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Vivo working on camera-centric phone with rotating main camera?
A couple of images have shown up on Weibo today both of which showing a possible rotating main camera arrangement on a future Vivo Android smartphone!
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.
Green Orange N1 receives extra custom options including Crocodile skin
Everyone knows that the Moto X is customisable, but Chinaās Green Orange have been offering custom spec phones for longer and with more options which now include Crocodile skin.
Oppo N1 roundup!
With only a few days to go before the official launch of the Oppo N1, we thought this would be the perfect time to roundup all the rumours, leaks and details!
How to install new āSmart View Flip Cover ZP990 firmwareā with Flash tool
Zopo international forum has published a very interesting guide on how to update new Zopo ZP990 C7 Captain S phablet to the latest firmware. Whit this new firmware will be activates and allows FLIP Cover use with phone in standby mode (style Samsung Galaxy S4) . To understand what we are talking about, look at these sample pictures below:
iPhone 5S clone, GooPhone i5C specifications and hands on video
GooPhone managed to beat their previous record this year by launching an iPhone 5C clone before Apple had chance to unveil the real thing! Here are the full GooPhone i5c specifications plus hands on video.
Baidu launch their own Google Chromecast dongle
Chinese search giant Baidu arenāt shy of the fact that they simply follow Googleās lead, which had resulted in the company launching itās own Chormecast type USB device.
UMi Cross rear panel and chassis hands on, UMi X3 on the drawing board!
UMi look like they are ready to launch their 6.44-inch UMi Cross tablet, and although we havenāt had chance to get a hands on (yet) we did get to see the rear case main chassis.
Oppo N1 will boast ādual-coreā imaging system and Snapdragon 600?
More specification details have been leaked on Chinaās Weibo about the Oppo N1 which talk about the possible hardware specification.
Pomp W99 reader impressions
Are you looking to buy the low-cost Pomp W99? Then before you do read GizChina readers, Jeff Nield’s impressions of the phone. Budget bargain or big let down?
Poll: Which Chinese phone maker do you want to see team up with Cyanogenmod?
Cyanogenmod is now a company! The team have funding and they will be working with a hardware maker which will run their excellent ROM! So if you had a choice of Chinese phone maker who would you like to see work with them?