Chipmaker Qualcomm has an unknown amount ge lwa country in Xiaomi, the company behind the Chinese phone that is out-of-the-box custom-rom Miui running. Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone market wants to conquer, is a billion dollar worth.
In total, Xiaomi of various investors $ 90 million. The money is used for the development of technology and after-sales services, reports Reuters news agency. Xiaomi brings its phones only in China.
The investment by Qualcomm, is no surprise; Xiaomi used for its first smartphone, Xiaomi Phone a MSM8260-soc from Qualcomm, the same chipset as HTC used in its Sensation. The Xiaomi Phone is in the factories of Foxconn-assembled, reported Engadget a few months ago.
The Xiaomi Phone runs by default on Android 2.3 with a custom rom of Miui. This Chinese rom is known by the far-reaching changes in the interface. So is the main menu disappeared and the settings are otherwise grouped. Also, the interface could be accelerated by the gpu. Miui is available for many Android phones.