http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/ Engadget Comments for Video: Meizu M8 mini One http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prototype o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
White and black? The casing? What colour is the iPhones case?]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
And then there is your "and their working process so slow...." comment. IT'S A PROTOTYPE!]]>Mar 4th 2008 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
I can make this easy for you so you wont go crazy reading some of these replies.


Apple fans, including the Engadget crew, do not wish to see competition for anything Apple does. EVERY device that is released that could be a threat against an Apple device is automatically attacked and ripped as to put the most negative spin on it before it ever hits store shelves. Look at almost every "smart phone" with a touch screen that has ever been shown on Engadget, and you will see the same responses. Either they try to claim that it is "ripoff", a "knockoff", or some such term in order to dismiss it.

In short, they are running a protection racket so that no one dares considers alternatives to the Apple product.

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Forgetting all that though, this is still quite a laughable effort. They've been touting it for so long... and to what end? I still have my doubts, based on this evidence, that they're actually going to put these things on the market.]]>Mar 4th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
I've been begging for an iPhone competitor to come to Sprint, and so far, nothing has. It's not that the HTC Touch is a great phone and the "crazy apple people" are running some kind of protection racket, it's just that the HTC Touch is a turd.

I see what you're saying, and there certainly are some people eager to write off any possible competition as a knock-off, but A.) this M8 is nothing but a Chinese knockoff any way you look at it, and B.) the current iPhone competitors out there really are still behind the game (or playing a different game and so not a good competitor. there are other very nice smartphones out there that DON'T compete with the iPhone on any meaningful level.)]]>Mar 4th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1531&HS=1 a lot cheaper too...]]>Mar 4th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Simply because a device is really well made, top of the user satisfaction lists and introduces novelities, that nobody else as done so well until now you must call somebody, who is absolutely right to say that this m8 is a boring device, riding the coattails of the iPhone, fanboy.

If you don't want an iPhone, that's I don't care. But to defend a uninspired, „yet-another-mediocre-device”, just because it is not Apple ... come on.

Be reasonable. I can't stand it anymore.]]>Mar 4th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
1 - Ban the word "fanboy" from engadget. It's so stupid, boring, tired. It's over. It's beyond over.

2 - Provide a meizu-free news feed, sorta like the apple free newsfeed. I honestly don't want to see or hear anything about this most blatant of rip-off artist companies. I have never seen a meizu product for sale anywhere - so why the obsession with their bad Apple clones? I don't even want to spend a tenth of a second browsing a meizu headline. Seriously. I want to have a meizu-free Engadget - please, make it so!]]>Mar 4th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
http://en.meizu.com/

Good thing is that in the meantime they are selling drag-n-drop audio devices that play FLAC
http://flac.sourceforge.net

I think their iPhone-a-like gets way too much coverage, especially considering the progress so far :p]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
Mini compared to..?

Sorry, just rambling..]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/The 'demo unit' looked about as sophisticated as an image viewer and 3 JPGs!

I'd rather have seen the OS on that dev board to get an idea of what it actually runs like...]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
Apple fanbois and their playground insults. How old are you? 10? 12?]]>Mar 4th 2008 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/I'm not an apple fanboi (in fact, don't even have an iPhone, I am happy with my HTC Touch Cruise / O2 Orbit 2), but at least the iPhone looks... nicer.
I am only talking about the actual phone, not the UI, mind. Can't judge this UI, as it's just JPEGs.]]>Mar 4th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
What language do you think they speak in the plant where your precious iPhone is manufactured? Black Speech? The binary language of moisture vapouretors? What will it take for persons like you to realize it's a BIG world out there and not all of it speaks English.

When you tire of reading your copy of 'Green Eggs and Ham' do yourself a favor and pick up 'China Shakes the World' by James Kynge. Nice read. Hint: it's in their nature. ]]>Mar 4th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
Let me put it to you lightly: most of the products in this world come from China. Unfortunately, 90% of the junk from China is either

1) Poisonous, hazardous to health, and/or plain dangerous to human beings/and/or animals.
2) Pir8ed software/movies mostly come from China - they sell it on the streets with no regards to copyrights
3) Their automobiles have a one star safety rating.
4) They rip off every other country when it comes to design of cars, motorcycles, and clothing. Nothing is safe from design theft - which china ranks #1 in.
5) China steals US govt. secrets.
6) SARS outbreak was covered by govt...until it got extremely contagious spreading to all of HK and elsewhere
7) AIDs is a major issue now in China. Yet the govt. does not believe HIV exists among chinese people because it is something foreigners only can get.

8) This damn iphone knockoff.


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Nothing is safe from design theft - which china ranks #1 in. and apple #2!
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2) I spell hypocrisy, I would not be surprised if one of you here use a pirated version of Microsoft word, excel to save you more than 100 bucks, and it is Chinese piracy that allow some people to watch movies online without having to pay a penny. Ironic.

3) The latest Chinese car crash test performed by Spain ( a western country that abide by European standards) got 3 stars.

4) Everyone else ? Well I admit that apart from Japanese and Western companies like US, German and French, Italian, British.... I wonder how many other countries in this world have technology anyway. Use the word "every" in a proper context.

