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  UPDATE: HTC Tianxi is Windows Mobile-based device whereas Tianyi is powered by Android OS. Both the phones are TD-SCDMA equipped and will launch within couple of months. HTC used to sell its phones under the Dopod brand name in China but today they’ve announced to sell their own branded devices in the future. They’ve [...]

  You seldom see a competitor commenting on other CEO but Lenovo head, Liu Chuanzhi did that and that too, in the interest of his own company. Liu says Apple’s CEO they’re lucky because “Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China.” If he were to then Liu believes that Lenovo [...]

  Nokia is continuing to expand its mobile portfolio in the world’s biggest mobile market. They’ve announced TD-SCDMA supporting Nokia X5 and C5 devices for China Mobile. X5 and C5 will debut at the World Expo Shanghai 2010 where consumers will be able to get a hands-on experience on both the devices. The X5 is [...]

  Samsung will soon be releasing I7680 phone for China Mobile. The phone will be powered by OPhone, a modified version of Android and will feature TD-SCDMA/tri-band GSM support, 3.5-inch AMOLED display (480×800), handwriting recognition, 800MHz CPU, Wi-Fi (WAPI), 5MP camera, 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, GPS, USB and Bluetooth. No word on the price [...]

  Nokia today announced the launch of Comes with Music service in the world’s biggest mobile market. The all-you-can download service will be known as Yue Sui Xiang in China and though rest of the markets have DRM-ed access to the service, Chinese users will get DRM-free music, allowing them to download and play unlimited [...]

  UPDATE: The phone is known as Galaxy I6500U and is up for pre-order on this site for 3,399 Yuan ($500). Samsung I6500U (Saturn) existence came into light way back in October last year and since then we’ve a bit of info and a picture. Now I6500U has got a permanent position on Samsung Mobile’s [...]

  Google has taken its first major step after the fallout with the Chinese government early this year. Not bogging down to the government’s demand of censoring search results, Google has finally moved its Search, News and Images from the Mainland China to Hong Kong servers. All users trying to visit Google.cn will now be [...]

  Google and Chinese government’s showdown has risked a lot of companies that used Google services. Motorola was one of them who used their Google Search and Maps for Android phones. However, now they’ve announced that beginning this quarter, Motorola will offer Microsoft’s Bing Search and Maps services on their Android phones. Quite a win [...]

  Asus may’ve been playing coy by not bringing the uniquely designed Eee Keyboard to the market but the Chinese cloners realize its potential, which is why they’ve got the Cross PC U510 to please the consumers. The U510 may not be as attractive as Eee Keyboard but it sure is more powerful than the [...]

  Despite the ongoing tension between China and Google that delayed couple of Android phones this week, Lenovo’s Android powered LePhone will be unaffected. This revelation came from China Unicom’s CEO Yang Yuanqing at a shareholders’ meeting where he confirmed that Lenovo’s LePhone will be launched on their network. Being an open-source OS, Android shouldn’t [...]

  There’s a lot been going between Google and the Chinese government in the past few days. After threatening to pull out of China and uncensoring search results, Google has decided to postpone launch of two Android devices meant for the Chinese market. The phones were due tomorrow but Google’s spokesperson confirmed that it won’t [...]

  Motorola Sholes has been in the news for the past couple of days. First, pictures of few of its features hit the interweb, then a picture of a Motorola phone surfaced yesterday (which is said to be Sholes) and now we’ve got latest pictures from Androidin who shows off a China-limited variant of Sholes [...]

  Samsung will be launching a new phone in the Chinese market that will have two touchscreen displays. The W799 functions as a regular touchscreen phone with the call/end buttons and large 3-inch display on the front but if you can’t do without alphanumeric keys, flip it open to use it as a clamshell with [...]

  Lenovo has made a U-turn by buying its mobile phone division back that they had sold to a group of investors in March 2008. Back then, Lenovo made the spin-off to recfocus on its core PC business but fast forward to now, Lenovo reckons mobile phone market as one of the fastest growing other [...]

  LG has introduced its first phone for the Chinese market running OPhone OS, a modified version of Android. GW880 will be the first LG phone to feature China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA band and integrate various other features like a 3.5-inch WVGA (800×480) touchscreen display, CMMB (China Multi Media Broadcasting) support, 5MP camera, GPS, Bluetooth and [...]