Archives for: china

Huawei

Huawei launches cheap but powerful IDEOS Android phone

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Huawei today officially announced the IDEOS, an entry-level phone that the company claims will make the smartphone industry question what exactly it means to be entry-level. The IDEOS will be a $100-$200 pho…

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HTC will deliver Froyo and Sense to China soon

July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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HTC is diving head first into the mobile phone market in China, and it’s doing it with phones running a Froyo-based version of Sense. The Chinese HTC website says that the Desire will launch with Android 2…

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Google mobile services disrupted or blocked in China
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Google mobile services disrupted or blocked in China

March 29, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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According to Google’s own “Mainland China service ability” site, China has partially blocked Google’s mobile services. This is of course connected to the falling out of Google an…

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China Unicom kicks Google off its Android phones
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China Unicom kicks Google off its Android phones

March 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The first casualty of the Google-China spat is Google. After Google’s refusal to self-censor its search results despite the government’s insistence that it comply with Chinese law requiring c…

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Microsoft invades Android as search and maps provider on Motorola’s Chinese phones
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Microsoft invades Android as search and maps provider on Motorola’s Chinese phones

March 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Motorola has announced a new partnership with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine and map provider on all Android devices released in China. Motorola’s soon-to-release Android phones wi…

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FALSE: Google vs. China rift leads to canceled Nexus One event in Beijing?
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FALSE: Google vs. China rift leads to canceled Nexus One event in Beijing?

February 24, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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UPDATE: Previous suggestions that Google snubbed Beijing on its Asian Android Developers Lab tour have been shot down by Google. A Google spokesperson has debunked the suggestion and said that there was neve…

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The Android based Motorola Zeppelin makes an appearance
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The Android based Motorola Zeppelin makes an appearance

October 24, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Coming forth with a name that either strikes up images of a giant airship or the music of a great rock band we now have another Zeppelin, except in this case it is the Motorola Zeppelin and it is an Android powered ph…

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HTC Click Android phone played with on video
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HTC Click Android phone played with on video

August 21, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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What’s so budget about the HTC Click to make HTC’s upcoming device an “entry-level” Android phone? Take a look at this video, apparently shot in an Asian restaurant judging by the la…

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Android-based Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets outed at China Mobile Market launch event
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Android-based Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets outed at China Mobile Market launch event

August 17, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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The rumored Android-based Dell smartphone has become official. The handset, which is the Dell Mini 3i was recently on display and photographed during the launch event for China Mobile’s new Applicati…

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HTC Click and Hero heading to China
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HTC Click and Hero heading to China

August 3, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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It seems like our Chinese friends are the first group of consumers promised to get their hands on the HTC Click Android phone. A subsidiary of HTC is expected to bring the Click, along with the HTC Hero, to Chinese…

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China Mobile opens app store to nearly 500 million people
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China Mobile opens app store to nearly 500 million people

July 3, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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China Mobile has partially opened up its Mobile Market app store that sells to 480 million subscribers. Yes, the world’s largest phone company has nearly half a billion customers who could download fre…

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China Mobile rumored to be launching the HTC OPhone in June
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China Mobile rumored to be launching the HTC OPhone in June

May 26, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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I am not sure what to make of this story, at first glance it seems a little confusing, but here goes… According to a recent WSJ report we are going to see China Mobile launching the HTC OPhone in June. So the co…

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Skytone Alpha 680 Android-powered netbook spotted
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Skytone Alpha 680 Android-powered netbook spotted

May 13, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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We have seen talks of Android netbooks, however we now have some images and details of an actual working prototype. The netbook is from Chinese manufacturer Skytone. The model is the Alpha 680, however the spec…

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Skytone Android debuts, confuses, and disappoints
Netbooks

Skytone Android debuts, confuses, and disappoints

April 22, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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Chinese computer maker Skytone has plans to release an Android powered netbook soon. The Skytone Alpha 680 is a tablet running Android with a 7 inch, 800 x 400 resolution screen. A product page from SkytoneR…

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China Mobile rumored to be launching the Android powered OPhone in May
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China Mobile rumored to be launching the Android powered OPhone in May

April 21, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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The latest rumor surrounding the Lenovo OPhone is calling for a release to come as early as May. The news is coming courtesy of DigiTimes who are reporting that China Mobile will launch the “iPhone-like s…

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Lenovo O Phone gets hands-on video
Lenovo

Lenovo O Phone gets hands-on video

April 9, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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The Lenovo O Phone has finally been toyed with in video, and it looks worth the wait. Aside from the iPhone-esque appearance of certain aspects of the user interface, the O Phone is pretty snazzy. The phone has An…

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