Meizu M8, the phone to beat android?

I've had my eye on the Meizu M8 since it was first announced back in 2007, and even created an android theme to mimic the UI graphics. It was still is an iphone clone but Jack Wong has been trying real hard to break from the KIRF world for some time now. Enter firmware update 1.0.0.1 of which screen shots were first seen back in July. Thanks to a leaked beta version of the firmware, we are now getting video of the new update. I gotta say, it really looks like android under the hood, although I doubt it is even though rumors of an Android base Meizu device have been around for some time. Could this be the device to make me leave my G1? Check after the break for a demo video.

A few things I noticed while watching the video was how similar it was to android. The slide down notification screen, allowing you to set app shortcuts to the home screen, and how they are removed, even the text boxes look androidish (that's my new word). They did a really good job with this version of the firmware, and if they could make an android device with similar features, I'd be sold. Check out the placement of the status bar icons while watching the video and see for yourself if they are trying to copy android, or if it could be android. Even the alarm notification looks strikingly similar to our favorite green alien robot version. Of course it's possible they could just be trying to make the UI more similar to android, so when they do switch over from Windows CE to Android it will still look like a Meizu device. Enjoy the video!



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