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The capitalist market basically says this, may the best company win. That would mean being on the lookout always to expand one’s market beyond what is currently available at the moment, or creating one if there are none. Xiaomi has been pretty successful in the markets which it is in at the moment, and they include China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The thing about capturing the China market is this – with more than 1 billion plus people living there, you can already “make it big”, so to speak, by coming up tops. If you want to increase your revenue, it is time to look elsewhere. Xiaomi intends to do this, and they have cast their eyes on South East Asia with the city state of Singapore being the first stop.

Hugo Barra mentioned about Xiaomi’s future at a press event that took place in Taiwan recently, where he claimed that Xiaomi is attempting to get their “operations for Southeast Asia set up as quickly as possible.” Singapore happens to be an important starting point in the region, and hopefully, from there, it will spread to the likes of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and further up north. Would it also signal the wane of BlackBerry in the select South East Asia markets that it has held on strong all this while?

Xiaomi Looks To Expand Into South East Asia original content from Ubergizmo.

It has roughly been three months since Apple launched its new smartphones, the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. Whereas it is widely believed that the latter hasn’t been selling as well as originally anticipated, there’s no denying the fact that the iPhone 5s has proved to be a hit. With intense demand comes a demand supply gap. Recently Apple has improved shipping times of the smartphone, and now according to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, Apple Retail Stores in U.S. appear to have the iPhone 5s in stock.

Munster surveyed 60 Apple Retail Stores in the U.S. and found that all of them had the device in store, which equals to 100 percent availability. Just a fortnight ago, the same survey revealed that only 24 percent of the stores had the smartphone in stock. In the start of October, this figure was down to just 8 percent. Improving supply will only serve Apple’s interests. The company has managed to get supply to its stores ahead of the lucrative Christmas shopping season. More stores carrying the devices means that customers will have no difficulties in picking up the smartphone of their choice, sales are expected to surge around the holiday shopping season. Just last week Apple improved the iPhone 5s shipping times from its online store to just 1-3 business days.

iPhone 5S Supply Has Caught Up With Demand [Analyst] original content from Ubergizmo.

AT&T today earned some serious bragging rights, it has teamed up with Rogers of Canada to become the first major U.S. carrier to offer international 4G LTE data roaming. AT&T subscribers that find themselves in Canada will now be able to enjoy data roaming on 4G LTE speeds. Data will obviously run through Rogers’ LTE network in the country, which AT&T describers as being the fastest in Canada. The company claims that Rogers LTE network reaches almost 70 percent of all Canadians and that it continues to expand.

Subscribers won’t have to upgrade to another smartphone, AT&T says that its existing LTE compatible smartphones will be able to take advantage of this new service. However, there will be a price to pay for international data roaming at 4G LTE speeds. 120MB for $30 per month, 300MB for $60 per month and 800MB for $120 per month. Unless you plan on streaming video and music or downloading large files, these data packages should last long enough. However they won’t last long if you do data intensive tasks, which would result in you running up quite a tab. The best option would obviously be to get a SIM from a local carrier whenever you’re visiting Canada, but if 4G LTE is absolutely necessary, then AT&T is the way to go.

AT&T Teams Up With Rogers To Offer 4G LTE Roaming In Canada original content from Ubergizmo.

Huawei, the OEM from China has recently sent out an invitation for an event that will take place this coming December 16th, and when you take into consideration that the word “Honor” has already been printed on the invite itself, one would be hard pressed to think of anything else other than the fact that this would be the event where the Huawei Honor 4 is launched. Just in case you were wondering, the Huawei Honor 4 is also known as the Huawei Glory 4 in other markets. Regardless, a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, and the Honor 4/Glory 4 will feature MediaTek’s octa-core MT65492 processor.

This celebrated processor claims to run all 8 cores simultaneously, which will be different from Samsung’s octa-core Exynos 5 chip, where the latter relies on big.LITTLE architecture which would allow a group of four cores to run at any one time. Rumored hardware specifications of the Huawei Honor 4 include a 5.5″ display at 720 x 1280 resolution, 2GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory, a 13MP shooter at the back and a 5MP front facing camera, with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean right out of the box. Now, to wait for the really serious stuff that all of us have been looking out for – pricing and availability details which will hopefully be revealed on December 16th as well.

Huawei Glory 4 Or Honor 4 Could Be Introduced Next Week original content from Ubergizmo.

So, you think that you have more or less mastered smartphone photography? Well, here is some news for you – there are always add-ons and peripherals out there that might just up your game. This time around, it would be the $69.99 Olloclip Macro 3-In-1 Photo Lens that might just make your future shots a whole lot more artistic than usual. After all, looking at things from a different perspective (a closer one in this case) would always shed new light on any situation, and the Olloclip Macro 3-In-1 Photo Lens does what its name claims, thanks to a trio of macro lenses that offer 21x, 14x, and 7x macro magnification so that you will be able to capture the right level of detail.

Use it to examine tiny objects such as coins, stamps, rocks, relics, insects, plants, gems, circuit boards, and even your own skin, and you might just be surprised at what you see. The Olloclip Macro 3-In-1 Photo Lens is tiny enough to be tucked into your pocket in a jiffy, and it will also be compatible with a wide host of apps including Instagram, Facebook and iPhone’s Camera, iPhoto and iMovie built-in apps. Half a dozen elements have gone into the engineering of all three macro lenses, so that you get to enjoy more edge-to-edge clarity, greater depth of field, nicely diffused light on the image, less pincushion distortion and a higher degree of bokeh. [Press Release]

Olloclip Macro 3-In-1 Photo Lens original content from Ubergizmo.