Aug 19

Yinlips Projector PMP is a PMP with a projector

Posted in: gaming, pico projector, PicoProjector, PMP, projector, Today's Chili

You might not know this, but your portable media player is “shackling” you down with its shockingly small screen. What you, and every other self-respecting technophile, need is a projector to explode your awesome digital media onto the nearest wall, flat surface, or just some guy’s shirt. Nikon popularized this projector integration madness, and now Yinlips is continuing it with the 3.5-inch Projector PMP, which claims it can beam out a humongous 80-inch picture (we’d be impressed if it can do half that) and play 64-bit games of an unspecified variety. Further info is scant right now, but we suspect you could fill in the blanks with your favorite generic Chinese PMP‘s specs and you’ll probably be pretty much spot on. You’ll know more as soon as we do.

[Via Cloned in China]

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Yinlips Projector PMP is a PMP with a projector originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 18

Dell Mini 3i is like totally not official, man

Posted in: Android, smartphone, Today's Chili

Oh, how we love PR people and their eternal clarifications on things. Apparently, the Dell Mini 3i’s appearance at a China Mobile event on Monday was merely a proof of concept, and — wait for it — “it wasn’t officially, formally introduced so much as it was waved around.” Thank you, Dell, for our quote of the week. Unwilling to yet commit to the handset and specs on display, Dell is saying that it was there to support China Mobile in its role as a development partner rather than to promote any retail products. We wouldn’t read too much into this supposed refutation — if the phone were indeed a concept, that’d have been made clear at the show (and it wasn’t based on the original report), and what we’re experiencing now feels very much like post-event spin.

[Via Mobile Review]

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Aug 17

Dells Chinese Smartphone Makes Unspectacular Debut

Posted in: Smart Devices, smartphone, Today's Chili

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After months of rumors and speculation, Dell’s Chinese smartphone has finally made its first public appearance. The Dell Mini 3i debuted at China Mobile’s launch part for its new Application platform.

The phone features a 3.5-inch 360 x 640 screen, microSD slot, Bluetooth, and a 3MP camera. According to Engadget, the device doesn’t have any built-in WiFi and relies on 2G GSM.

Not much more to see here. Move Along.

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Aug 17

Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets official outing in China

Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, LG, nokia, samsung, smartphone, Today's Chili

At last, the much rumored Dell cellphone has made its first official appearance. The 3.5-inch 360 x 640 pixel device with capacitive touchscreen was on display in China running the Android-based Open Mobile System (OMS). The Mini 3i was on-hand as part of the launch of China Mobile’s new Application Platform that offers music, video, and app downloads to mobile phones from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and apparently, Dell. The candybar device lacks WiFi (or Chinese WAPI) and is strictly 2G GSM (no 3G) but does come with a 3 megapixel camera, microSD slot, Bluetooth, and 950mAh battery. Guess now we know why the early prototypes were met with a collective meh by mobile carriers earlier this year. No idea when this will ship but it looks China-bound for at least the near future. A few more pics after the break.

[Via Cloned In China]

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Aug 16

China Unicom denies having bought 5M iPhones

Posted in: Apple, iPhone, iphone 3g, Iphone3g, Today's Chili

We’d still venture to say that all signs are pointing toward an iPhone launch on China Unicom before too long, but one key element of the launch — Unicom’s upfront buy — is now in question. A spokesman for China’s third-largest carrier (which is an amazingly low rank considering they’ve got about as many subscribers as Verizon and AT&T combined) has denied earlier reports that they’ve stockpiled five million handsets in preparation for launch, saying that negotiations with Apple are still ongoing. We imagine that when you’re dealing with a nine-figure subscriber count, any hardware negotiation is complex, tense, and filled with counteroffers, so there’s no telling how much longer this process could take.

[Via Unwired View]

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Aug 14

China backtracks, makes Green Dam ‘optional’

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

China’s efforts to preload the Green Dam censorware on all PCs in the country have been going pretty poorly so far, with accusations of software piracy and manufacturer displeasure causing delays. Now the government is backing down from that stance, stating that the original regulation wasn’t “expressed clearly, and gave everyone the impression that [Green Dam] was mandatory.” For home computers, that means the internet filtering software will likely continue to be bundled as an optional (and inactive) extra — something Acer, ASUS, Lenovo and Sony have been doing since early July — but if you’re at school, an internet cafe or some other public access point, expect to see Green Dam running, alive and well. Censorship is dead, long live censorship.

[Via CNET]

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Aug 14

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXX: Inkia 500 is a mutated, hamstrung N810

Posted in: chinese, kirf, MID, Today's Chili, touchscreen

How do you cook up the perfect KIRF product? Well, you take a well-loved device, say the Nokia N810, and start chopping off the things that made it a winner, like that oh-so-bulky QWERTY keyboard, until you get a device cheap enough to be sold as “the world’s first MID under $300.” The painfully unoriginal Inkia 500 — which isn’t even the first to rip off Nokia’s internet tablet — isn’t entirely without merit, as it comes with a 5-inch touchscreen plus a ULV Atom processor, and once you pony up for 3G and GPS options it might even be useful. All that’s holding it back now is the tiny issue that you can get a real N810 for the same price.

[Via Shanzai]

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Aug 14

Newsmy A8HD probably looks better than it really is

Posted in: 720p, MP3, mp3 player, Mp3Player, PMP, portable, Today's Chili


After the lustrous ManMan and retro Cool Man, Newsmy has now surprised us with a straight-laced number in the form of the 8GB 4.3-inch A8HD. Packing a pair of serious-looking speakers and a “high definition” microphone, this has all the intent in the world to break away from the cheap knockoff label, but you already know what you’re gonna get: a shiny pretty paintjob outside and someone’s leftover parts on the inside. Common audio and video formats are supported, and there’s even a rather dubious claim of 720p playback. Maybe once the price and release date are cleared up, we’ll saunter over to China and check it out for ourselves. Or not.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Aug 13

Is This the Dell Smartphone?

Posted in: Phones, smartphone, Today's Chili

dellsmartphoneDell has reportedly been working on a smartphone for more than a year. But so far, the device has been a bit of a mythical beast — often written about but never seen.

Now, the first blurry pictures have leaked. According to the fairly trustworthy mobile rumors site Boy Genius Report, the Dell smartphone will have a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 3-megapixel auto focus camera with 8x digital zoom and 30 fps video shooting mode. It will also have GPS capability.

As Wired.com had reported in April, the phone will launch first in China and is expected to be available by the end of the year.

But from what little we can see of the Dell smartphone, we are not impressed. If this is indeed the form factor and design, it seems two years too late to the party. The slim brick-like look is reminiscent of the recently launched T-Mobile myTouch or for that matter every other touchscreen smartphone since the iPhone. And the specs aren’t hefty enough to make the device stand out. Unless Dell has some features in there that we don’t know about, this device is likely to face a tough battle for consumer attention.

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Photo: Rumored Dell smartphone/Boy Genius Report


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Aug 13

Unicom Bringing iPhone to China in September

Posted in: iPhone, Today's Chili

Chinese mobile provider Unicom is getting ready for the debut of the iPhone in that country. The company has purchased five million handsets from Apple for 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion)–roughly 2,000 yuan ($293) per unit.

The company is expecting to price the phones at 2,400 yuan for 8GB and 4,800 yuan for 16GB. Unicom and Apple have yet to reach a final agreement, however.

The country already has its share of illegal iPhones, which sell for 400 to1000 yuan–far cheaper than the prices expected for the forthcoming legal counterparts.

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