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  • Huawei mobile phone China release VS international release

    我用手头的 Mate 7, Mate 8, P8 总结了几点华为国内版和国际版的区别。

    1、谷歌被阉割。这个折腾一下是可以续上，但整个系统感觉不是浑然天成。

    再谈下几个硬伤：

    2、电话拨号程序里没有内置 Internet call，显然官方仍视 VOIP 如洪水猛兽。

    3、电话拨号程序里多了阻止响一声的骚扰电话，IP 固定拨号，黄页号簿，都是跟国内用户需求有关，出了国就是鸡肋。

    4、Browser（系统提供的浏览器）提供四个搜索提供商：搜索大全，百度，谷歌，淘宝，如果设定为谷歌，则为中国的谷歌，搜索时询问是否跳转到香港谷歌，非常烦人，而且无法添加新的搜索提供商，这几乎废掉了 Browser。

    5、华为穿戴一定要输入华为帐号才能使用，而我之前用过华为穿戴就没有这种限制，我就特别气愤这种中外歧视（特指给外国人的优惠不给国人），就丢开华为穿戴不用。后来发现只要把区域改为英国，Huawei Wear 就不再询问华为帐号。

    最后谈谈国内版的好处：

    6、Calendar 系统应用里的 Calendars to be displayed 有一个 Other 组，可以选中显示农历，这个选择不随区域的修改而失效。我就是看它知道今年春节是 2 月 8 日。

    7、Video 系统应用并不仅是视频播放器，而更像一个类似 Youtube 的视频内容提供商。我在里面可以找到很多中国的节目，其中少儿内容也很多，弥补了 Youtube 的不足。速度还可以。

  • Streaming YouTube to an Android set top box

    I have an outdated LCD TV and a nearly outdated Android smart TV set top box. I mean, this Android smart TV set top box was bought a year ago, and it works very slow compared to current market products.

    I want to combine these two equipment to make a smart TV. Actually, the only functionality I need out of a smart TV is a DLNA/UPnP player. To be more specific, a DLNA/UPnP player for YouTube.

    I want to search for videos on YouTube using my mobile phone, stream to TV, and watch on TV. I do not want to search on this nearly outdated set top box because it is slow, and it accepts input via a fly mouse rather than a touch screen.

    At first, I tried to install a few apps (iMediaShare Lite, aMPdroid, DLNA Server) on the set top box, but none of them is a DLNA/UPnP player.

    Then I installed XBMC on the set top box, set it can be remotely controlled by UPnP. I also installed Beam on my mobile. Now I can stream YouTube video to my TV. However, XBMC is not reliable on this set top box, most likely due to some bug – this player is not always shown on the list of available DLNA/UPnP players. Every time I have to untick and retick “remotely controlled by UPnP” to force it.

    So I have not found a perfect solution for streaming YouTube video to an Android device. I may have to buy a new TV with DLNA/UPnP player built-in.