In the market for a quad-core dev board with Android and Ubuntu support for around a hundred bucks? The Rockchip RK3188-based Radxa Rock is now up for sale at several e-tailers. At $99, the Radxa Rock isn’t the cheapest quad-core dev board you can buy. It’s around $40 more than the Hardkernel ODROID-U3, one of […]
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Rockchip wearable concepts include a smartwatch, smart glasses
Chip maker Rockchip is showing off a few concepts for wearable devices featuring its low-power ARM-based chips. Unsurprisingly, one device is a smartwatch — just about every electronics company on earth is showing one at CES this year. The other is a bit more unexpected: a smart glass product that looks like a Google Glass […]
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Now with Android 4.4: AOKP, Paranoid Android ROMS and RK3188, Allwinner A31 chips
It’s been a busy week for developers working with Google’s Android 4.4 KitKat software. Two of the most popular custom ROM builders have released their first public builds based on KitKat, and two Chinese chip makers have also released builds of Android 4.4 which support devices with their processors. Here’s a quick roundup of things […]
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New Allwinner, Rockchip processors on the way
Allwinner is giving one of its chips for low-priced tablets a bit of a spec bump, and competitor Rockchip is outlining plans for its first quad-core ARM Cortex-A12 chip. Both chip makers produce low-power, ARM-based processors that are popular with makes of Android tablets, TV boxes, and other gadgets, and both are showing off some […]
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PicUntu 4.5 installer loads Ubuntu onto Rockchip RK3188 devices
PicUntu is a custom version of Ubuntu Linux designed to run on TV boxes and other devices with Rockchip’s ARM-based processors. Now it’s easier to install than ever, offering a way to turn a cheap Android TV box into a full-fledged Linux computer. The developer has released a new build called PicUntu 4.5, along with […]
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Lilbits (8-29-2013): New devices copy the Chromecast, iPad mini, HTC One
Its the not-quite-a-clone edition of Lilbits. Ramos introduced two new tablets this week that have the look of HTC One smartphones, but the screen size of an iPad mini. And chip-maker Rockchip is pushing a new class of device that’s sort of like a Chromecast… except different. In non-clone news, Qualcomm is taking aim at […]
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Lilbits (8-12-2013): The uncertain future of BlackBerry
There was a time when BlackBerry devices dominated the smartphone space. But the past few years have been tough for the company, with growing competition from Apple’s iPhone and an army of Android devices. BlackBerry’s brief foray into the tablet space wasn’t exactly a home run either. So what’s a struggling company to do? In […]
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Multi-window Android build released for Chuwi V88 tablet
One of the things that sets Windows apart from Andriod is the ability to run more than one app on the screen at the same time. Or at least it was one of the big differences. Software makers have been working on modified versions of Android with support for running multiple apps in multiple windows. […]
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Rockchip working on quad-core ARM Cortex-A12 RK32xx chip
Rockchip has made a name for itself by offering cheap, yet powerful processors for tablets, TV boxes, and other devices. The company’s RK3188 is one of the fastest ARM Cortex-A9 chips on the market right now, but it’s used in devices that don’t cost and arm and a leg. So what does Rockchip have in […]
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Rockchip makes Android more like Windows… with Multi-Windows
Chinese company Rockchip may be best known for making processors for Android phones, tablets, and other devices. But the company also makes software to run on those devices. Earlier this year the company introduced a remote control app, for instance, that lets you control one Android device from another. Now Rockchip is launching a heavily […]
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Lilbits (7-16-2013): Augmented reality apps for Google Glass
Google’s wearable computing platform is still in its infancy. Right now folks who spent $1500 on Google Glass Explorer Edition devices can basically ask for directions, look up a few things, do a little web surfing, and run a handful of apps. But eventually Google Glass could change the way we look at the world […]
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Multi-window support coming to some Android tablets with Rockchip CPUs
Google Android has long supported multi-tasking. On most phones and tablets that just means an app can run in the background while you’re using another in the foreground (for instance you can listen to music while you surf the web). A few software makers have added support for mini-apps that can run in small windows […]