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If China Mobile can have its special version of Android (OPhone), so can its fierce competitor – China Unicom. The carrier, which BTW is China’s second largest, is working toward developing what they call the “uPhone” platform that again sits on top of Google’s mobile OS. As you can see from the image above, devices…
Apple is making moves that could cause its iPhone to be more compelling to the Chinese market, as it has been granted a license for the country’s WiFi. The country has its own security protocol for WiFi that’s known as WAPI (WLAN authentication and Privacy Infrastructure). The Apple iPhone has been on sale in China…
Well, the claws are out folks, as Lenovo’s head, Liu Chuanzhi, said Apple is missing out on the world’s most populous country because Apple CEO Steve Jobs “has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China.” Well, Chuanzhi, I get the feeling you’ll soon have a chance to eat those words. To be fair,…
China Unicom got a lot of flak for launching the iPhone without Wi-Fi, but even though the 3GS will soon be available with it (as expected), the criticisms might not recede. The 3GS listed here in a regulatory document will have WAPI, a special wireless designation much like Wi-Fi that could potentially allow the Chinese government…
Buried deep within Kin’s software is a provisioning file directory, which has uncovered a list of carriers who will potentially support Microsoft’s One and Two handsets. These are no guarantees that the carriers will actually be picking up the phones, only that they’re technically capable of running on these networks. It’s entirely possible these were…
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of number of subscribers, uses a non-standard form of 3G called “TD-SCDMA”. They invented this standard themselves, solely due to the fact that they didn’t want to pay patents for the WCDMA technology that’s used all over the world. New technology = needs new devices to support…
We knew Lenovo was going to introduce their LePhone into the world at some point. It was unveiled at CES earlier this year, and is quite the phone. The LePhone will be launched next month, but the Chinese company held an event for the device, and shared it’s ambitions as they begin to enter the…
If you recall, we’ve first heard of the Samsung I6500U Saturn (or that’s Galaxy?) back in November 2009, when it got WiFi interoperability certificate. A month later, we said it’s heading to China and now… it’s almost here, as Chinese website 360buy.com is accepting pre-orders for the device. From their website, we learn that it…
The breakdown of Google-China relations won’t affect China Unicom, which is the world’s second-largest mobile operator by subscribers. The carrier plans to offer Android smartphones and I doubt Google has anything against that, considering the potential reach. On the sidelines of the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, Unicom Chairman Chang…
China Unicom is in talks with Apple to bring a full-featured iPhone with WiFi to the world’s largest cell phone market. The iPhone is currently being sold without WiFi primarily because of governmental regulations. The move could increase adoption of the iPhone in China because it would enable users to get online with the device…