Updated: Apple working with China’s Alipay to develop App Store e-payment system
Posted in China Unicom, iPhone in China on Dec 4th, 2009
Update – December 4, 2009: HC360.com is reporting today that Apple and Alipay have formed a partnership to develop a new payment system. The Apple/Alipay system (name TBA) will facilitate China App Store purchases for Chinese consumers. The current iTunes App Store model requires that users provide a major credit card to purchase apps, games [...]
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Posted in App store, China Unicom on Nov 2nd, 2009
The mobile techies over at ChinaByte have done a thorough analysis of the new iPhone 3GS for China Unicom – Model A1325 (comparison versus a grey-market iPhone 3GS) and have highlighted what’s new with the “for China” iPhone. As expected, there are far more similarities than differences. The primary change is that the new China [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2009
Wo there … This is interesting. China Unicom appears to be preparing the launch of a “Wo” portal specially built for iPhone. This portal will make it easier for iPhone owners (including the 1.5+ million grey-market iPhones now in China) to download China Unicom’s own apps and wireless value added services (WVAS). It is also [...]
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More China iPhone launch rumors – late October
Posted in App store, China Unicom, iPhone in China on Sep 21st, 2009
Update – September 21, 2009: (via JLM Pacific Epoch) 163.com today quotes China Unicom Vice President Zhu Lijun as stating that iPhone in China will launch towards the end of October. September 21, 2009: Interfax TMT is quoting an anonymous China Unicom insider who claims that October 15, 2009 will be the official launch date for iPhone [...]
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The following is my response to questions about iPhone in China posed by China’s Mobinode.tv … I read Mobinode.tv regularly and I appreciate the opportunity to share my views about iPhone coming to China. I believe we are at the beginning stages of a mobile revolution. A new breed of smartphones is opening up an ocean [...]
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