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NEC 909w/909e rugged waterproof and dustproof smartphone to hit China soon

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While we here in the United States are always looking for thinner, lighter and more stylish when it comes to smartphones or tablets, the Asian market is booming with rugged waterproof, dustproof and shockproo…

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The9 launches new game channel to combat Android Market shutdowns in China

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When the Android Market goes down in most places, people freak out for a couple of hours and then go back to their business until the next failure happens weeks or months later. In China, Market failures are more f…

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MIUI gets official, will power Xiaomi Phone

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MIUI started off as a hacked version of Android that merged elements of a few Android UI flavors with an Apple-like sense of design. Today, it’s on more than half a million rooted Android phones, and is hea…

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Titanium clad Coolpad N930 to be released in China, rest of the world?

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It’s unclear whether this quite handsome, titanium clad unit ever will be released outside the realms of China, but judging from the English menus seen in the photos, it just might be. The N930 is Coolpad’s…

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Huawei launches cheap but powerful IDEOS Android phone

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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