http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/ Engadget Comments for Rockchip plans on slashing Android phone prices with new RK2808 chipset 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/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/Jul 10th 2009 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/You can even see they've had problems taking of LG's logo above the screen.
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You only need to spend a day in any market in Guandong to realize how radical a change we're talking about here. Today, there is a lot of KIRF - something like 90 firms producing variations on the i68 iPhone simulacrum, for example. But these tiny firms are exploding with innovation, and all that's holding them back is an open source smartphone platform, Android plus a cheap chipset.

The market will be flooded by sub-$100 smartphones. I saw CECT / i68+ clones for $50, and they were really nicely built. Just the OS is often bootlegged and flaky. As one site says, "Obviously the CECT phones are very ripe targets for Google's Android operating system, which is high-quality and yet costs $0."]]>Jul 10th 2009 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/Jul 10th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/Same as OLPC program, I guess. Takes 5 years and in the end the price is either doubled or tripled.]]>Jul 10th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/rockchip-plans-on-slashing-android-phone-prices-with-new-rk2808/Jul 10th 2009 2:00PM