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China Unicom inks deal to distribute the iPad and iPhone 4
Caixin online is reporting that Apple recently inked a deal with China Unicom, the second largest mobile operator in China, to distribute the iPad. As of now, there is no word as to when iPad sales might begin. Moreover, the report notes that China Unicom will start selling the iPhone 4 sometime in early September. The [...]
Continue reading...Fake iPads are all the rage in Beijing
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Some of the couterfeit gadgets and knockoffs you can find on the streets of Beijing are truly astounding. It often doesn’t take too long for Apple to release a product before images of homegrown imitators start making the rounds. In some cases, such as the iPad, counterfeiters got to work well before the device was [...]
Continue reading...China Unicom in talks to start selling iPhone 4 and iPad by early August
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Tradingmarkets reports that China Unicom deputy general manager Li Gang recently flew to the US to finalize discussions with Apple over the company’s plans to start selling the iPhone 4 and iPad in China. Terms of the deal will reportedly be announced on August 1. Negotiations with Apple Inc. are said to include discussions on the selling [...]
Continue reading...Apple Store in Shanghai opens for business
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Earlier today, Apple’s 295th retail store opened up for business in Shanghai, China. Apple has plans to open a another store in Shanghai before the end of the year and hopes to have 25 stores operational in the country before the end of 2011.
Continue reading...Lenovo CEO Liu Chuanzhi glad that Steve Jobs “doesn’t care about China”
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Speaking to the Financial Times, Lenovo CEO Liu Chuanzhi discussed his company’s plans to enter the mobile market with its upcoming Android-based LePhone smartphone, and also took some time to heap praise upon Steve Jobs while simultaneously expressing joy that Apple “doesn’t care about China.” We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper [...]
Continue reading...Foxconn installs safety nets at bottom of employee dorms - Report
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Apple’s manufacturing partner in Asia, Foxconn, recently found itself at the center of an ongoing controversy regarding questionable working conditions and a rash of employee suicides over the past few months. While the ratio of suicides at Foxconn is actually lower than the overall suicide rate in China, Foxconn’s connection to Apple and other tech [...]
Continue reading...Foxconn to end compensation payouts to families of suicide victims
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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Over the past few weeks, critics have accused Foxconn of creating an insufferable working environment that has led to an ever growing number of employee suicides. Foxconn, though, is a huge company with hundreds of thousands of employees, and despite the fact that its suicide rate, as it were, is still much lower than the Chinese [...]
Continue reading...You heard of the iPad? Now check out the iPed
Friday, May 28, 2010
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Accompanying the launch of the iPad in Japan this past Thursday was the release of a knockoff affectionately known as the iPed in Shenzhen, China. Now if that name sounds familiar, it’s because that’s where the Foxconn plant is located. Foxconn, of course, manufactures a bevy of products for Apple and has been in the [...]
Continue reading...Apple issues statement regarding Foxconn suicides
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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Hon Hai, more popularly known as Foxconn here in the US, has been in the news of late due to a string of employee suicides and suicide attempts over the past year. In the last 5 months alone, there have been 8 successful suicides attempts. Commenting on the matter, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling stated: We are [...]
Continue reading...Another suicide at Foxconn, but statistics indicate there isn’t a problem
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Foxconn, the Taiwanese-based company responsible for manufacturing the iPhone and a host of other electronic gadgets, made headlines last summer when an employee jumped to his death after misplacing an iPhone prototype he was tasked with keeping track of. Since then, a number of Foxconn employees have attempted suicide in a similar fashion. Just last week, [...]
Continue reading...Another Foxconn employee commits suicide
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Last July, a Foxconn employee committed suicided after reportedly losing one of the 16 iPhone prototypes he was responsible for. Foxconn is one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, and churns out many of Apple’s more popular products along with a number of other well-known devices such as the Nintendo Wii and Amazon’s Kindle. Now [...]
Continue reading...Live reporting from Apple’s earnings conference call
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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- 8.75 million in iPhone sales, eclipsing previous record which was during last years holiday quarter - iPhone now sold on 151 carriers across 81 countries - 1.68 billion compared to 1.38 billion, 22 percent increase apple retail stores - Half of Macs sold at Apple Stores were to customers who never owned a Mac before - Apple now [...]
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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