LeEco has started to make a name for itself in China recently, where the company’s phones, smart TVs, and even smart bicycles are generating buzz. The company also started showcasing its products in the US this year, hinting at plans to enter the US market in a big way later this year.
Now it looks like the company is taking a shortcut: it’s acquiring one of the top makers of smart TVs and related products.
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LeEco has started to make a name for itself in China recently, where the company’s phones, smart TVs, and even smart bicycles are generating buzz. The company also started showcasing its products in the US this year, hinting at plans to enter the US market in a big way later this year.
Now it looks like the company is taking a shortcut: it’s acquiring one of the top makers of smart TVs and related products.
Continue reading LeEco acquires TV maker Vizio for $2 billion at Liliputing.
Xiaomi splits its smartphones into two families: the Mi line of phones tend to have flagship-level specs, while Redmi phones are typically budget models with a few premium touches.
But the company’s latest phone blurs the lines a bit: the Xiaomi Redmi Pro features a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel OLED display, a fingerprint scanner, dual rear cameras, a USB Type-C prot, and a 4,050 mAh battery.
The Redmi Pro i launching in China for 1,499 yuan ($225) and up.
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Xiaomi splits its smartphones into two families: the Mi line of phones tend to have flagship-level specs, while Redmi phones are typically budget models with a few premium touches.
But the company’s latest phone blurs the lines a bit: the Xiaomi Redmi Pro features a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel OLED display, a fingerprint scanner, dual rear cameras, a USB Type-C prot, and a 4,050 mAh battery.
The Redmi Pro i launching in China for 1,499 yuan ($225) and up.
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Chinese device maker Xiaomi is launching its first laptop computers. The Mi Notebook Air is a Windows 10 laptop with a 1080p display and an Intel Skylake processor that comes in two sizes: there’s a 12.5 inch model that’s priced at 3,499 yuan ($525) and a 13.3 inch version with more powerful specs that sells for 4,999 yuan ($750).
Like a lot of Xiaomi products, the Mi Notebook Air borrows a bit from Apple’s playbook.
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Chinese device maker Xiaomi is launching its first laptop computers. The Mi Notebook Air is a Windows 10 laptop with a 1080p display and an Intel Skylake processor that comes in two sizes: there’s a 12.5 inch model that’s priced at 3,499 yuan ($525) and a 13.3 inch version with more powerful specs that sells for 4,999 yuan ($750).
Like a lot of Xiaomi products, the Mi Notebook Air borrows a bit from Apple’s playbook.
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Acer is preparing to launch one of the first Chromebooks featuring a MediaTek processor. Roland Quandt reports it’ll feature a 13 inch full HD touchscreen display, 4GB Of RAM, and a quad-core processor.
The laptop will be called the Acer Chromebook R13, although like most Acer laptops it also has a much harder-to-remember model number: Acer CB5-312T.
Search the web for that model number and you’ll probably find a bunch of placeholder listings at various online shops.
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Acer is preparing to launch one of the first Chromebooks featuring a MediaTek processor. Roland Quandt reports it’ll feature a 13 inch full HD touchscreen display, 4GB Of RAM, and a quad-core processor.
The laptop will be called the Acer Chromebook R13, although like most Acer laptops it also has a much harder-to-remember model number: Acer CB5-312T.
Search the web for that model number and you’ll probably find a bunch of placeholder listings at various online shops.
Continue reading Acer Chromebook 13 with MediaTek MT8173 processor coming soon at Liliputing.
MediaTek’s Helio X20 and X25 deca-core processors are starting to show up in smartphones like the Meizu Pro 6, Meizu MX6, and Vernee Apollo Lite. But the Taiwanese chip maker is already working on next-year’s model.
Like its predecessors, the Helio X30 will be a deca-core processor. But it should offer better performance, power efficiency, and network connectivity. In an interview with EET, MediaTek’s chief operating officer Zhu Shangzu provided some additional details about the upcoming chip.
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MediaTek’s Helio X20 and X25 deca-core processors are starting to show up in smartphones like the Meizu Pro 6, Meizu MX6, and Vernee Apollo Lite. But the Taiwanese chip maker is already working on next-year’s model.
Like its predecessors, the Helio X30 will be a deca-core processor. But it should offer better performance, power efficiency, and network connectivity. In an interview with EET, MediaTek’s chief operating officer Zhu Shangzu provided some additional details about the upcoming chip.
