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China Unicom building a special “Wo” portal for iPhone

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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iPhone in China: Those who know aren’t talking

Posted in AAPL, Apple, China Unicom, iPhone in China on Aug 29th, 2009

It’s now official … iPhone will launch in China during the final quarter of 2009. Alas, Friday’s announcement was short on details and left inquiring minds wanting to know how everything will fall into place. So it’s time to summarize what we know, and ponder a few items from the rumor-mill. Let’s start with a quote [...]

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Dell planning to launch two TD-SCDMA phones?

Posted in China Mobile, iPhone on Apr 13th, 2009

???? it’s a Dell TD Phone!   iPhonAsia comment: According to a report on Sina.com.cn, Dell is planning to build two new TD-SCDMA smartphones for China Mobile. Like several new customized TD smartphones (Levono, HTC, Nokia) being developed for China Mobile, the Dell phone mobile operating system (MOS) will be Android-based and specially coded to exclusively [...]

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Apple's "iPhone in China" Negotiations

Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone in China on Mar 23rd, 2009

Update – March 23, 2009: China Mobile’s CEO spoke to a reporter on Saturday, March 21, 2009. According to Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile’s talks with Apple have stalled, albeit “the door remains open.” This is no surprise as Apple is moving forward with China Unicom. Details > HERE (in Mandarin) iPhonAsia Comment: Here (below) is iPhonAsia’s [...]

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