After what feels like
centuries of waiting (and suffering through that painful
CeBIT demo), we finally get to see the Meizu
M8's OS in action... and it's not as bad as you think. Sure, the interface is totally derivative of the iPhone, and there is that pesky cursor floating around, but all-in-all it looks like the company has managed to knock out a decent -- if incredibly familiar -- UI for its long-delayed phone. Still, there's some low rent hilarity in this video. Our favorites? The smattering of soft porn pictures and video, and Meizu CEO and all-around bon vivant Jack Wong revealed in a reflection...
wearing a face mask! Check the clip after the break (and freeze frame of Mr. Wong).
Update: Despite our excitement about Jack Wong in a face mask, some readers have pointed out (and we agree) that it's actually the camera he's using to film the video.
[Thanks, Patrick P.]
posted August 31st 2008 7:14PM
Why so mysterious, Mr. Wong?
I would never ever buy one of these. Thus far, Chinese computer manufacturers have never invented an Operating System that I could trust. Just try using some of the chinese DAP's that pop up on our streets. when those things stop working, they STOP. No way to update them, no way to restore them. I trust apple and Microsoft simply because when/if things go wrong, there are support websites and support desks you can get results from. Whether its an RROD or an overheated Time Capsule.
Oh my god I just update my m6.
By the way, the os the m8 is winCE 6
Ugh... here we go again with Flashpoint's shit...
steven
Do you think I'm bothered by your lameness? Do you think I'm bothered by low rank buttons.
Well I've got one thing to say.
DO YOU RUN CRYSIS?
Flashpoint, you do talk a lot of crap.
But....
"DO YOU RUN CRYSIS?"
That was pure funny.
I would high five.
But i really dont want to.
Flashpoint, I have never laughed so hard at a comment. "Do you think I'm bothered by your lameness?". I'm gonna be using that a lot.
the fact that you replied to his insult indicates the contrary
I like how its only full of cute Asian chicks.
I'm not complaining though.
I'm glad you weren't complaining about liking that.
asian soft-core porn ftw!
Introducing the Meizu Cleavage Viewer.
whats with azns always into young school girl porn - PERVS!
@gabe: You into granny porn?
@Richard Lai
No but i'm not into child porn.
Yuko Ogura FTW!
http://www.yukoogura.org/
Gabe,
The model in the photos (Yuko Ogura) is 25. People in Japan in general eat very healthy food and many women protect themselves from the sun so that tends to make them age more "gracefully". There's nothing wrong with that in my book.
Yeah, I'm sure she's EXACTLY as old as they say she is. ...Just like those Olympians who were supposed to be 16 and turned out to be 12-13. Where money is involved China just turns their head. ...Don't forget, CHINA SUPPORTS GENERCIDE. Girls aren't worth shit there.
she isnt even chinese she is a jap you dumbass
Wow. Genercide. Is that where they kill all the generic people?
Still not impressed, but I will buy if it comes with the videos. ;]
Anybody know if it'll be easily available in the US?
FIRST TO COMMENT!!
First to fail......
Ahah, iPhone UI and Vista Wallpaper.... Nice!
Hey if anything that's Palm UI if you want to talk about the basic setup, now the animation flickery stuff that's would be apple but as you can see this does not flash too much like the iphone...
It looks like he's a pervert, he zooms up on her cleavage at :23
Well then I guess all guys are perverts, including me.
You must be extremely conservative to call someone looking at a clothed womans clevage perverted.
Me too!
Nah man,he had to zoom in just to notice them.
we'll the fact that she looks like a minor is another story
maybe she was at the olympics
ZING!...haha, indeed
That really does look pretty good. the volume slide seems too close to the playback controls, and there ae a few other nitpicks, but overall, it seems pretty snappy and functional.
Agree, but am i the only one bothered by this appearing to support multi touch in windows phone?
It's hard to reply directly to you. So I am ranking you DOWN by letting you know I am not bothered by this. Hoping ppl will rank you UP by agreeing with you.
am i the only one bothered by this appearing to support multi touch in windows phone?
iPhone UI, and Vista wallpapers, wow, this guy is asking for it...
I'm holding out until they port over Duke Nukem Forever. "Come get some", indeed.
love how he pinches and zooms in on the girl's breasts. Then, of course, he has to press his finger SOMEWHERE to show off the drag feature. Classy, eh.
Ok, One the first. Yeah, I noticed the cleavage zoom too. [They know how to catch attention]
A mask...? Smog problems, perhaps?
It's not a mask, it's the camera that is recording the video. Come on Engadget...
Wow, that guy sure has a lot of girl pics and vids! Look what he zooms on at 0:24.
Seems pretty smooth to me. I guess. Kind of like a strange mix of the iPhone and Windows Vista UI. It's even running on Windows CE 6. I wonder if they'll do a US release.
The US release will be eBay, chinadirect2u, and probably many, many more importers.
There are only two thing I want to know and they are how many video codec does it support and how long is the battery life?
I'd rather know WHICH video codecs are supported.
If it's like the M6, it will play many formats. Video Playback: AVI, MPEG-2, RM(VB), MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS
Why IS there a cursor? It's completely unnecessary, and looks really tacky.
It's extremely necessary... when you're running on top of Windows CE.
yeah the cursor is pretty funny.
I'm an iPhone 3G user and I love the iPhone UI, but I'll admit, this one of the best knockoff UI yet, they actually pulled it off pretty close.
Yeah, and he got ranked up.
Table for one, tomato soup, and a kick in the balls on its way.