February 9 - 11:30am EST   Meizu's long-delayed M8 (or MiniOne) smartphone may be reaching store shelves in its native China, according to international trading firm AliBaba. The close shadow of the iPhone is already listed as on sale from suppliers including Fuzhou ZhongTianLi, Longxiang Shoes, and Samsin Trade, suggesting that the touchscreen device has advanced well past the prototype stage seen in December and has retained many of the features promised by Meizu in early 2007. [full story]

December 14 - 1:00pm EST   Meizu's well-known M8 MiniOne touchscreen phone has reached the physical prototype stage, according to a post of photos slipped out in a leak from the company. Previously seen only in 3D computer models, the phone is now known to be in the prototype stage. It appears with plastic outer trim instead of the aluminum expected for the final version but otherwise confirms Meizu's intent to replicate the iPhone, including similarities between icons and the lone home button. [full story]