2014年12月3日星期三

Oppo R1C Gets Pictured With iPhone-Like Design, Looks Beautiful

The Oppo R1C has been pictured in a series of hands on shots that make it feel like a combo between an iPhone, a Lumia and an Xperia. This unit had previously been certified under the codenamed R8207 by authorities in China.
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The device has a glossy case and it measures a slim 6.85 mm in thickness, also packing a 5 inch 720p display, an octa core 1.5 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM. There’s 16 GB of ROM inside, a 5 megapixel front camera, plus a 13 megapixel main shooter. Oppo R1C is expected to be released soon and its most interesting design aspect is the sapphire blue back, with a 3D mirror effect, apparently.
Just in case you’re wondering, the CPU mentioned above is a Snapdragon 615 and we’ll also get a microSD card slot, which is good for such a small body. Hopefully those stereo speakers at the bottom provide good sound and the metallic frame is sturdy.

via cnmo.com
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Dakele Big Cola 3 Officially Launched

A few weeks ago, more precisely on November 22, on the web we saw a pretty interesting device as a teaser, the Dakele Big Cola 3, smarpthone that brings flagship specs for a mid-range price. Today, in China the device in case was officially announced for a $243 price tag.
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Dakele Big Cola 3 arrives with a 5-inch Full HD display that offers a 441ppi pixel density, panel that is covered by a layer of sapphire glass, an octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor clocked at 1.7 GHz (64-bit), a Mali-T760 GPU, 16 GB space of internal storage, 3 GB of RAM memory and a microSD card slot up to 128 GB.
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We get a 13-megapixel Sony IMX214 rear sensor with f/2.0 aperture and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with a Sony IMX219 sensor. Other specs of the phone include a 2.500 mAh battery, a quick-charging feature and a case made out of titanium that measures 7.25 mm in thickness. What do you think about this iPhone 6 clone?
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Xolo Teases New Smartphones from Omega Series for December 5th Launch

Xolo has posted a fresh teaser on its Facebook page, promising to unveil new handsets from the Omega series this Friday, on December 5th. The company also posted a teaser on Twitter, saying “Coming soon. Block your date: 5th December, 2014″. The posting also includes the image shown below.
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It reveals the silhouette of a smartphone and mentions the hashtag #TouchOmega. Xolo is not at its first attempt to hype things up, since it also pulled a similar teaser campaign in August, for the announcement of its Hive UI, their custom version of Android. Back then they also unveiled the first Hive UI phone, Xolo 8X-1000. The company launched in India the Xolo Opus 3 last month, a phone priced at an affordable rate and offering midrange specs.
That one was a dual SIM Android 4.4 KitKat model, with 720p 5 inch display and 1 GB of RAM. It also had an 8 megapixel camera at the back, a front 5 MP shooter and a 2500 mAh battery. Considering there’s a special teaser for the Omega series, we’re expecting a higher end experience here, particularly since the name also sounds ominous.

Leagoo released new products of lead series



LEAGOO, which has been on the market for over half a year since April of 2014, has released several strong products. LEAGOO has been a popular smartphone brand in the global main market in a short period and won a good reputation from the end users. Based on the solid foundation and stable development, the new products of Lead series are ready to be on the market. 


Lead 2S, as the similar product of Lead 2, has improved a lot in the main specifications. Lead 2S uses 5 inch IPS HD display that contributes to the broader and clearer view; equips with 8MP front camera, just enjoy the fun of shoot whenever and wherever you want to; what’s more, 2800mAh battery could be able to support these powerful functions.






Lead 2S Specifications




Network3G WCDMA 850/1900/2100
CPU1.3GHz Quad Core
Internal MemoryRAM 1GB + ROM 8GB
Display Size5.0 inch HD
Display MaterialIPS
Dimension145.3*71.2*6.9mm
Camera13.0MP rear camera, 8.0MP front camera
Operation SystemAndroid 4.4
Battery2800mAh
ColorBlack,White,Champagne Gold
Other FeaturesSupport OTG, Wake Gesture, HotKnot, Air Turn, etc.

Running out of power? Don’t worry, Lead 7 will solve this problem. 4500mAh li-polymer battery has the features of high-capacity, high-pressure and high-density. 600 hours continuous standby time and 25 hours talk time, there is no need to take one more battery or power bank with you, have fun to work and live. Lead 7 has rapid charge function that your phone could be charged to 80% within only 1 hour. With Lead 2S, your pleasure time can be longer and longer, because you have not only large battery, but also lots of strong features like processor, internal memory, display, camera, etc.


Lead 7 Specifications
Network3G WCDMA 850/1900/2100
CPU1.3GHz Quad Core
Internal MemoryRAM 2GB + ROM 16GB
Display Size5.0 inch HD
Display MaterialIPS
Dimension155.6*77*8.6mm
Camera13.0MP rear camera, 8.0MP front camera
Operation SystemAndroid 4.4
Battery4500mAh
ColorBlack, White, Champagne Gold
Other FeaturesSupport OTG, Rapid Charge, Wake Gesture, HotKnot, Air Turn, etc.
Lead 5 and Lead 6 are the other 2 new products of Lead series in 2014, they are both in accordance with the principle of stable performance and competitive price. Lead 5 applies 5” display with 1.3GHz MTK Quad Core CPU and 8MP + 3.2MP camera. For Lead 6, the display is 4.5 inch QHD, the rounded design enables the single-hand control in a comfortable way. Like Lead 5, Lead 6 chooses 1.3GHz MTK Quad Core CPU and 8MP camera, the only difference is that the front camera is 2MP camera. From the specifications, you could barely find the difference between Lead 5 and Lead 6; but they are quite different on the user experience. Different users have different requirements on the features; that is why LEAGOO plan these 2 products, it fully shows LEAGOO’s brand philosophy: “Consistent, care and convenient.”



