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By Star Chang, posted Nov 20, 2011 at 8:05 AM, 916 views,

So Much News in China… #022

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech industry news that we have left behind for this week. There are stories on Microsoft vs. piracy, expensive electric car and HTC support Apple’s software, check them out after the break. Hope everyone enjoy your weekends ! Video for this week : HTC Vivid vs. adult entertainment company in animation …

Vivid Entertainment is demanding HTC to change the name of its new smartphone.

  • Adobe announced the launch of online store in China (Agile News). Adobe first-time selling copies of its software in Chinese market, not afraid of piracy.
  • Chinese electric auto no match for BMW (Bloomberg). For the price of BYD’s electric vehicle, Chinese consumers could buy a BMW and still have enough spare cash for more than one year’s worth of gas.
  • China’s leading electrical appliances retailer place US$8.4bn in TV orders (WantChinaTimes). The plan is estimated to be the largest-ever procurement of TVs for Chinese consumers.
  • Chinese pay raises will make electronics gadget more expensive (globalpost). Anything made in China is going to get more expensive next year, especially electronics.
  • Lenovo to release a Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with Tegra 3 (engadget). The Chinese PC maker is going to release a new tablet with Andriod 4.0 by year’s end.
  • HTC phones to support iTunes (FOCUS TAIWAN). Two of the HTC Android-powered smartphones will support music synchronization with rival Apple’s iTunes software.
  • Huawei buys Symantec joint venture stake for $530m (REUTERS). The Chinese company wanted to control its own destiny in the USA and other JV markets rather more than Symantec wanted to control its own China market destiny.
  • China’s Suning signs deal with IBM for e-commerce (BUZZOM). IBM teams up with China’s largest electronics and home appliances retailer to build largest e-commerce platform.
  • Microsoft highlights financial harm of pirated software in China (winrumors). Steve Ballmer revealed that the Chinese revenues for the company will only be about 5% of what it gets in the U.S.
  • China Mobile to capitalize on cloud computing (xinhuanet). China’s telecom titan is planning to build a cloud computing base in north China and the facility will support the country’s homegrown 4G standard.


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