Apple has already locked down China Unicom as their Chinese iPhone partner and is still trying to strike a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile’s massive 500-million-strong customer base. But, China Mobile recently launched OPhone smartrphone operating system and their own mobile applications store which compete directly with the iPhone OS and the…
Apple still talking to China Mobile behind China Unicom’s back
Uh oh. What do we have here? It seems that Apple isn’t satisfied with putting their hands all over China Unicom’s massive customer base. Apple is reportedly still talking to China Mobile behind China Unicom’s back. It’s obvious what Apple wants – they want to get their iPhone into as many Chinese wireless networks as…
LG GW880 is the Android-based OPhone smartphone for China Mobile
LG is working on the Android-based GW880 smartphone for China Mobile. As you can see from the image above — and more bellow — it will be an all-touchscreen device that will run OPhone “version” of Android, which is specially tailored for the world’s largest mobile operator. Specs wise, the GW880 comes with China Mobile-specific…
Motorola’s A3300c WinMo smartphone confirmed for China Mobile
Roughly 20 days ago we talked about the upcoming Moto-made Windows Mobile smartphone for China called A3300c. Well, it’s been confirmed by Chinese paper Sina, which says the official announcement is imminent. As a reminder, we’re talking about an all-touchscreen device that prides itself with 3.2-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with flash, accelerometer, GPS, WiFi,…
HTC Qilin/Dopod T8388 is HTC’s first TD-SCDMA Windows Mobile smartphone for China
Just when we reported that HTC plans to bring TD-SCDMA device(s) to China in partnership with China Mobile, we spotted the first such phone. It’s the HTC Qilin aka Dopod T8388, which will pack some Windows Mobile love to the users of China Mobile’s 3G network — there are not that many of them at…
China Mobile unveils Android-powered Philips V900
China Mobile unveiled the first official Android-powered Philips phone – V900. Actually, it’s China Mobile’s own flavor of Android called Open Mobile System (OMS), which is also known as OPhone. We don’t know the release date nor pricing, but we do know the specs. There’s WiFi on board (actually some Chinese version called WAPI), 3.2…
China Mobile expects 80 million 3G users by 2011
China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li Yizhong, said that the country’s leading operator, China Mobile, is expected to have up to 80 million 3G subscribers within the next two years. This is despite the fact that the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers is using China’s own TD-SCDMA standard,…
Photos: Dell’s first smartphone, the Mini 3i for the Chinese market, spotted in the wild
Mr. Blurry Cam is in the hospital after being beat up by Apple employees for posting photos of the new iPhone before it was announced, but luckily his wife, Mrs. Image Stabilization, is taking his place. She is in China and has snapped some clear photos of Dell’s first entry into the smartphone market. The…
Sexy text messages will land you in a Chinese jail
China might soon overtake the US as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t necessarily mean China’s Communist ways are going to evolve. In fact, China’s backwards policies are being enforced more vigorously than ever. Forget internet censorship. Forget about all those journalists jailed for speaking on China’s human rights issues. Chinese authorities are now…
Huawei readies C7300 and T550+ touchscreen phones for China
Huawei is working to introduce two new all-touchscreen phones to the Chinese market – C7300 and T550+. The first of the two is a CDMA2000 device, and will most probably end up in China Telecom’s portfolio. Specs wise, the C7300 boasts a 2.5-inch QVGA display, GPS, 2-megapixel camera, handwriting recognition support, media player and of…