Flyme Store by the millions of MEIZU smartphones in China, Hong Kong, and beyond. The 100 billionth app downloaded — Mobile QQ, was downloaded by Zeying Mao of Tianjin, China. As the winner of the Flyme Store Countdown to 100 Billion Apps, Mao will receive a prize of 10,000 RMB (US$1,580) of credit for the Flyme store.
Meizu, a Chinese electronics manufacturer who has a history of “borrowing” design ideas from Apple, has finally bring a pretty nice feature to their MX Android smartphone. Using the 8-megapixel camera of the MX, users are now able to take a picture by sweeping their hand over the proximity sensor. Video demo after the break.
Meizu M9 is very close to an official upgrade to Android 4.0. In the past few days, the company released a beta testing program which is only available for some specific users. Fortunately, we have found some folks uploaded footage showing how Android ICS performs on M9. Reportedly, the UI is working smoothly and fluently, however it consumes a lot of energy. Check out more info and the videos after the break.
Since the first model of Xiaomi phone was launched last September, Xiaomi Technology has sold 1 million units through the Internet and gotten 1 million orders from China Unicom. Today, Xiaomi announced they will begin selling the phone which compatible with the network of China Telecom (CDMA) in March. In the meanwhile, Lei Jun has expressed his interest of making a MiPad!
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