Tag Archive | "China"
China Telecom to carry Apple iPhone before 2012
Lost in the shuffle when discussing the iPhone in China is China Telecom, the country’s third largest mobile carrier behind China Unicom (which has the iPhone) and China Mobile (which may be getting it soon). Now comes word via Reuters that China Telecom will begin carrying the iPhone sometime before the end of 2011. As [...]
Continue reading...iOS 5 beta 2 becomes more email friendly in China with support for QQ, 163.com and 123.com
Monday, June 27, 2011
Comments Off
A lot of news coming out of this weekend’s release of the second beta of iOS 5 with the latest being that the latest OS update includes support for China’s QQ, 163.com, and 126.com email services via the same accounts pane users currently call up to set up their email accounts via Gmail, Yahoo etc.
Continue reading...Tim Cook in China with China Mobile – deal imminent?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Comments Off
MICGadget today posted this blurry spyshot of Apple COO Tim Cook at China Mobile headquarters earlier this morning. Cook was reportedly traveling with 7-8 other people and, the report relays, seemed happy. The original report stems from the First Financial Daily, a “prosperous financial paper” in the country. The reporter for the First Financial Daily [...]
Continue reading...iPad 2 launch at Sanlitun store in Beijing marred by violence
Monday, May 9, 2011
Comments Off
While the launch of a new product at Apple store often attract long lines of dedicated Apple users, nerds, line lovers, and of course, greedy re-sellers, it’s usually a safe bet that everyone in line is respectful and civil with each other. A different story, however, emanated from China over the weekend where Apple’s iPad [...]
Continue reading...iPad 2 resellers camp out overnight for $400/day profits
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Comments Off
If you thought the iPad 2 was a hot commodity here in the US, then it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Apple’s next-gen tablet is even higher demand overseas, and especially in countries where the device has yet to go on sale. Case in point – China, where iPad 2s are selling [...]
Continue reading...SoPhone iPhone 4 knockoff is eerily similar to the real thing
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Comments Off
In the realm of iPhone imitation, or illegal patent infringement if you wanna be blunt about it, there attention to detail on some iPhone knockoff devices is getting scary. The most glaring example is the iPhone 4 inspired SoPhone in Hong Kong which looks and operates so similarly to the real thing that many people [...]
Continue reading...China completely sold out of the iPhone 4
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Comments Off
Apparently you just can’t beat the real thing. Despite a rightfully deserved reputation as a place overflowing with counterfeit and knockoff iPhones, the legit iPhone 4 is selling like hotcakes in the land of Yao. The iPhone originally went on sale on September 25th in China and generated long lines at both Apple retail stores [...]
Continue reading...China Unicom sells 100,000 iPhone 4s in just four days
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Comments Off
Say what you will about previous sales of the iPhone in China, but it’s overwhelmingly apparent that the iPhone 4 in China is a bonafide hit. The iPhone 4 launched in China this past weekend as thousands of interested shoppers lined up outside of Apple stores in anticipation. In the week and a half before [...]
Continue reading...A closer look at Foxconn CEO Terry Gou; his thoughts on employee suicides and doing business with Apple
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
If you look at the back of any iPod or iPhone, you’ll see a small imprint that reads, “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” Specifically, many of Apple’s products are manufactured by Foxconn, a Taiwanese based company with a workforce that numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Earlier this year, Foxconn was unwillingly [...]
Continue reading...Wi-Fi iPad to hit China on September 17
Monday, September 13, 2010
Comments Off
Apple announced today that the wi-fi model of the iPad will be available for sale in China starting on September 17. Apple today announced that the Wi-Fi models of its magical iPad will be available to customers in China from Apple Retail Stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers, on Friday, September 17 starting at 10:00 [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 Gets China Network Access License
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Comments Off
Fox Business reports: Apple has been given a China network access license for its iPhone 4 smartphone, according to the website of China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, indicating the new version of the popular device could soon make its debut in China. China Unicom said last month it expects to offer the iPhone 4 sometime [...]
Continue reading...China Unicom inks deal to distribute the iPad and iPhone 4
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Comments Off
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. [...]
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
Comments Off
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 [...]
Continue reading...Apple Store in Shanghai opens for business
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Comments Off
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 [...]
Continue reading...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Comments Off