After the success of the OUYA on Kickstarter, a Chinese firm now launches Ouye on a local crowdfunding site. A beautiful blend with particularly obvious inspirations.

 The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is too expensive for you? Anyway the only games that interest you and are Candy Crush Angry Birds? Your dream console could therefore come from China, as the Ouye, which is reminiscent of the OUYA, the micro console recently acquired by Razer and whose commercial flop only matched its success at its crowdfunding campaign.

 The console is offered on JD Finance, a Chinese equivalent of Kickstarter, and will be designed if the project reached 100,000 yuan, or about 14,000 euros. Its appearance is particularly controversial because of its flagrant inspirations, as it endorses the form of a PS4 from Sony, with the famous air vents of the Xbox One (Microsoft). Even his stick almost closely resembles that of the latter.

 Regarding the specifications, however, there is no comparison between this game platform ersatz and consoles that are needed in our living rooms. Running Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) the OUYA has an UltraOcta Allwinner A80 processor coupled to the GPU PowerVR G6230 and 2 GB of RAM (LPDDR3). Although more powerful than OUYA, so it displays already exceeded specifications (dating from early 2014) for this kind of product.

 The rewards for backers possible to obtain the console from 439 yuan, the equivalent of 60 euros, which suggests that its final selling price will remain under 100 euros. In the course that crowdfunding campaign reaches its goal, which is not guaranteed given that the console is already criticized China because of its too wide inspirations. One detail that however not bother the citizens of the Middle Kingdom usually…

Source: z.jd.com

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ZTE is a company known for its range of smartphones, most with tighter than other premium brands and the Android platform prices, but they are not the only devices that make their catalog. Among its range of laptops Android also find a product that is not a phone or a tablet, but a portable projector. The ZTE Spro 2 is a mini-projector that can take anywhere and become a huge screen to watch a movie, pictures of our mobile or making a presentation without being limited by cables. The ZTE Spro was introduced just over a year at CES in Las Vegas and the second generation comes with improved autonomy, a very important point in a team like this. Also have a renewed interface and a more powerful projection system. We tell you the details of ZTE Spro 2.

 A portable projector and ZTE Spro 2 allows us to have a screen to view any content anywhere, all in a small box with dimensions of 132.08 x 129.54 x 38.1 mm. It is practical to view the pictures we have stored in your mobile, projecting a video or a presentation dispositive because it accepts content from many sources. We can insert a USB stick or memory card MicroSD, reproduced from applications of Google Play Store or connect to other devices using WiFi. It also includes an HDMI connection for us to connect our computer or game console.

 The projector ZTE Spro 2 can provide a screen with a diagonal of 120 inches and a brightness of 200 lumens. The native resolution is HD, equivalent to 1,280 x 720 pixels. All you have to do is turn off the light and project the image onto a white surface. On top features a touchscreen to control the interface has been enhanced to provide an experience of more simple and clear use. The ZTE Spro 2 can act as a WiFi hotspot, sharing its LTE connection with up to eight devices, becoming a sort of pocket modem. The battery grows to 6,300 milliamps and offers more than enough to see an entire movie or presentation autonomy of three hours.

 The mini-portable projectors can be very useful since resolved the problem of the screen in a much smaller device than a laptop though they have the limitation that only can be used in dark environments. The ZTE Spro 2 is a movie screen in our pocket and its main advantage is that it offers the ability to play content from many different formats, making it versatile equipment for any type of user. Furthermore Android integration ensures compatibility with many applications. It will go on sale in the first quarter of this year, first in America and then in other markets.

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In the vast world of TVBox Android all hybrids can imagine. The Egreat A9 is the latest manufacturer, a solution that combines the format of the usual boxes but who are hiding in a location 3.5 inches for a substantial storage.

 The big advantage of this format is obviously related to the proposed huge storage capacity and low cost per gigabyte. This can have a lot of sense for small independent media stations.

 The Egreat A9 is not a new machine; in fact, the brand is changing an existing product by adding a new processor and a location 3.5 so as to add a big – in every sense – hard drive PC.