5) Off-topic
6) Off-topic, this place is about electronics not disease.
7) Off-topic, this place is about electronics not disease. (btw who told u this ? , this sounds so funny, the chinese government does recognise HIV.)

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HIV/AIDS is bad in the entire planet. There are varying degrees of responsiveness, yes. But this has nothing to do with IP theft.

Poisonous/dangerous products: China's not the only one. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago about tainted drugs from Pfizer (or some pharma) manufactured within US soil? Regulated by the FDA? How many cases a year do we NOT know?

American cars don't rank quite well on safety. Some of them do, but most of them don't.

A state government covering up something embarrasing, like SARS? How could they? The US covering the torture of illegaly held prisoners in Guantanamo Bay using waterboarding techniques? Impossible!

State governments stealing secrets to each other? Pray tell how old are you? Are you old enough to remember the Cold War and the Space Race? How do you think the Soviets did this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_%28spacecraft%29 Friendly collaboration?

Now to the crux of the issue. Companies complain about their IP being stolen by China, India, Brazil, etc. What did they expect? That they would get a 150%+ markup on a product manufactured on the cheap on third world countries and that those same people living on those same countries would pay astronomical amounts of money for the products they themselves made, so that an American CEO has his nice stock options and seven figure salary and bonus? Because when you boil it down to the basics that's why things are priced so. The iPod Shuffle costs $50 in the store. How much do you think it costs to manufacture? Windows Vista is a pile of dung. Why does it cost more than $150?

Remember you pay for the IDEA and a PERCEPTION of a brand. Which is what ultimately a brand is. A purse is a purse is a purse, unless it's Prada or Coach. Then you pay $400 for three pieces of leather put together by a middle aged Chinese woman that earns $15 a day and can't afford herself the luxury of the Prada brand.

The funny thing about all of this is that they (the Chinese) are imitating for imitation's sake. I don't think they realize or fully comprehend the mechanics of free markets. Yet. ]]>Mar 4th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
1) Japanese and Korean gadget, phone and car makers release sleek, innovative new devices or vehicles domestically in Japan and Korea.

2) Chinese rip-off companies buy one, and return to China where the whole thing is copied.

3) The Chinese companies sell the fake version domestically in China.

4) when the original is finally sold in China, Chinese consumers think the original is a counterfeit of a Chinese original, since the Chinese phone was sold first, and are OUTRAGED at the copyright violation. Counterfeiters cost legit companies about $600 billion per year and growing fast, and the overwhelming majority of it happens in China.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200511/200511060022.html
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/24/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxxvii-china-car-makers-strike-again/]]>Mar 4th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
Anybody who understands East Asian culture and history will tell you how they are drastically different from each other. Just because something happened in one location at one time doesn't mean it will repeat at another location at another time. You only need to see the history of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan to tell that global brands like Toyota, Sony, Samsung, and Hyundai won't emerge from China. Why is that? Because of Chinese tendency to pursue short term profits in exchange for a long term growth, and the government's failure to establish an economic plan with a long term vision.

You cannot compare Chinese auto industry with Japanese/Korean auto industry for following reasons.

1. Japanese/Korean auto makers had tiny domestic markets and were forced to crack US and EU markets just to survive from the beginning. China's domestic market is rather large and Chinese auto makers don't have to go to overseas to survive. In fact, engineering cars to be US/EU regulation compliant could be fatal in a market condition where there is zero regards for safety and quality, and consumers shop only based on pricing alone. Make your car better than your competitor and raise your price, your competitor undercuts your price with an inferior but cheaper car and you are dead in China where the prices drop every quarter.

2. Chinese consumers themselves no longer consider Chinese brand vehicles when the intended price budget is more than $5,000. Accordingly, almost all Chinese brand vehicles are priced below $5,000. This heavy focus on low-price vehicles prohibit Chinese makers from higher priced and higher quality vehicles suitable for the US and EU markets.

- Japan(5-star-ratings): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGr38YSIn4
- Korea(5-star-ratings): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhX2Q8X9ha4

- China(Zero-star-ratings): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06LjugtIUo]]>Mar 4th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
specs:
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GSM: 4-band 850/900/1800/1900
Wifi: wirless b/g
Screen Resolution: >>> 720x480 ]]>Mar 4th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
Touch Screen,
Camera: 3MP auto focus

Clearly this is NOT an iphone knockoff...
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You want to get noticed? Try lugging one of those around and answering calls on a subway with that! Impress your friends with the "ULTRAFAST" UI - but don't try to play a song cause that will never work. It's just a picture of music, but that's enough, right?

P.S. Meizu is poor quality. The Mini One will likely never be released (it was SUPPOSED to be released last year at the same time as the iPhone).
As much as I hate the iPhone, it's clearly a better product than the mini One-giant pile of crap. ]]>Mar 4th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
However, the M8 is taking waaay to long. Still, it improves on the iPhone in several ways, and I think they want to make a device that is better than the iPhone. Many Chinese knock-off companies have released iPhone clones long ago (which are crap). Meizu takes time, and they have proven to be serious about their products.

I wonder when this is getting released though, I highly doubt an august release date.]]>Mar 4th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/
... yeah, GREAT quality]]>Mar 4th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/Mar 4th 2008 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-meizu-m8-mini-one/its smaller that the iphone!]]>Mar 4th 2008 8:52AM