Similarly to China Mobile which has its own flavor of Android (OPhone), China Unicom has been working on UPhone and the accompanying Ustore application market. That store now has a new name, supporting not only Android, but other mobile platforms as well. The new name is Wostore, with WO coming from the brand of the…
China Unicom to offer the Bada-powered Samsung Wave 723
Although most of us are still kinda sceptical about the prospects of Samsung’s Bada platform that doesn’t stop the Korean company from pursuing carrier partners which could sell one of few Bada-powered devices that were announced to date. That said, Samsung has found an operator in China willing to (take risk?) sell the recently announced…
Apple iPhone 4 demand exceeds supply as China Unicom nearly sells a quarter million handsets
Word out of China on Sunday suggests the iPhone 4 is flying off the shelves and China Unicom is struggling to meet demand. According to the Wall Street Journal, China’s #2 wireless carrier sold up to 240,000 iPhones yesterday with a total of 200,000 pre-orders and 40,000 in-store purchases. This number contrasts sharply with the iPhone 3GS…
Long lines mark the iPhone 4 launch in China today
The iPhone 4 went on sale today in China and the launch was greeted with an enthusiastic crowd of Apple customers. Large crowds and long lines converged upon Apple locations in the Asian country, including the new stores in Beijing and Shanghai. The 32GB iPhone 4 is available from Apple without a contract for 5,999 yuan ($893), while the 16GB model…
Samsung Galaxy S coming to China in 3 different flavors: CDMA, TD-SCDMA, and WCDMA
The highly popular Samsung Galaxy S, which sold over 1 million units both in the United States and South Korea, will be coming to all three of China’s operators using their respective wireless technologies. China Telecom will get getting a CDMA variant, the SCH-I909 that is most likely the same device recently launched by Verizon…
Motorola’s Ming lineup for China gets flavored with Android
Motorola expanded its Ming lineup today by launching three new Android handsets specially designed for China. The eclectic three include the A1680, the MT810, and the XT806. Destined for a different wireless carrier in China, each handset sports the distinctive design and signature transparent flip screen of the Ming handset series. With WCDMA onboard, the…
State TV: China Unicom set to launch the iPhone 4 in September
China state TV joined the growing list of sources claiming a September launch of the iPhone 4. According to the state TV report, China Unicom has inked a deal with Apple that will bring the smartphone to the mainland market by September. The state TV report cites a company brief issued as part of the…
Apple iPhone 4 Comes to China Unicom Next Month, iPad on the Horizon
Although we’ve had the luxury of owning the iPhone 4 for nearly two months now, not everyone has been so lucky. For China Unicom customers, it must have been a long wait, but the iPhone 4 will be hitting the carrier next month. While there have been issues with selling Wi-Fi capable iPhones in China…
China Unicom: We want to make Chongqing the NFC capital of the world
China Unicom, together with the city of Chongqing, have a goal of transforming the region into an NFC powerhouse that makes revenues upwards of $7 billion per year by the year 2015. Investments will be made in infrastructure, and tax breaks will be given to component suppliers in an attempt to draw them to the…
Ultrabrief: China Unicom to start selling iPhone with WiFi enabled this coming Monday
For some strange reason the Chinese had a rule that said you can’t ship devices with WiFi, instead you had to use the home brewed version called WAPI. This isn’t anything new. The Chinese, due to pride and a lack of willingness to pay royalty fees, always clone a Western standard and make their own.…