 The Egreat A9 is a rather special case in the vast galaxy of Android solutions: Like the Zidoo X9, he proposed to store incoming data via an HDMI port and thanks to the encoding capabilities of CPU Mstar MSO9180- DB2. A quad core Cortex A9 chip clocked at 1.5 GHz and supported by a graphics processor ARM Mali-450.

 The machine has 2 GB of RAM and 16GB eMMC storage base for shipping the system. From there, a HDMI input we can exploit capable of recording in 1080p incoming content (I guess not HDCP).

 A second output HDMI 1.4b offer refund, up to 4K at 30 frames per second. An optical S / PDIF output will also be available. The Egreat A9 therefore bears the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA 7.1 RAW passthrough. The M Mstar MSO9180-DB2 chip-managing these demanding audio formats.

 The list of formats supported by the object is long. She knows how to support ISO formats and 3D in certain formats. Its support 4K / 2K in H.265 / HEVC is managed also materially. The most varied audio format is also supported with particularly lossless codecs FLAC type.

 The connection is, for once, rather decent with a Ethernet Gigabit port, 4 USB ports including a USB 3.0 standards, a type of WiFi 802.11 b / g / n dual band based on MT7632 chipset including Bluetooth 4.0 and supported by 2 external antennas.

 An infrared sensor will control the remote device; a small LCD screen allows knowing the status of the machine. A lot of good points but a new pretty bad since Egreat A9 is one of few TVBox to board a … fan. The presence of a disk 3.5 is generally heat that builds up quickly.

 The set runs on a 12V / 2A power adapter and measuring 19.8 cm wide 19.9 cm long and 6 cm thick. The frame is constructed in aluminum and weighs 1.19 kg diskless.

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They are few solutions to have a HDMI input plus a classic output format. The Zidoo X9 is part of this exclusive club and also offers an interesting feature, the ability to record content passing through this circuit video: Pause the live function magneto … learning the basics of Android this case.

 The TV Box is many but few are offering this type of service: The TimeShift functions are usually reserved for big brands solutions that make their business. The noname usually focuses on other functions and the few boxes featuring an HDMI input do more to be inserted into an existing wired solution than to propose a use of it.

 Some TV-BOX offer HDMI In, sometimes with some useful features like pass-through or CEC but rare, very rare are those who propose to use the software-audio / video input as proposed by the Zidoo X9.

 This TV box is not exceptional level components even if they have been carefully chosen by the manufacturer. Indeed, it is built around a SoC Mstar MSO9180D1R a smart little known here but based on a quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 clocked at 1.5 GHz associated with a classical solution of Mali-450MP6. This base is supported by 2GB of DDR3 RAM and has a basic storage 8GB eMMC will be expandable via a microSD card reader.

 The Zidoo X9 good taste to be USB 3.0 which will allow it to accept a high-performance external storage solution. It also has two USB 2.0 port to control its Android installed. HDMI is integrated input and output via 2 separate doses. They will manage an external display up to 4K. A conventional AV output with composite video and stereo output is also available. The audio is also provided by a port welcome optical S / PDIF.

 The Zidoo X9 has an Ethernet output but only 10/100. His Wifi is provided by a MT7632 chipset 802.11 b / g / n 2 bands and Zidoo X9 also features a Bluetooth 4.0.

 Useful little function on this type of gear, a front LCD panel to indicate the status of the Zidoo X9 . The whole measuring 187 mm wide by 127 deep and 27 mm thick . Zidoo X9 calibrated to integrate come a stereo or other audio / video solution. The manufacturer indicates a fairly wide range of compatible playback codecs including support for H265 and MPEG1 / 2 / 4jusqu’au 4Kx2K, audio, advanced features are also interesting with AC3, support formats DTS-HD Master TrueHD 7.1 and pass-through.

