The Xiaomi Red Rice, or the Redmi as it is more recently known, has just made its way to Singapore, marking its arrival in markets outside China. We can expect the smartphone to break cover in other prominent Asian markets soon — followed by Europe, Latin Americas, and perhaps even the U.S.
While Sony Mobile’s high-end smartphones are making all the noise right now, we mustn’t forget that a large number of company’s earnings come from midrange devices. With that in mind, we have now come across a new midrange Sony handset courtesy of a leaked image on Twitter.
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Four Democratic senators have proposed a federal law that would require all smartphone manufacturers to include a mandatory “kill switch” for their devices in the event that they are stolen.
The bill would give users the ability to remote wipe their personal data from a lost or stolen device.
AT&T is currently pushing out a relatively minor over-the-air stability update to all its carrier-branded LG G2 handsets located in the United States. Sadly, this upgrade doesn’t bring any major software modifications, such as Android 4.4.2, but it does include ‘FOTA enhancement to support future updates’, in addition to several Google optimizations which we assume will help to pave the way for the much anticipated chunky KitKat update.
Google released the original model of its flagship 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, back in June, 2012, and a month later the device was available to purchase from the Play Store with a $350 price tag. However, if you didn’t have the opportunity to pick one up at the time, it may be of interest to you to know that you can currently grab the 7-inch slate for just $149 from the popular independent retailer, Woot! That’s a pretty good price considering we’re talking about the top of the range 32GB variant.
