Something big is about to happen

Meizu M8 firmware 1.0 will be released in a few hours. I hope you are excited.

Jack has stated that compatibility with Windows Mobile apps will come soon. The work is being done by Microsoft, without involvement of Meizu.

Update: For whatever reason, the version number has changed. It will be 0.9.6.9 and not 1.0. However, it will still be the first official firmware with the new UI.

Update 2: For the sake of extra suspense, Meizu released the firmware at midnight Chinese time. People were beginning to doubt whether or not it would come today. Kudos to the engineers working overtime! Changelog and download links can be found here: Meizu M8 Firmware 0.9.6.9 (Official w/ New UI)

Oh.

XD what the hell.. Looks like iam going to stay with my M8. I alrdy planned to try out the palm pre. But if this is rly going to happen :D oh maan..

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!


Source?!!

impossible .... it was promised that windows apps would work on the official release ! and i don't see that happening in the nearest future ... and definitely not today ! :S

confirmed by a meizu engineer.
we can expect a least bugfixes..
we will see what comes

I think this whole WinMo thing is a misunderstanding and some people took it granted 1.0 would support those apps. I don't remember JW promising that...he only said Microsoft is working on it, but he didn't say when we would see the fruits of that.

and the translations aren't done either how could that happen ???? :S

Why complain before it's released?

Originally Posted by nice2know_u

I think this whole WinMo thing is a misunderstanding and some people took it granted 1.0 would support those apps. I don't remember JW promising that...he only said Microsoft is working on it, but he didn't say when we would see the fruits of that.

"Meizu CEO Jack Wong said on the weekend that the new 1.0 firmware for the M8 M8 smartphone, is being developed with the help of Microsoft that will give the device the ability to run Windows Mobile apps. At the same time, Wong revealed that upcoming M8 phones will switch to a new, more durable PET touchscreen, though it is still undergoing testing."

Meizu M8 to get Windows Mobile apps, 3G later in 2010 | Electronista

thats what he said :S

Originally Posted by nice2know_u

I think this whole WinMo thing is a misunderstanding and some people took it granted 1.0 would support those apps. I don't remember JW promising that...he only said Microsoft is working on it, but he didn't say when we would see the fruits of that.

Originally Posted by MeizuMe

Good news! Today (3rd January), Jack Wong wrote in Meizu's official Chinese BBS…

1. The new firmware (1.0) will allow you to run Windows Mobile apps. The work is being done by Microsoft, not Meizu.

How could that mean anything other than it will support it?

look at the source...

as nice said: maybe a misunderstanding...

not complaining just doubting the fact it should be released now ! :S im pleased with the leaks i still want to test more of them ... why the rush ? this way we could get a completely transformed software instead of just a changed eye candy ui :S well we'll w8 & c :P

nice pic btw

Oh, can't wait for it! Y'all deserve a smoothly running firmware, so I hope the next release will be satisfactory for you!

...and to think that my M8 has the touchscreen problem again and I have to send it back...:-(

EDIT: oh yes, nice picture! Everyday when I came to meizume.com I was waiting for a post like this saying that FW1.0 has finally arrived! :-)

But lets think plausible.. The last leak is 9.5.3XX and now 1.0.0 ? Isnt this jump a little tooo much ??

meizu engineer sais they are still testing right now...

nice.. keep it up!

Originally Posted by tran226

But lets think plausible.. The last leak is 9.5.3XX and now 1.0.0 ? Isnt this jump a little tooo much ??

Well, I do not know how Meizu handles this, but I don't think there are specific rules as to what number you have to choose. In fact, they could also have named an earlier official FW (.9.2.7. for example) number 1.0, and then every upgrade would be 1.1 or even 2.0, this does not really matter.

Can't wait to test out the searchbar

please don't expect too much.. we will see what we get.