September 29, 2010 by HS in SmartQ with No Comments.
Firmware upgrades have been released for the SmartQ Q5 and Q7 units, upgrading them to Android 2.2, FroYo, along with it's myriad optimisations for speed improvements. Take a look here for information and download locations. Warning: page is in Russian, but Google Translate does a good job. via smartqmid
September 1, 2010 by HS in PMP with No Comments.
ONN are releasing a new player aimed primarily at students, the Q5. The Q5 is a 3-inch player (400x240) and is a 720p capable HD player. It's main appeal seems to be the relatively thinness (only 9.5mm thick) as well as a low price and colourful alternatives to the standard blacks and whites we've come to expect from the PMP world. The player is capable of playing the standard array off video file formats including RMVB, AVI, MKV, MOV etc. and, all in all, looks like a solid choice in the 3-inch size. via imp3
April 7, 2010 by Raz in PMP with No Comments.
It looks like Tsinghua Tongfang has pulled a fast one and have become the first company in China to release a Rockchip RK2808 Android pmp. Many of us here have been watching and waiting for the RAmos W7 and i thought that this would be the first RK2808 player to be released, but unbeknown to us till last week, Tsinghua Tongfang had their MID Q5 in the works. The MID Q5 will have a 5.0" touch screen, as well as a HDMI port, it will support 720p video playback on its 800 x 480 resolution screen. Hopefully i can get my hands on one soon. More pictures [gallery columns="4" orderby="post_name"]
November 10, 2009 by Tom in Nationite, SmartQ, Tablet with No Comments.
In a very exciting preview of the forthcoming Nationite MIDNite Xpress touchscreen MID it's going to be put through its paces against the SmartDevices SmartQ 5 MID. Let the games begin...after the jump. Build MIDNite Xpress With a solid plastic frame that feels thick but looks slim, the MIDNite Xpress is a sturdy beast indeed. In terms of looks there's a nice subtle streaked finish to the front casing and a strip of silver detailing along the left and right sides that, in the case of the right, also houses the power button. The back is again plastic and houses the 1.3 megapixel camera. SmartQ 5 This is a standard rounded edged PMP-style affair with no frills or detailing, just a screen and surrounding casing. It's slightly lighter than the MIDNite Xpress and th
August 13, 2009 by Raz in SmartQ, Tablet, Video Review with 2 Comments.
So i finally got off my arse and did a video review, again i do want to clear up the point on the audio video playback comment i made, i kind of fumbled on what i was trying to say, basically the hardware is too taxed to properly allow for video playback and the audio player is just to slow to be efficiently used. Great for being used as a device for surfing the net, ebook, pdf reading etc, just not something i would consider for use for audio and video use. Discuss on the forums
June 5, 2009 by Raz in SmartQ, Tablet with No Comments.
SmartQ today announced two big possible shake ups to their MID line up, not with new products, but with a change in the apparent firmware and UI. Firstly SmartQ has announced the development of a media player only UI dubbed Conola 2, which seems to be a UI dedicated for image, audio and video playback. Those who are familiar with the Q5 will know that the current firmware for the Q5/Q7 is very sluggish and riddled with issues, a lot of issues have to do with poor video and audio format support. Conola 2 seems to be fix to this issue. I guess SmartQ realize that fixing the Ubuntu ARM to work properly maybe to hard of a task and easier to make something like the Conola 2. Edit: For those like me that don't know, Conola 2 is a media application that was developed for Maemo - Should hav
April 17, 2009 by Raz in SmartQ with No Comments.
Well SmartQ has released their first update for the Q5, the download is about 160mb in size and looks to add better PDF support and the ability to have aproper desktop (before you were limited to just the one folder icon). Sadly it doesn't seem like that English language has been implemented yet, but it seems that SmartQ is commited to improve the Q5 firmware, so its probably only a matter of time before an English language version of the Q5 is rolled out. Download and more info on the forum
April 4, 2009 by Raz in PMP, PMP Review, SmartQ with 2 Comments.
Well we finally got our hands on a SmartQ Q5 MID, i was well excited to finally get to play with this, sadly my first impressions of this player are quite mixed, mostly being of the negative persuasion. The player itself is has a compact feel to it, i snapped some pictures of it next to the S:Flo and the OS-43, so you can get a good idea that its a pretty compact for a 4.3" screen device. I am just going to keep this first review very short, for two good reasons, i have only been able to use the player for about an hour and shut it off, the lack of English language support made the device too frustrating and secondly (which added greatly to my frustration) the player is slow, the system seems to taxing the hardware, but this could be just due to a non complete firmware integration, so
