Posts Categorized: Gadgets


Lenovo wants to beat Samsung in China

Lenovo CEO: We Want to Beat Samsung, Become China’s Top Smartphone Brand

We reported last year that Chinese-brand smartphones make up 60 percent of sales in China, but Samsu...

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  • February 1, 2013
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Blackberry 10 Likely Coming to Indonesia in March

(Updated on February 27th: Blackberry Indonesia has confirmed that the Blackberry Z10 will arrive he...

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  • January 30, 2013
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CoolPad outsells Apple iPhone in China

How the Very Uncool ‘CoolPad’ is Outselling Apple’s iPhone in China

Coolness is only skin deep, but being uncool goes to the core. The Chinese phone-maker CoolPad is a ...

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  • January 28, 2013
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Game on? China Contemplating End to Gaming Consoles Ban

My gaming fanatic colleague Charlie just sent me an email at midnight in his timezone (he’s in...

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  • January 28, 2013
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Xiaomi Box regulatory approval

Xiaomi Box Finally Gets Regulatory Approval, Can Soon Go on Sale

Remember the set-top streaming device from Xiaomi which was seemingly killed off by China’s me...

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  • January 25, 2013
  • at 10:49 pm
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Nokia China sales numbers 2012

Nokia Sales Down 79% in China as Symbian Dies, Lumia Slow to Grow

If you thought Nokia’s (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) China figures for 2011 were a disaster, you shoul...

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  • January 24, 2013
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Apple Indonesia Investment Confirmed, Jakarta Store and Online Sales Coming Soon

Our friends over at MakeMac spotted today that the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) ha...

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  • January 22, 2013
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Phucking Phablets: Huawei’s New Giant Phone is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Seen

Chinese mobile handset maker Huawei announced some new products at this year’s CES that have b...

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  • January 13, 2013
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Google’s Self-Driving Car is Perfect for China

Like any fan of things that are totally awesome, I have been following the process of Google’s...

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  • February 1, 2013
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Apple Shanghai Pudong

Shanghai Authorities Confirm Apple Opening R&D Center in China This Summer [UPDATED]

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) currently has eight official Apple Stores in mainland China, and now the Cuperti...

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  • January 29, 2013
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Xiaomi Box on sale soon

New Partnership Means Xiaomi Box No Longer Banned, Sales in 3 Cities Starting Soon

On Friday evening we suggested that the Apple TV-esque Xiaomi Box had risen from the dead after bein...

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  • January 28, 2013
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KuaiYong Jailbreak-free piracy app going global

Still Not Killed Off by Apple, China’s Jailbreak-Free App Piracy Service is Going Global

Earlier this month we looked at KuaiYong, a rogue app store that allows iPhone and iPad users to ins...

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  • January 28, 2013
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Apple China supplier report 2013

Apple Terminates One China Supplier That Had 74 Underage Workers

I’ve been looking at Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) annual ‘supplier responsibility’ ...

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  • January 25, 2013
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Apple Sees iPhone Sales Double in China

There have been lots of rumors that Apple is interested in making a low-cost smartphone for China. I...

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  • January 24, 2013
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Why Apple Isn’t Making a Low-Cost Smartphone for China

We all know that China is important to Apple (even if you didn’t know it already, Tim CookR...

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  • January 18, 2013
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Meet mRobo, the Vietnam-Made Dancing Robot That Wowed CES [VIDEO]

When you think of Vietnam, usually robots are the last thing that springs to mind. But, thanks to a ...

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  • January 11, 2013
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