Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Meizu_s_CeBIT_booth_shut_down_over_MP3_licensing_issues’; Well, it looks like that Meizu CeBIT shutdown wasn’t for what you’d expect — in a Meizu forum post, Jack Wong says that an Italian company called Sisvel complained about another Meizu PMP’s unlicensed use of the MP3 codec, and that’s what prompted the 5-0 to arrive. Interestingly, Jack also says that it’s all a big misunderstanding, because Meizu products, including the M8, don’t actually play MP3s, just WMA, and that local distributors have to cough up the licensing fees for MP3 playback. Apparently the booth is now open again, with the offending PMP removed — the M8 remains on display, probably because it doesn’t actually work yet.

Read - Jack Wong post at Meizu forums
Read - Heise article about the shutdown

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Filed under: Cellphones

These pictures of what appears to be a Meizu M8 MiniOne have been popping up all over, but according to postings by CEO Jack Wong, this is just a final design mockup to judge the “feel” of the device, and isn’t real — in fact, it’s not even made of the planned production materials. That’s pretty random — and probably way more effort than necessary, since we’d think you could judge the feel by, you know, purchasing and holding an iPhone.

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