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China iPhone Saga: As the iPhone Turns

Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone in China on Aug 24th, 2009

There has been no shortage of rumors, denials and counter-denials in the ongoing “iPhone to China” drama.  In case you haven’t been following the saga on a daily basis … let me give you the soap opera digest of the last few episodes: August 11, 2009: China Business News reports that China Unicom (CHU) has [...]

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Apple still talking with China Mobile? Yes, No, Maybe

Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone in China, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2009

Update August, 22 2009: Hypothetical internal China Mobile PR discussion: PR Guy 1: “Whoops … Wang Jianzhou wasn’t supposed to say that …” PR Guy 2: “Um, he’s the Chairman/CEO and he can say what ever he wants …” PR Guy 1: “I know, but China Unicom fired off a screaming protest letter to the [...]

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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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Apple iPhone talks with China Mobile 'ongoing'

Posted in China Mobile, iPhone in China on Mar 19th, 2009

iPhoneAsia Comment: China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou remains on his talking points. Nothing new to report other than “discussions” still occurring. iPhonAsia believes China Mobile may get iPhone, but it might be an EDGE only model (not a TD-SCDMA 3G version).  Control of the value added services platform (music store, app store, pre-loaded apps, etc.) [...]

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