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The Xiaomi M4 wants to take the #1 spot from iPhone. Photo: Xiaomi Apple and Xiaomi executives got into a little trash talk fight at the World Internet Conference this week in China. Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun  described his company as a “small miracle ” that’s ready to dominate the smartphone world. But Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, who was also at the conference, wasn’t impressed with all of Xiaomi’s boasting. Xiaomi’s sudden rise to being the world’s third largest smartphone maker has been nothing short of miraculous. Executives at the Apple copy-cat are bullish on the company’s future and hope to become the top smartphone maker in 5 to 10 years, but Sewell thinks that’s much easier said than done. “It is easy to say, it is more difficult to do,” Bruce Sewell, Apple’s general counsel and senior vice president of legal and government affairs, told the conference when asked about Lei’s bold claims which would require ...

As we had pointed out earlier that the tech sector and especially the smartphone and mobile gadget segment has become one of the most unpredictable and high activity zone with one or the other is propping up surprises every alternate day and creating new equations for the smartphone world. While the whole world is moving towards the new age smartphones which is diminishing the difference between a computer and a phone. Tech companies are moving to stuff in everything possible in the phone. In this race every other day some or the other company is busy coming up with a new smartphone claiming it to be the best among the lot and quickly gaining popularity either for the features or the price tag. Just a few days ago in an article titled:  ‘Xiaomi – The New Emerging Star In The Smartphone World’  we showed how a local Chinese name Xiaomi claimed the third position in the smartphone race globally by selling its phone only in the home turf. Now news is that Micromax an Indian smar...

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ( MIIT ) has issued a fourth batch of mobile virtual network operator ( MVNO ) licences, allocating concessions to eight companies and bringing the total number of MVNO  licensees to 333, C114 reports. Video sharing site Youku Tudou was one of the highest-profile companies to receive a licence, whilst other licensees included: clothing manufacturers Hongdou Group; TV and radio broadcasting firm Shenzhen Media Group; electronics retailer Qingdao Gooday Network Technology (Haier); communications and software providers Beijing ChannelSoft Technology and 263 Network Communications; smartphone manufacturer Beijing Xiaomi Technology; and Zhengzhou Xunjie Trade.

Xiaomi is releasing the  Redmi Note  4G and a dual-sim 3G version in India, through online stores and retail.  The 3G version will be priced at Rs 8,999 while the 4G Note will be going for Rs 9,999. The 4G is being launched in partnership with Bharti  Airtel  and will be available at their stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai, as well as on Flipkart.  Registration for the 3G version of the Redmi Note will begin on  Flipkart  on November 25 at 6pm, with the sale starting at 2pm on December 2. The device comes with a 5.5” HD IPS display and a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3100 mAh battery, 2 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage expandable up to 64 GB, and a 13 MP rear camera that supports 1080p video recording, plus a 5 MP front camera. The Redmi Note 4G will be available in Airtel stores by the end of December. Customers will need to register online before visiting Airtel stores to purchase the de...

On November 27, Thursday at 12 noon, Mi Philippines and Lazada Philippines will once again be offering the Redmi 1S. This time Xiaomi fans can get the Redmi 1S bundled with colored cover set or Mi 5200 mAh power bank for only  Php 5,799 .  The Redmi 1S has a regular price of Php 5,599 and the Mi 5200 mAh power bank is being sold for Php 445. That’s Php 245 savings.  

Hannespree Touch Monitor and CX919 ii Device Hi all, I purchased the hannespree ht231dpbU multi-touch monitor and cx 919 II device in hopes of having a large android touch monitor for rom emulation and general web browsing. I was finally able to root the device by checking 'connect to PC' in settings and using a rooting tool instead of manually installing the adb drivers in hopes of getting to touch screen to work through adding the correct IDC file (from this thread i http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?1802-Touchscreen ) . However, the touch support is still now working as expected. The device shows feedback only when i touch exactly all 10 of my fingers on the screen, which is not the expected touch behavior. I read a few posts about modifying the kernel, but there was not enough details for a non-unix expert like myself to follow. Does anyone have a similar setup and could provide a more step by step guide to get the touchscreen to work as expected, or perhaps a rom...