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China Unicom gets ready for iPhone 3GS launch

Tonight iPhone sales will begin in China for carrier China Telecom.  The sale of the iPhone in China has been a long time in the making, but it is not stopping the lines from forming.  It is pretty interesting how they run things in China, you can either register online or simply show up to buy the phone but both scenarios require you to be in person for your device and wait in a line.  Congrats China, enjoy the iPhone 3GS goodness.

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First Linux-powered Motorola E11 Photos Emerge

The mysterious Linux-powered Motorola E11 has finally been photographed and handled thanks to our friends over at Mobile-review unfortunately we’ll let you know upfront we have not confirmed a release date or price point.  What we can tell you is that the E11 features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display running a 240 x 320 pixels and [...]

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KZ-Opera 4.0 launches in China

Opera Software ASA and Kong.net today jointly launched KZ-Opera 4.0 in China. The new mobile browser, based on the world’s most popular mobile browser, Opera Mini 4.2, not only greatly improves the page-loading speed and overall performance, but also includes many fascinating features such as a multiple-tabbed startpage, advanced night mode and changeable skin. KZ-Opera [...]

Nokia

Nokia 6208 Classic brings S40-based Touchscreen to China

First it was the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, then the N97 and now Nokia will deliver its third touchscreen device to the far East, specifically China.  New information outlining a Chinese release of the Nokia 6208 Classic running a version of the S40 platform optimized for a touchscreen have flooded the Internet.  Clearly the standard candybar [...]

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Huawei Android-based phones coming to Australia Q3 2009

Earlier this week Chinese manufacturer Huawei entered the Android Open Alliance and announced plans to launch smartphones running the Android OS in 2009.  According to a spokesperson for Huawei, “there would be no launch apartheid where some nations were excluded from the first round of access to the phone,” which means if Australia got the phone [...]

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Nokia Dominates China’s Smartphone market share with 69.3%

Apple and RIM may be eating into its share of the smart phone market in developed markets, but in China, Nokia is still king of the smartphone, where its third quarter share of sales reached an overwhelmingly dominant 69.3 percent, according to a new research report from China research group CCID Consultancy. Nokia does especially [...]

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Localized Opera Desktop and Opera Mini now available in China

Opera Software today released the first localized version of its flagship Opera desktop browser in China, while introducing its world-leading mobile browser, Opera Mini, to local consumers. Echoing the launching of the two much-anticipated products, a greatly improved Web site, the Opera China Online Community, is also open free to local people.
You can download the [...]

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Sciphone Dream G2 to be second Android-based phone

The first Android-powered smartphone, the T-mobile G1, is well on its way to becoming the success many had hoped for, but coming soon to China is the Sciphone Dream G2.  I know what you are thinking, they took iPhone 3G, HTC Dream and T-mobile G1 and mixed around the words to come up with a [...]

Nokia

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic coming to China without 3G or WiFi

We’ve heard of strict policies, but after the iPhone 3G lost it’s high-speed data due to Chinese regulations, we thought the nitpicking was over.  Unfortunately for those of you hoping to get your hands on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in China, expect your device to be missing both 3G and WiFi.  According to the Nokia [...]

Windows Mobile

China’s ZTE Unveils first EDGE/TD-SCDMA Phone

The U990 has just set a new landmark for Chinese manufacturer, ZTE, today.  The U990 is ZTE’s third high-end TD-SCDMA device following the U980 and U981, but unlike the previous two devices it will also feature EDGE connectivity.  The U990 has a max transmission speed of 2.8 Mbps which is currently the fastest speed available [...]