The Xiaomi Mi Band line of activity trackers offer pretty good bang for the buck when compared with pricier options from Fitbit and other companies. The Mi Band 4 I picked up a few years ago had all the features I wanted from a fitness tracker, and ridiculously long battery life. I’d still be using it […]
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Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro are 11 inch tablets with high-end features and mid-range prices
No Comments on Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro are 11 inch tablets with high-end features and mid-range pricesXiaomi made a name for itself years ago by offering high-quality smartphones with flagship-level specs and mid-range prices. Like most phone makers, the company has raised the starting price for its flagships in recent years. But when it comes to tablets, Xiaomi seems to be sticking to its older playbook. The new Xiaomi Pad 6 and Xiaomi […]
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Lilbits: OpenShot 3.0, GPD Win 4, and Xiaomi 13
Xiaomi’s latest flagship phones are heading to Chinese customers, the GPD Win 4 handheld gaming PC goes up for pre-order in a week, and the developers of the open source video editing application OpenShot have released a major update – version 3.0 is said to have over a thousand improvements. Here’s a roundup of recent […]
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Xiaomi launches an NUC-sized mini PC with Intel Core i5-1240P
As expected, Xiaomi is getting into the compact desktop computer space. What’s a little unexpected is that the first Xiaomi mini PC is powered by a 12th-gen Intel Core processor (previously the company had been showing off a prototype with an AMD Ryzen 6000 series chip). The Xiaomi XM22AL5S is a mini PC that measures […]
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Xiaomi Note is a 10.3 inch E Ink tablet with pen support
Xiaomi has been making eBook readers with E Ink displays for a few years, but now the company is throwing its hat into the growing ePaper tablet space with the launch of the Xiaomi Note. It’s a 10.3 inch Android 11 tablet with a black and white E Ink display, a 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 […]
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Xiaomi’s first mini PCs break cover in China
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi is probably best known globally for its smartphones and smart TV devices. But the company has also been selling laptops for years, and now it looks like Xiaomi is getting ready to launch its first desktop computers. Two new models recently broke cover in China. One is a compact mini PC […]
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Lilbits: Prototype of an unreleased Xiaomi foldable spotted
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has released a couple of foldable phones in the past few years. But the company has been showing off prototypes for even longer… including for some models that never make it to market. A few years ago Xiaomi filed for a patent on a foldable that bends outward rather than inward, […]
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Lilbits: A phone that charges in 9 minutes, Qualcomm v ARM, and why the Pixel 7 is 64-bit only (according to Google)
9 Comments on Lilbits: A phone that charges in 9 minutes, Qualcomm v ARM, and why the Pixel 7 is 64-bit only (according to Google)With most modern smartphone makers having access to the same processor, memory, storage, and display technology as their competitors, some companies have found other ways to stand out. For Google it’s photography. And for some Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi and Oppo it’s fast charging. Case in point: does anyone need a mid-range phone with […]
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Lilbits: Chrome is ending support for Windows 7 and 8.1, Windows on ARM is still frustrating, Google Pixel “G10” leaked
4 Comments on Lilbits: Chrome is ending support for Windows 7 and 8.1, Windows on ARM is still frustrating, Google Pixel “G10” leakedWindows 11 has been here for more than a year, but Microsoft plans to continue supporting Windows 10 through 2025. But older versions of Windows? Not so much. Extended support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 ends in a few months… and Google is taking a cue out of Microsoft’s playbook and announcing that it […]
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Xiaomi Pad Pro is a 12.4 inch tablet with Snapdragon 870
The new Xiaomi Pad Pro is an Android tablet with a 12.4 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz display with support for optional accessories including a detachable keyboard and a pressure-sensitive pen. With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor and at least 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, the tablet is more […]