Lead 6 Specifications
Network3G WCDMA 850/1900/2100
CPU1.3GHz Quad Core
Internal MemoryRAM 1GB + ROM 8GB
Display Size4.5 inch QHD
Display MaterialIPS
Dimension133.1*65.6*8.2mm
Camera8.0MP rear camera, 2.0MP front camera
Operation SystemAndroid 4.4
Battery2000mAh
ColorBlack, White
Other FeaturesSupport HotKnot, Wake Gesture, Air Turn, etc.

Lead 5 Specifications

Network3G WCDMA 850/1900/2100
CPU1.3GHz Quad Core
Internal MemoryRAM 1GB + ROM 8GB
Display Size5.0 inch FWVGA
Display MaterialIPS
Dimension143.4*71*7.9mm
Camera8.0MP rear camera, 3.2MP front camera
Operation SystemAndroid 4.4
Battery2800mAh
ColorBlack, White, Champagne Gold
Other FeaturesSupport HotKnot, Wake Gesture, Air Turn, etc.

2014年12月1日星期一

In Asia, daily deals are a hit. But online coupons? Not so much

Jacob Laukaitis is a location-independent entrepreneur, constantly traveling the world while running his own online ventures. He is currently a co-founder at online coupons websiteChameleonJohn.com.
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I have been working in the online coupons space for quite some time now, and all of our business is in the United States because that’s the most profitable market. However, a few months ago I started researching dozens of other markets around the world, hoping to find another country for us to expand to. The data I found was interesting and insightful, but first, let me tell you a bit more about how the whole business works before getting into the numbers.

When somebody wants to buy products on a specific online store, they search for coupons on Google or other search engines. They find a website offering them, choose the promo code they like, and apply it on the checkout page at their desired shop.

Most e-commerce websites would be happy to convert at least one in 100 visitors into a paying customer. However, in the online coupons space, one percent would be considered a huge failure. Depending on the coupons, it’s possible to convert up to 40 percent of your visitors, meaning 40 visitors out of 100 actually buy something. That’s because the search traffic is so targeted – people already want to buy stuff before they even hit the search button.

So obviously the first thing I researched was the amount of searches specific stores get every month. I found that most people in Asia do not even know what coupons are. It’s funny that everybody uses daily deals in Indonesia (Groupon reportedly gets up to 10,000 transactions a day), but nobody knows what coupons are. Even though online coupons are not the same as daily deals, it’s still a wonderful way to save money.

Using Google Adwords, I took the main Indonesian coupon keywords and applied that to tens of different shops. These are the two that had the most searches (click to view full-size image):

Zalora:

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And Lazada:

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And that’s the same with pretty much all the Asian markets I looked at, such as Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. All showed a low level of search traffic.

However, there is one that stood out – India. I don’t know why, but people do know what online coupons are there and it seems they are being used all the time. Here are the searches for some Indian online stores for the main keywords in the country:

Flipkart:

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SnapDeal:

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The numbers are very different. What’s more, there are hundreds of other online stores in India that have thousands of searches and are worth pursuing, whereas I could hardly find one in Indonesia or other nearby markets. That’s the main reason why so many online coupon companies have already.

See: How Rocket Internet is Encouraging Coupon Clipping in India

So the takeaway is that if you wanted to run an online coupons website in most of Asian countries, you would have to educate the market, which is usually extremely expensive and time-consuming. On the other hand, e-commerce is growing bigger and bigger every year, and it’ll be a huge business in the future. So a company that manages to seize the Asian coupon markets will turn a huge profit five to 10 years from now. The only question is when should one enter the market so that they wouldn’t have to spend too many resources educating it, but still be early enough to seize a big chunk.

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China’s Nciku shuts down, redirects users to LINE dictionary

Over the weekend, Chinese language learners looking for their favorite dictionary got greeted by a bunny instead.

Nciku, a popular online Chinese-English dictionary, now redirects to linedictionary.naver.com, the web version of Line’s Chinese-English Dictionary. Users who land on the site for the first time are shown a message informing them that Nciku is now ‘out of service’ and will be replaced by LINE Dictionary.

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According to a Forbes piece from 2008, NHN launched Nciku as an early play at a launching a global-facing product. Before that, the company had positioned itself as a leader in Korea’s search engine space, but hadn’t yet cracked any foreign markets. Six years later, NHN’s channel for reaching users abroad is Line, the mobile messaging app that’s big in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and parts of South America.

Line has English-Chinese, English-Thai, and English-Indonesian dictionaries in its mobile suite. The new web version of Line Dictionary nee Nciku looks like an import of its corresponding mobile app. There’s no input fields handwriting – a must-have for any online Chinese-English dictionary – but the notice says it’s coming soon.

Chinese language learners stick with dictionaries like smokers stick with cigarette brands, and Nciku had its fair share of loyalists. Despite its long loading times and frequent crashes, it still had legions of defenders – including this writer, who saw the notice and wanted to cry.

Should we expect a new-and-improved Nciku under the Line brand? Or should we begin mourning? As evidenced by the work of Mike Love, founder of Pleco, building a dictionary that services (and monetizes on top of) the needs of hardcore Mandarin learners is a labor intensive but lucrative endeavor. For a big company like NHN, the returns on such an investment might not be high enough. But as long as Line Dictionary licenses the same dictionaries as Nciku, casual Nciku users ought to endure the transition just fine.

We’ve reached out to Line to ask about the future of Nciku and will update this piece if we hear back.

The death of Nciku isn’t the only loss Chinese language learners have suffered recently – Shooter.cn, a popular website “offering” Chinese subtitles for international films, closed its doors last week.