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China Unicom, the sole carrier for the iPhone out east, has been putting on a good face about their underwhelming sales, but a source has just let slip that 300,000 units have been sold to date. Before you get too excited, keep in mind that according to their technology division, iPhone currently constitutes 4% of China Unicom’s handset acquisitions, while Windows Mobile commands 8% and Symbian 16%. The lack of Wi-Fi certainly stunts potential for the iPhone in China, especially when thusly-enabled handsets are available in Hong Kong. Wi-Fi aside, capacitive touch isn’t a great option for character recognition either – maybe the iPhone is just permanently doomed to slow (if steady) progress in China.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
