Meizu M8
The Meizu M8 is a touch-controlled, multimedia and internet-enabled smartphone. It is popularly regarded as a Chinese iPhone-like phone due to its similarity to the features, UI, and physical design of the Apple iPhone. The M8 runs a version of Microsoft Windows CE 6 with a modified GUI, similar to that of the iPhone. It was created after the success of Meizu's 2 MP3/MP4 players — the M6 Mini Player and the M3 Music Card. The phone has been delayed several times due to not meeting Chinese cellular phone guidelines. Already it has drawn attention in the US, due to its similarity to iPhone, and also because of its unique features. Originally announced in two versions — an entry-level version with no camera and a standard version — only the standard model was released.
Announcement dates
CEO Jack Wong had announced the Meizu M8 four days after the announcement of the iPhone as a direct competitor. The product was soon set for an October / November release. The M8 was released for public testing on April, 2007 in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, drawing positive reviews.
Meizu
Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 魅族科技有限公司; pinyin: Mèizú Kējì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Chinese consumer electronics company based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China. Founded in 2003, Meizu began as a manufacturer of MP3 players and later MP4 players. As of 2008, Meizu moved its focus from MP3 and MP4 players to smartphones, with their first smartphone being the Meizu M8. Meizu is one of the top ten smartphone manufacturers in China with 8.9 million units sold worldwide in the first half of 2015.
The current flagship device of Meizu is the Meizu PRO 5, a smartphone with an all-metal body, an Exynos 7420 8-core 64-bit processor, Flyme OS 5, and a Sony 21.16-megapixel 4K camera that has a 6P lens, laser-aided focusing and FotoNation 2.0.
History
Jack Wong (黄章) established Meizu in 2003. Initially a manufacturer of MP3 players, Meizu released their first MP4 player in 2006. Their most notable MP4 player was the M6 Mini Player, which was also marketed by Dane-Elec outside of China.
Oמ April 2007, Meizu officially released the Meizu M8, drawing long queues in front of Meizu stores. The Meizu M8 was highly praised for its sound quality, performance and attractive price. Furthermore, it was one of the first phones to feature a capacitive touchscreen and ran on the Mymobile operating system, based on Microsoft Windows CE 6.0. An upgraded version of the Meizu M8, the Meizu M8SE, was released on October 2, 2009.
Podcasts:
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by Ongoing Concept
My House My Home
by: Ongoing ConceptThe seconds go by one by one,
But I'm here hours later getting no where.
Oh I can't focus.
I've got ten things on my mind;
And all of them are unimportant,
But I'm still wasting time.
Now it's four in there morning,
And I'm writing this song.
And I can't go to sleep till I get every single line done.
Sometimes I pretend I'm living somewhere else.
Sometimes I wish I wasn't here.
After the roads end,
And after the lights fade.
Away from the vices that we have.
That's where I want to be that's where I want to live.
The deadline draws closer day by day,
But my mind gets side tracked with unnecessary things. Every single Distraction that crosses my mind is another I hour I spend trying to get back To the mind set that I was in before.
Sometimes I pretend I was living somewhere else.
Sometimes I wish there was no One around.
After the roads end,
And after the lights fade.
Away from the vices that we have.
That's where I want to be that's where I want to live.
When I wake up in the morning,
And all I hear are the birds singing.
That's where I want to be.
That's where I want to call home.
This is my house,