The Meizu M8 - Next In Line

I want to tell you, that M8 will be introduced on last quarter of 2007. Now, only Music Card is in main focus.

The Music Card plus the new M6 right?

I guessthe M6 will continue to be Meizus strongest horse for another while

Originally Posted by xx-c

Some news for the M8 features here and here .

Basically the same news at a much later date with less info.

These look pretty real to me! The is actually wonderful. I am getting one when it's out.

Sweet. If the price is right, I'm definitely interested.

neato!

Looks cool
I woulld prefer a balck backside to go with the black front though

Hm, I think I'd prefer an all black front, with a shiny metallic backside, just like the black M6.
The shiny front looks a bit cheap.

Indeed, apart from the shiny it looks nice.
When will they provide more detailed specs?
-GPS?
-SD-slot?
-FM-radio?
-wi-fi?
-internal mem?
-weight?
-multi-touch screen, like I-phone?
-which networks (Gprs, umts, edge, 3G(pp), gsm, hspda, wimax)?

I'm not sure if they should go with the multi-touch screen. It would be really nice but they are just going to make Apple hate them more. I don't really care about an FM radio either. I just hope they come out with it soon cause i'm needin a new phone right about now.

I'd buy this if I could pop a SIM card from any carrier here in the US.

I'd hesitate only on one thing: Windows Mobile OS. If it were Linux, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Windows=Proprietary. Get it?

looks brilliant! More details, please Would be a nice upgrade from my M6. Please add WLAN! (and Bluetooth)

Btw: Windows=great=a lot of fantastic software which works!

Dunno about that. I don't want Microsoft's DRM laced hands wrapped around my stuff.

Hmmmmmm, well, you get the digital rights management in your music/video/software file from the one from whom you buy the music/video/software file and you need a proper music player (software)/picture viewer/software to get access to the content. It's not the fault of Microsoft that there is a DRM system (notice: there are a lot of different DRM systems, for example the DRM "FairPlay" of Apple is way more worse in my opinion). The music industry wanted a DRM system.

So it's important where you get your music files from. If you buy it for example at MusicLoad you need a music player which can handle the protected music file. In this case for example the Microsoft Windows Media Player. Or a lot of different mp3 players! If you buy it a iTunes you need a music player software which can handle their DRM system. This is only iTunes and only the iPods can play it, too, but no other mp3 player.

If you have mp3 files as your music files, then there is no DRM system. You can do whatever you want with your mp3 file (and that's exactly the way it should be!!!). Microsoft doesn't put in a DRM part in this file because a) it's not possible (you have to create a whole new file (with a new ending, a .mp3 file can't contain any DRM part)), b) Microsoft doesn't have the right to tell you what you can do with your data and c) Microsoft doesn't get any advantage of something like that.

So, if you have mp3 files you don't have to worry about DRM - there is no DRM and all the Microsoft Media Players can handle your mp3 files. You can still do with these files what you want, create duplicates, burn them to CDs, move them to mp3players, share them with your friends and lots more.
If you buy a DRM protected music file then you can play it on a mp3player which can handle the DRM part. Because of the monopoly of Microsoft you can expect that you can play this music file on a mp3player with with a Microsoft operating system on it (but not only - there are a lot of mp3 players on the market which can handle these files, too).

Conclusion: With a music player running a microsoft operating system you can play mp3 music files without any DRM system _and_ you can play music files which are protected by a DRM system.
On a music player with open source software you can only listen to music in the mp3 format or some other formats noone cares about ( i.e. .ogg)
On music players like the M6 it's important that the manufacturer implements a DRM file support (which will happen with the new 2.x firmware) to not only listen to mp3 files (and .ogg ...) but also to protected files.

So it's not bad that the M8 will get a microsoft operating system ... Microsoft can't put their hands on your files with this choice of Meizu.


The most important thing is not to buy music with DRM. Buy it on a CD and rip it to an mp3 file (that's how I do it). The reason why there are DRM systems is because the 4 big global players, Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI, force the resellers (the online music stores) to implement a DRM system, else they aren't allowed to sell the music. Blame them, not Microsoft. With Microsoft you always have the choice which kind of music files you want to use. MS gives you the opportunity to listen to DRM protected music files but MS doesn't force you to use them.


(As English is not my mother tongue I hope you can understand what I try to say. A lot of people seem not to understand what DRM is all about - they just say: DRM=Microsoft=bad. But it should be DRM=Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI=bad)

You're totally right Hendrik, actually you're gonna be able to play all the same files you can with your M6 (including the ones with DRM, feature that is under testing by Meizu right now).

As Hendrik said, the solution is not buying DRM files if you wanna share and have the opportunity to reproduce everywhere. Of course that's up to you.

I agree with buying most of the things you say. However, there's no stopping MS software from telling MS what you listen and how. I don't really like that kind of 'oversight', if you will. Even if it's for something so innocent as tracking my interests for marketing purposes.

That's one of the things that attracted me to the M6 in the first place. I know that Meizu is not interested in those things. In other circumstances it wouldn't be that bad if MS (or Apple for that matter) didn't keep track of that data. Otherwise, the whole experience of having seamless integration between devices (computer, players, cellphone) it's something I do look forward to.

8jsEFkdoes it work with sim cards? ('',)

Originally Posted by Err0r

In recent forum posts by Meizu manager Mr. Wong, he revealed that M7 will most likely be skipped by Meizu who's next product after the Music Card will be the M8.

The Meizu M8 is going to be a music phone (57x105x11.5mm) for the GSM and TD networks with a 3.3-inch 720x480 pixel VGA+ touch sensitive screen, 3 mega-pixel camera, ARM11 CPU capable of recording video in 30FPS utilizing the entire screen resolution, Bluetooth and TV Out. Supposedly, it will also run the latest version of Microsoft's Windows for mobile devices; Windows CE 6.0. After the release of the official concept renders, the M8 has already been stamped as an Apple iPhone clone.

Currently, Meizu are still deciding whether or not to include WiFi and DMB functionality.

Also, aside from the new 8GB M6, a 6.9mm thin M6 is also in the works.

How can a phone not work with sim cards...