Posted in iPhone on Feb 3rd, 2010
Update – February 3, 2010: On Jan 27, 2010, iPad was unveiled to the world along with the Apple iBooks Store and an integrated iBooks reader app. Five major publishers have signed on with Apple’s iBooks and Amazon is whistling past the graveyard and trying desperately to shore up relations with publishers. One sign of [...]
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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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New iPhone App demoed on Jimmy Kimmel
Posted in App store on Oct 2nd, 2009
What does this have to do with iPhone in Asia? Nothing … but it’s too funny not to share … translation
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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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