Late last year,
Beijing based
Xiaomi launched their assault on the living room with the
Android based Xiaomi
TV. Unfortunately,
service for the
device was suspended due to licensing issues with the content available on the low-cost
box and earlier adopters have been stuck with a cheap, but non functioning black
box sitting beneath their
TV.
But all is not lost as Xiaomi have finally worked out the kinks and have received official regulatory approval! What this means is that the Xiaomi
TV can go on
sale, but what it doesn't mean is that they will be easy to get hold of.
The
Xiaomi Box will be sold just as the companies phones are, you can only officially
buy one through their
webstore and only if you manage to "win" a chance to
buy one. So while we can look forward the
device going
on sale, we wouldn't hold are breath on the chance of getting one anytime soon.
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