Windows 10-powered Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 starts shipping January 26

The Android 5.1 Lollipop-running Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 variant was reportedly a raging success, exhausting its initially allocated inventory in 60 seconds (though no one knows what that means in actual unit sales), so naturally, the up-and-coming device manufacturer hopes the Windows 10 configuration will be met with similar enthusiasm.This one was obviously unveiled

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The Huawei MateBook may be a thing come later this year

So much for a collapse. The PC market may be on the slopes, but with Microsoft making its own (convertible) laptop and Apple totally owning it with its MacBooks, Huawei seems to be puffing up its chest for a major Mate move. That’s if the ever-grinding Chinese rumor mill gets its facts right.Swimming around in the muck is news that ...

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Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 runs Android 5.1 or Windows 10 at $155 and up

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to guess that, because it packed an Intel Atom x5 chip, the Android-running Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 recently benchmarked in pre-release form would also offer a Windows 10 alternative on the software side of things. Especially when you consider how the Chinese manufacturer has been warming up to Microsoft of late.Earlier today, alongside the mid-range, budget-friendly

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Xiaomi schedules November 24 Beijing event: Mi 5, Mi Pad 2, Redmi Note 2 Pro incoming?

If you thought the final stages of the calendar year couldn’t possibly bring any new, half-exciting Android hardware to light, and you had to wait until CES or MWC in early 2016 to check out the mobile industry’s “next big things”, you must not know how the Chinese market works.On the Western hemisphere, it’s all about Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas. But the Chinese New Year is celebrated in February, giving Xiaomi plenty of time to showcase some sizzling hot phones and/or tablets, then actually put them up for grabs when the shopping spree begins.Still, ...

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Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 shows up in benchmark with Intel Atom x5 inside

Up-and-coming Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi left the Mi Pad line in the lurch before it could, well, actually become a line, with the first-gen iPad mini “clone” yet to be refreshed. At long last, a Mi Pad 2 appears imminent, almost a year and a half after the original’s commercial launch, but we have to wonder whether we’re looking at a substantial upgrade.Nvidia’s sequel for the Tegra K1 chip inside the 2014 Mi Pad, dubbed Tegra X1, found it even harder to impress Android OEMs, and in fact, not counting the ...

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