iPhone and Mobile Telecom in the Pacific Rim
Posted in iPhone Hong Kong on Nov 24th, 2009
Finding an iPhone for sale in Hong Kong is simple. Walk out the door of your hotel and amble over to the first camera shop you see … Pretty safe bet that they’ll have handsomely boxed iPhones behind a glass display case. Downtown Kowloon seems to be filled with these camera stores. How many cameras [...]
Posted in Apple, Blackmarket, China Unicom, iPhone in China on Nov 19th, 2009
Landed in Shanghai on Monday evening and took in a night stroll along the Bund. Then a fun glass elevator ride up to the Vue Room Bar for a look at the Shanghai skyline. Impressive. A veritable rainbow of Bund lights shimmer across the water as the glimmering tour boats glide by.
Tuesday I hired a [...]
Posted in Blackmarket, iPhone, iPhone in China on Nov 17th, 2009
I had dinner Sunday night near the Olympic Stadium (The Bird’s Nest) with two savvy expats Steve McIntosh and Mike Forbus. Both are Apple fans and they have been following mobile telecom and tech in China closely. I owe Steve a particular debt of gratitude for passing along insights to the goings on in Beijing/China [...]
Posted in Apple, China, China Unicom, Shanghai, Shanzhai ji, iClones, iPhone on Nov 16th, 2009
The black/grey markets in Beijing will blow your mind! On Saturday and Sunday (November 14/15) I had a chance to do a bit of undercover work. I hired a guide to help me navigate the Zhongguancun (pronounces “Djong Guan Tsun”) shopping mall maze – Hailong, Dinghao and e-World Kemao. Jennifer, my guide/interpreter, was in the market for [...]
Posted in China, Shanzhai ji, iClones, iPhone, iPhone in China on Nov 7th, 2009
Buyer beware in China
There are many enterprising bandit phone entrepreneurs in China who make their living by replicating popular handsets. These pretty on the outside but crippled underneath phones often bear a striking resemblance to the genuine article. But the money spent on outside polish is saved on the internal software and componentry. The result [...]
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