 The Zidoo X9 rotates Android 4.4.2 and has access to the Play Store and updates OTA manufacturer. A version for the Mstar MSO9810 chip XBMC operates, and the machine offers a specific interface called ZIUI. Video above presents the object and function of the craft including recording functions: It is noted several video formats in terms of definition (HD, VGA, and FHD) and encoding (MP4 or .ts). The video feature is also full enough with the ability to record at specific dates and times as well as the file save location (SD cards, USB storage). Note that the Zidoo X9 has no tuner so it will require the intercalated between Freeview tuners for example, and a TV to enjoy a VCR function.

 The Zidoo X9 is not available in Europe (at least I have not found), but has a specific page and a $ 169 on Amazon US.

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Vido is another brand of Chinese tablets that binds to the trend of incorporating in its catalog teams with Dual Boot Android / Windows. This brand debuts with Vido W7 a tablet of its first data we know that has a small 7-inch screen, which seems a little tight for many applications that run under Windows.

 As you can deduce the Vido W7 will be a team of low cost integrated SoC Intel quad-core Z3735G GPU HD and includes only 1GB of RAM onboard, 32GB storage memory eMMC, wifi b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0. Its 7-inch IPS display has a resolution of 1280 × 700 pixels and incorporates a couple of cameras; we assume low resolution and an HDMI output as interesting interface.

 At the moment we have no release date or price Vido W7, a tablet that does not believe that contributes nothing new given its small screen and the small amount of Ram that takes installed.

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At CES 2015 Alcatel will present the new range OneTouch Pixi 3 that will be compatible with three different operating systems: Android, Windows Phone and Firefox OS.

 The next exhibition dedicated to the world of hi-tech and mobile telephony and the CES 2015 to be held from January 6 this year, Alcatel has already announced the presentation of his new series OneTouch Pixi 3 which includes a range full of smartphones that according to the Chinese manufacturer are all used with 3 different mobile operating systems: Android, Windows Phone, and finally the newest Firefox OS; on paper then these devices would be “OS-agnostic”, ie compatible with various OS products from different software companies.

 As for the indication of the degree of compatibility we do not know clearly what means the manufacturer of China; ie we do not know if smartphones OneTouch Pixi 3 have already preinstalled on it well 3 operating systems simultaneously, and then it’s up to the buyer to decide which one to use depending on your needs or your tastes, or for compatibility means that Alcatel has released a smartphone different for each operating system, but keeping for all three OS the same hardware characteristics of the final product.

 We know that the series Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 to be unveiled at CES 2015 includes 4 smartphone different: one with a 3.5-inch display (certainly the cheapest), one to four, one to 4.5 and finally a 5-inch diagonal.

 The smartphone 3.5-inch diagonal will be the one that will use only 3G connectivity, while the other three devices will be compatible with 4G LTE connectivity and will certainly offer higher overall performance.

 Besides that Alcatel in its press has also announced that it has developed a new integration system-link between its smartphones and other products, such as desktop PC at home or work with a software interface and a simpler and more understandable to use.

All our curiosity will surely be satisfied with effect from 6 January when it will officially begin the CES 2015, and we will know better how to describe with Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 intends to optimize the use of various operating systems, Android, Windows Phone and FireFox OS.

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December is a very important month for Huawei, not only for the presentation of its authentic flagship Huawei Honor 6 Plus, but because it also has in mind present other products, one of which is an Android TV Box capable of playing video 4K.

Xiaomi no doubt that is one of the most successful Chinese companies have accumulated these years, but that success has also benefited greatly from the other companies have had to improve its products in every aspect to be noticed and not only that, but to find a Chinese device, these almost forced to watch the rest of companies to compare. A couple of years eg ago, we could not even imagine that we would be so excited about everything you are doing Huawei, such as the new version of the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 or Honor 6 Plus to be present right now .

As Xiaomi, Huawei also has diversified its product range but for the moment the phone still occupy most of your catalog, but also have some wearable, router and soon added an Android TV Box

Everything points to take advantage of the event are scheduled for the next day 16 to show this TV Box, which most likely use one of the HiSilicon own Huawei processors and teaser who heads the article states that we have support for 4K video H.265 encoding.

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