Xiaomi drops Mi Pad price in India

Xiaomi has permanently dropped the price of its Mi Pad tablet in India. Those interested can now pick up the device for INR 10,999 ($162) instead of the previous INR 12,999 ($191). The Mi Pad has a 7.9-inch 2048x1536 resolution display, NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, 2GB RAM, and 16GB storage with microSD. It is one of the better specced tablets on the market. The previous price was already quite low and with the discount it is now a complete steal, provided you are okay with MIUI. The company has no plans yet of launching the newer Mi Pad 2 in the...

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Report says no signs of Apple Watch 2 coming this March

Rumors so far have suggested that the second generation Apple Watch will be unveiled in the month of March. However, if a new report from TechCrunch is anything to go by, there are no signs indicating that the wearable will be made official any time soon. The report cited Creative Strategies analyst Ben Bajarin, who said that supply chain doesn't seem to be occupied enough to suggest a March unveiling. "With the supply chain cuts from the usual suspects of Apple component providers, the timing does seem suspect for a new product given orders would have taken place in the latter part of 2015 if a new product is shipping first half of 2016," he said. "We are observing some interesting new patterns in Apple's supply chain that are making the waters more murky than before. As with the current edition of the Apple Watch, no one really saw that coming via supply chain so it is possible to not see it. However, the Apple supplier warnings of soft revenue ahead do seem to cause one's eyebrow to raise when thinking about a new product supposedly shipping in a few months." In addition, the report noted that there has also not been any major action at the developers' end to suggest that a new Apple Watch is coming in around a couple of months from now. The report comes just a few days after there were rumors that trial production for the Apple Watch 2 will begin by the end of this month, adding weight to the March announcement...

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Canadian carrier variants of HTC One M9 to get Marshmallow starting tomorrow

Canadian carrier variants of the HTC One M9 - those on Sasktel, Rogers, Wind, and Videotron - will start receiving the Android 6.0 update starting tomorrow. This was announced by the company's US VP of Product Management Mo Versi in a tweet. Great news for our Sasktel, Rogers, Wind and Videotron HTC One M9 owners! We'll go live on Monday for the Marshmallow OS update. Thank you!— Mo Versi (@moversi) January 15, 2016 While answering some user queries on Twitter, Versi also revealed that the Sprint and T-Mobile One M8 units will get the Marshmallow update by the middle of next week and starting January 25, respectively. The update for the latter is currently under testing. @NoleMario15 Yes, our target is mid next week. Thanks.— Mo Versi (@moversi) January 15, 2016 @cameron29016996 We're in the lab. should be soon - our target is 1/25.— Mo Versi (@moversi) January 15, 2016 For those who aren't already aware, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the unlocked One M9 and M8 units in the US starting rolling out last month. Source 1 2...

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Nintendo confirms its first mobile game Miitomo is on track for March launch

Nintendo unveiled its first mobile game - dubbed Miitomo - last October. Although the game was initially set to arrive at the end of year 2015, the launch was delayed to March 2016 in order to better promote it. While the March launch time frame, too, was apparently not set in stone at that time, the company has now confirmed that the game is indeed launching a couple of months from now. The confirmation came from the Japanese company's president Tatsumi Kimishima, who revealed this in an interview with newspaper Mainichi Shimbun. For those who aren't already aware, Miitomo doesn't seem to be a game in true sense, it's more of a chat app that lets users create and customize their Miis - characters that were debuted alongside the Wii via the Mii Channel. Users (or players) then interact with each other through their Miis in real time. Source |...

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Report says Microsoft Lumia 650 will be made official early next month

The Microsoft Lumia 650, which has been the subject of several rumors and leaks until now, will be made official early next month - February 1 to be precise, according to a new report. The unveiling would likely be a low key affair, with the report stressing that the mid-range device's details - including its pricing and availability - will be announced in a blog post rather than a dedicated media event. In addition, the report notes that the Lumia 750 and 850 have been cancelled, and there isn't much expected from Microsoft at this year's MWC. It also adds that the Lumia 650 will be the first and last Lumia phone for 2016 - the rumored Surface Phone is said to be on track though. As for Lumia 650's price, a recent leak from Europe revealed that the Windows 10 handset will carry a tag of around...

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iTunes Radio will no longer be free; only paid Apple Music subscribers will be able to access it

Apple has announced that it will begin charging for its iTunes Radio service from this month's end. Launched back in 2013 alongside the iOS 7 and available only in the US and Australia, the service has been free (ad-supported) all this while. Image credit: Eric Risberg/Associated Press However, that will change as starting January 29, it'll become paid. Further, you'll only be able to access the service - which competes with Pandora - if you're a paid Apple Music subscriber. For those who aren't already aware, Apple Music costs $9.99 a month. "We are making Beats 1 the premier free broadcast from Apple and phasing out the ad-supported stations at the end of January," the Cupertino-based company said in a statement. "Additionally, with an Apple Music membership, listeners can access dozens of radio stations curated by our team of music experts, covering a range of genres, commercial-free with unlimited skips. The free three-month trial of Apple Music includes...

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