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Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Android Review Online
My Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 review is now online. It’s a great tablet and it has to be the best 7.9″ to 8″ tablet currently out from China. Nothing will match the quality offered by Xiaomi at this price point. Sure it’s not a perfect tablet missing a MicroSD card slot, but damn it’s good for the $185 price. You can read my full review here with benchmarks, gaming tests and cam...[Read More]
Beelink MX64 – A 4K Media Player with HDMI 2.0 and SPDIF
Beelink has recently released the MX64, it’s a high spec’ed Android 5.1 media player with some fairly decent specs for the price. It’s one of the first devices to support HDMI version 2.0 spec, which allows up to 4k 60 fps playback if you have a monitor that supports that. As well as Wireless AC, a Gigabit ethernet port, SPDIF audio output, 2GB of Ram, 8GB Rom, quad core CPU, US...[Read More]
Intel WiDi Dongle The Lengee WD01
The Lengee WD01 is a newly released WiDi Wireless Display dongle for any TV or monitor with HDMI support. It’s $29 at GearBest and runs off USB power to power the device. It supports 1080p WiDI and Miracast standards. It also supports Wireless AC, so you can use the less crowded 5Ghz band. So if you’re looking for a cheap Miracast or WiDi receiver, it might be worth a look.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Screen Burn!
One of the best Android tablets of the year, if not the best the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, ultra slim, powerful and it has an amazing 2048 x 1536 SAMOLED screen. But looking at the demo unit in an electronics shop today, that screen burn! My photos don’t do it justice. It real life it’s twice as bad, if you look closely at the images you can see a band and Google logo. It’s the goog...[Read More]
Rikomagic MK36S. Atom X5 Z8300 Windows 10 Mini PC
Update: In the end I reviewed this unit here: A new model Windows 10 Mini PC has hit the market, the Rikomagic MK36S. It’s got an Atom X5 Z8300 with 2GB of RAM at its heart powering the unit. 4 x USB ports (One is USB 3.0) and the usual specs. 32GB eMMC storage, 100Mbps LAN port, MicroSD card slot and full sized HDMI out. It’s good to see it also has Wireless AC, which means you can us...[Read More]
How to install Google Play Store on the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2
My Mi Pad 2 originally came with a custom Rom that had Play already installed and multi-language support. Unfortunately, for me when I updated to the latest stable release, I lost Google Play functionality. I had to reinstall it to get it to work pass the connection issue. It’s not hard to do, just download and install the following GApps apk’s in the order outlined 1-4. If you do alre...[Read More]
Cube’s New iwork10 Sells 1,000 Units In 5 Minutes
Cube’s latest tablet the iwork10 sold 1,000 units in the first 5 minutes of going online according to an official Weibo. The iwork10 is Cube’s take on the Hi10 and PiPo W1S. Another 1920 x 1200 10.1″ tablet with a keyboard dock similar to the Asus Transformer Book series. The iwork10 has an Atom X5 Z8300, 4GB of RAM, 64GB eMMC, active stylus, mini HDMI and micro USB 3.0 port.
Daily Deal: Teclast X2 Pro $359, Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 $185.99
Gearbest has some more limited quality sales on again, the Teclast X2 Pro has been dropped to $359, but only 50 units at this price. It’s powered by a Core M 5Y10, with 4GB of RAM and 2 x USB 3.0 ports. It’s the fastest Chinese tablet I’ve reviewed to date and you can read my Teclast X2 Pro review here. It’s a good option for those that want full sized USB 3 ports, a larger...[Read More]
Cube iwork11 Stylus Review Online
Just finished up my Cube iwork11 Stylus review for those interested it’s now online. It’s a good option for those wanting a Wacom enabled X5 Z8300 tablet, but it does have some minor issues I hope Cube will address. Check out the Cube iwork11 Stylus review for the pros and cons. And then you have to sum up if it might just be better getting the Cube i7 Stylus with a more powerful Core ...[Read More]
Daily Deals: Chuwi Vi10 $119, Onda M2 $182, Beelink 4K Media Player
Gearbest has a snap up sale on various items starting today in limited sale quantities. Here’s are a some of the deals they have going: The Chuwi Vi10 is $119, with a limit of 40 units (See my review here) Onda’s new SSD mini PC the M2 is $182 with a limit of 50 units And the cheap Beelink 4k Media player is just $66 with a limit of 180 units
Daily Deals: Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 $193 & Redmi Note 3 $193
Two of Xiaomi’s latest releases the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 an 8″ Atom X5 Z8500 Tablet with Android or Windows 10 and the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB version are on sale at GearBest. With coupon Pad2WSX, the Mi Pad 2 price drops to $193 for the 16GB Android version. This is currently the cheapest price on the internet. And the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, a 4G dual sim Helio X10 powered mobile with 3...[Read More]
Teclast X16 Pro Review Online & Limited Sale Price
If you missed it, my Teclast X16 Pro review is now online. While not a bad tablet, it does have some flaws and throttling in Windows. As an Android tablet with a nice keyboard doc it’s not a bad machine, but if you’re after it more for Windows I would take a look at other tablet offers out there. GearBest also has it on special for $263, but only 120 units will be offered at this price...[Read More]