Continue reading 10nm MediaTek Helio X30 chip coming in 2017 at Liliputing.
MediaTek’s processors have proven immensely popular with Chinese smartphone makers in recent years. But phones with those chips haven’t received much love from the folks who develop custom ROMs, kernels, and other altered firmware for Android devices… largely because MediaTek’s habit of failing to release the kernel source code for its chips, as required by the GPL.
But now a team of developers have obtained kernel source code for two MediaTek-powered phones and ported several popular custom ROMs to run on those phones.
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MediaTek’s processors have proven immensely popular with Chinese smartphone makers in recent years. But phones with those chips haven’t received much love from the folks who develop custom ROMs, kernels, and other altered firmware for Android devices… largely because MediaTek’s habit of failing to release the kernel source code for its chips, as required by the GPL.
But now a team of developers have obtained kernel source code for two MediaTek-powered phones and ported several popular custom ROMs to run on those phones.
Continue reading Custom ROMs, kernel source released for some MediaTek-powered phones at Liliputing.
Rumor has is that Google has two new Nexus smartphones on the way… which means now’s as good a time as any to save some money on last year’s models.
A number of stores are selling the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X for about $100 off their list price. Newegg is even throwing in some bonus goodies to sweeten the deal.
Here are some of the day’s best bargains.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (7-26-2016) at Liliputing.
Rumor has is that Google has two new Nexus smartphones on the way… which means now’s as good a time as any to save some money on last year’s models.
A number of stores are selling the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X for about $100 off their list price. Newegg is even throwing in some bonus goodies to sweeten the deal.
Here are some of the day’s best bargains.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (7-26-2016) at Liliputing.
BlackBerry’s second Android phone is now available for pre-order. The official launch was spoiled a bit by a premature leak, but the BlackBerry DTEK50 should begin shipping in the US, Canada, and parts of Europe in a few weeks.
The phone is available from the BlackBerry Shop for $299.
As expected, the phone is much more affordable than last year’s BlackBerry Priv smartphone, and seems to be aimed at mid-range smartphone shoppers rather than those looking for a premium device.
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BlackBerry’s second Android phone is now available for pre-order. The official launch was spoiled a bit by a premature leak, but the BlackBerry DTEK50 should begin shipping in the US, Canada, and parts of Europe in a few weeks.
The phone is available from the BlackBerry Shop for $299.
As expected, the phone is much more affordable than last year’s BlackBerry Priv smartphone, and seems to be aimed at mid-range smartphone shoppers rather than those looking for a premium device.
Continue reading BlackBerry DTEK50 Android smartphone launches for $299 at Liliputing.
Say hello to BlackBerry’s next Android-powered smartphone. The company hasn’t officially introduced the BlackBerry Neon to the world yet, but it looks like someone hit the publish page on the BlackBerry website a bit early.
The page has been removed, but the leak follows confirmation from BlackBerry officials that the company is working on new Android phones and a series of slightly less official leaks.
Here’s what we know about the upcoming BlackBerry Neon so far.
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Say hello to BlackBerry’s next Android-powered smartphone. The company hasn’t officially introduced the BlackBerry Neon to the world yet, but it looks like someone hit the publish page on the BlackBerry website a bit early.
The page has been removed, but the leak follows confirmation from BlackBerry officials that the company is working on new Android phones and a series of slightly less official leaks.
Here’s what we know about the upcoming BlackBerry Neon so far.
Continue reading BlackBerry Neon smartphone specs, images leaked… by Blackberry at Liliputing.
Jide’s Remix OS is a customized version of Google Android designed for laptop and desktop computers. It ships on a handful of notebooks, mini PCs, and other devices, and earlier this year Jide released the first version of Remix OS for PC, allowing anyone to download the operating system and try it out on many computers with Intel or AMD chips.
Now Jide is launching a major update to Remix OS for PC.
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Jide’s Remix OS is a customized version of Google Android designed for laptop and desktop computers. It ships on a handful of notebooks, mini PCs, and other devices, and earlier this year Jide released the first version of Remix OS for PC, allowing anyone to download the operating system and try it out on many computers with Intel or AMD chips.
Now Jide is launching a major update to Remix OS for PC.
Continue reading Remix OS for PC update brings Android 6.0, multi-window improvements at Liliputing.