Chinese device maker Xiaomi has a habit of releasing high-end smartphones for mid-range prices. the company’s latest is no different. The Xiaomi MI3 has some of the most powerful smartphone hardware around, but it has a modes starting price of just $327. Xiaomi plans to offer two variants, one featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core […]
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Xiaomi hires Google’s Hugo Barra, signals international ambitions
Up until recently, Hugo Barra was one of the most visible faces behind Google Android. As vice president of Android Product Management, Barra was a regular at Google’s press and developer events, often showing off new devices and features. Now he’s showing off a new job: Barra is leaving Google after more than 5 years […]
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Xiaomi Box update could make it an Android game console
The Xiaomi Box is a tiny device which lets Chinese users run Android apps on your TV so you can stream internet radio, video, and other content. Soon it may also be an inexpensive game console for your living room. CNBeta reports that folks are Xiaomi are suggesting the company will add support for Android […]
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Xiaomi introduces $130 Red Rice phone with 720p display
Chinese device maker Xiaomi is continuing its push to offer decent phones at reasonably low prices. A few months ago the company introduced the Xiaomi Phone 2S with high-end specs and a mid-range $320 price tag. Now the company is following up with $130 phone called the Xiaomi Red Rice, and while it doesn’t exactly […]
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Lilbits (7-24-2013): Google day edition
In case you missed it, today was a big day for Google news. The company unveiled its new Nexus 7 tablet, which we kind of already knew everything about anyway. But Google also introduced a $35 device called Chromecast which you can plug into a TV and use to stream videos, music, and web content […]
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Lilbits (7-10-2013): CyanogenMod issues security update, Apple fixed eBook prices
Earlier this year the folks at Bluebox Security discovered a vulnerability affecting nearly any device running Android 1.6 or later. The company alerted Google, and eventually let the public know. This week Google confirmed that it’s sent a security patch to partners, but it’s up to individual device makers to update the software for the […]
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Lilbits (6-19-2013): Xiaomi’s first tablet
The folks at Xiaomi got their start by offering custom smartphone ROMs that offered a unique spin on the Android operating system. Since then, the company’s started selling its own phones, as well as set-top-boxes. So what’s next for the Chinese device and software company? Tablets seem like an obvious choice. Here’s a roundup of […]
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Xiaomi Box Android TV box now available outside of China… sort of
The Xiaomi Box is an inexpensive device which you can plug into a TV to run Android apps and stream internet video on a TV. We’ve seen a lot of those in the past year or so. But this one is the first to come from Xiaomi, a Chinese hardware and software company known for […]
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Lilbits (5-13-2013) Toshiba Kirabook, Xiaomi laptop, Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
The Toshiba Kirabook is the first Windows ultrabook to feature a display that rivals the ones found on the MacBook Pro with Retina and Google Chromebook Pixel. But according to one of the first reviews of the Kirabook, that screen might be a mixed blessing on a Windows laptop. Here are some of the day’s […]
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Xiaomi Phone 2S is China’s answer to the HTC One/Samsung Galaxy S IV
There are more companies cranking out smartphones and tablets in China than I can count. But Xiaomi is one of the few companies that actually has a little bit of name recognition outside of China, thanks in part to the company’s popular MIUI skin for Android. It also doesn’t hurt that the company puts out […]