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Teclast X98 Air Gets A Review
Over at ZOL [Google Translate]. There are no surprises in the review, but it doesn’t provide camera still or video samples, doesn’t mention using headphones, and there’s no battery rundown test. Here...
View ArticleiFive Mini 4: Firmware Update 1.1.3
Over at the 5Fans forum, a Five Technology staff member has posted instructions for the manual firmware update for the iFive Mini 4: Version 1.1.3 [Google Translate]. It’s probably straightforward when...
View ArticleChuwi VX8 3G Windows 8.1 Flashing Instructions
The photos contained in their prior Weibo might have been from a forum post. I can’t follow all forums. Anyway, it looks like IMP3Net has republished that entire post. While this is of no real use...
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AnTuTu: Galaxy Note 3, Boost Max, HTC One Max
I’ve been looking at large-screen cheap phones sold in the U.S.. I guess this pushes the Boost Max (aka ZTE Max) off the candidate list…
View ArticleToday’s Lesson
Never fight with someone on Twitter who owns a Samsung Galaxy Note. @mikecane pic.twitter.com/m3IcW3ikLa — Artistikem / Astrid (@artistikem) August 30, 2014 Previously here: The League Of Galaxy Note...
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iFive Mini 4 In Reseller Video
Until people buy it, we have to settle for videos from vendors. AnTuTu 4.x, not 5: The video is worth seeing because of this: It’s the latest firmware. Previously here: iFive Mini 4: Firmware Update...
View ArticleFull-Of-Himself “Writer” Goes On Epic Comment Rant
FunBITS: Bears in Boats Fighting Crime The guy claims he’s a “serious writer” (with Teddy Bears as his book’s characters?!!?) and goes on some kind of epic mental meltdown over in the Comments about a...
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iLevon: MIUI Users Should Stay With Dalvik
In a Weibo communiqué, iLevon — who I believe works for Xiaomi on their MIUI dev team — advises MIUI users to stick with Dalvik over ART: Chinese: 不建议大家使用ART运行环境：1.目前的app并没有特别优化，甚至有一些不兼容...
View ArticleHuawei Caught Cheating 3DMark
Huawei Ascend P7 delisted from 3DMark rankings See also: Examining Huawei’s Benchmark Optimizations in the Ascend P7
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iFive Mini 4: Chinese Video Review
So… there’s no other way to put it: For less than half the price of an iPad Mini 2, you really do get less than half of the capability and quality! Jiggly power button: The screen is close but not...
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