http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/ Engadget Comments for SmartQ 5 MID gets unboxed 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/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/
Highly pathetic.

Go out and DO something with yourself.]]>Apr 2nd 2009 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/
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Do any of you know how to get one soon?]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.smartdevices.com.cn/&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/
Here they are
* Samsung S3C6410 mobile processor (667mHz) ARM11
* Wifi enabled
* 128MB DDR Ram
* 1GB of internal NAND Flash - SD slot that will support upto 32GB SDHC card
* USB OTG function for additional peripherals and data storage devices
* Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR module - with teathering to mobile phones allowing the MID to act as a phone
* 800 x 480 resolution screen
* 4.3″ touch panel
* Dimension: 120*74*14mm (1.4cm thick!!!!!!)
* 2000mAh lithium polymer battery.
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On another note... DAMN that girl is hella fine!]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/
...but this one runs Linux. So here you can attach any USB peripheral you want without it having to be "certified for iPod ($4 to Apple)". And you can have a filesystem that's shared between applications. And you can run more than one app at once. But, you probably don't get as smooth a user-interface, and you certainly don't get 20,000 fart apps - but do you get the apps that you want? Presumably it could be persuaded to run Android, if a decent selection of apps ever emerges for that platform.

One unanswered question from the specs that Brainy142 posted (thanks!): what sort of touch-screen is it?

Going the other way, another interesting comparison would be with the AlwaysInnovating thing. There's going to be lots of interesting stuff in this space soon - I hope.]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/They may update the firmware on final release.]]>Apr 1st 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://kamleung.com/goodies/q5/
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especially when it comes from china.
or it seems to have.]]>Apr 1st 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 1st 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 2nd 2009 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 2nd 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/and other MID products

Audio Support: MP3、OGG、WMA、FLAC、APE 、AAC、WAV(PCM，ADPCM)
Video: H.264、AVI(XVID/DivX3.11)、RM/RMVB、FLV、WMV、ASF、3GP、MPEG、DAT、MP4
Maximum output power: 40mW
Frequency response range: 20Hz-20kHz
SNR: 94dB　
Read: fb2、HTML、CHM、plucker、Palmdoc、zTxt、TCR、RTF、OEB、OpenReader、Non-DRM’ed mobipocket、Plain text and so on，screen switch
Picture : JPEG、GIF、PNG、BMP
Operation Touch Lens
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
lyrics display lyrics synchronized
Feature: high-performance Samsung ARM11 processor 667Mhz；pen Linux operating system pre-installed;
Support QQ, MSN, Fetion; support BT download; support for full-featured browser, mail, etc.;
Built-in 802.11b / g WiFi card; built-in stereo speakers;
USB EDGE high-speed connection to the network card on the Internet; to connect USB mass storage hard drive, USB mouse and so on.
Memory: Built-in 1GB flash memory, 256MB user available to some
Support for external SD cards, the maximum capacity of 32GB
Battery: built-in lithium polymer battery 2000mAH battery
screen size : 4.3 inches
Resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels)
Screen panel: Touch Lens
color: black
Dimensions: 120mm (length) x74mm (W) x14mm (thick)
Weight : 160g
Accessory : adapter, earphone, USB data cable, touch pen, quick start guide, warranty card, certificate
operating system : Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Linux
]]>Apr 2nd 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 2nd 2009 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/- slow reaction, sometimes a few seconds between tapping and firing of application
- connected to Wi Fi ok
- super nice screen and resolution
- Added SD card, plugged into my notebook and detected as mass storage
- about EDGE modem, I haven't tried but heard that the only available driver only works for the China Mobile USB modem. Don't expect you can plug in any modem and get it to work!
- haven't gotten a keyboard or mouse to work with Q5
- battery life about 3-4 hours
- Chinese ONLY
- 220-240V input ONLY
- played AVI, vedio quality ok
- MP3 ok, player too small, hard to tap buttons on screen
- nice JPG viewing, but again, player too primitive

Now sure if other players and software can be installed on the OS. Any input from you folks?

More later ...
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it was about 140 USD, just happen had a friend visiting China and i have him pick one up for me. i have also contacted the corporate office but the people there wasn't too friendly. ]]>Apr 5th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 2nd 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 2nd 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Apr 9th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.allpmp.com/goods-585-SmartQ+5+MID+Official+English+Version.html]]>Jun 17th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/smartq-5-mid-gets-unboxed/Jul 21st 2009 5:09PM