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The One Series was announced a month ago. And now, one of the member of the series — HTC One S, has a knock-off version in China. We are curious why the Shanzai manufacturer didn’t choose to make a knock-off One X instead. But anyway, let’s check out this One S knock-off after the break…
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news which have left behind for last week just because we are too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Apple’s revenue in China, Asus new ultrabook, BYT new electric car, Meizu custom UI and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: China new innovations in TV technology for the upcoming London Olympics… Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.
Following the trio of Dragons budget phones that rolled out in China last week, the Taiwanese smartphone maker announced its new flagship, HTC One X! The phone was announced in China two days ago, along with the other two One series smartphones — One S and One V. HTC also added variant of HTC One X, dubbed HTC One XT. The “T” indicates TD-SCDMA, which is specially made for China Mobile 3G users. There’ll more info about the customized HTC Sense 4.0 for China after the break.
Last weekend, Shenzhen police has successfully cracked down a Shanzhai factory that produced knock-off cell phones. Two production lines had been smashed and closed down, more than 3,000 shell casing and components to make fake Apple, HTC, Nokia and Samsung phone had been seized on the spot. Authorities have detained 10 suspects in connection with the factory. The small factory has only about 35 workers, which doesn’t consider to be a large scale production. It seems major mobile phone companies, especially Apple, are putting more efforts to track down those evil counterfeiters, by working with local police to raid their manufacturing facilities. Click in for more pictures on the story.
HTC has been busy rolling out their One Series, and today the company continues with what they have left to do. Yup, HTC finally announced the trio of Dragons that they showed earlier this year at MWC. The Dragon series are specifically made for China, the three models will go on sale by the end of this month. Interestingly, each models will bundle with a different Chinese wireless provider.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news which have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on HTC’s revenue drop, ‘Draw Something’ knock-off, 1 billion Chinese mobile phone users, new Foxconn’s scandal and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a Chinese dancer becomes cultural icon after sex change operation … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy, there are stories on HTC China retails, Nvidia cheap tablet, Foxconn owning Sharp company and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a young American entrepreneur explains how his craft beer business is booming in Beijing … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
One of the new HTC “Dragon” series Android handsets is going to release soon in China market. The new HTC T328w has popped up over at the Chinese wireless approvals website, which means it has obtained authorise license for sale. The new Taiwannese smartphone features a 4 inch Super LCD WVGA display and dual-SIM slot. It runs Android 4.0 with Sense 4.0 user interface, power by 1 GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. Other specification includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, Beats Audio, 5MP rear camera, MicroSD card support and a 1,650 mAh battery. It should cost 1,999 Chinese yuan (US$316) only, with contract plan, pretty cheap and affordable for an ICS handset. The Chinese love dual-SIM function, Samsung has also rolled out a dual SIM Galaxy S II just for the Chinese market. It seem there is not much chance for the HTC T328w to release outside China.
To mark the Chinese debut of Windows Phone, Microsoft China held an event in Beijing today. Three Chinese Windows Phone devices — the HTC Triumph (aka Titan), Nokia Lumia 800c and ZTE Mimosa — are showcased at the event, and executives from China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Nokia, HTC, Samsung, and ZTE showed up as special guests. Hit the break for live images of the event. And a video.
While every Chinese were waiting Nokia to announce the first official Windows phone in China, HTC has cunningly unveiled an official Windows phone before Nokia did, and that must has surprised Stephen Elop (the CEO of Nokia) and motivated the company to announce its launch event for the Lumia series Windows Phone. More info after the break.
UPDATE: Press in China received invitation from Microsoft China to a launch event for Windows 7.5 Tango
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