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2-Years-Old Chinese Kid Get High Degree of Nearsightedness, Thanks to Apple’s iPad

Cyril Chang, Apr 17, 2013 9:36 PM, 3,192 views, Got something to say ?,

In China these days, Apple’s iPad is the middle class child’s companion of choice. It is becoming commonplace for a family gathering to feature parents playing mahjong, while their children tapping Angry Birds on the tablet device. Chinese parents often encourage this trend. They have considered the iPad a good choice, since it provides interactive visual and audio content to entertain their kids. However, experts have pointed out that the iPad is not a perfect tool for early education and may function negatively on children if used improperly, particularly when it comes to children’s eyesight. A 2-years-old kid in Wuhan city Central China, has got a 500 degrees of nearsightedness, thanks to Apple’s technology and his ignorance parent. The little Chinese kid started to use iPad while he was one and a half years old. His parent has downloaded lots of children apps for their child to learn and play, and they’re happy to have an easy job on taking care their kid …

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Watch: iPad mini Get Hit by Hammer Without Cracking the Screen

Star Chang, Apr 15, 2013 10:05 PM, 1,046 views, 1 Comment »,

A phone accessories shop in Hong Kong has given customer some demo on what is called the strongest screen protector on earth. Hitting real hard on an iPad mini with a hammer and not cracking the screen made us want to discover more information on this super protective screen protector. It seems that the shock proof film is came from a Korean brand known as “ARK”. The used materiel is called polyethylene terephthalate which provides ultra shock absorption. The protective is so god damn strong that it even can survive through iron beads dropping test (one more video after the break). In the mean time, the film only supports the screen size of iPhone 5, new iPad, iPad mini, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, price ranging from HKD$148-$198 (USD$19-25.50). If you use this film on your smartphone or tablet, you properly won’t have to worry about any reasonable bump or drop.

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More Chinese Ancestors are Becoming Apple User in Heaven

Randy Cheung, Apr 8, 2013 12:43 PM, 482 views, Got something to say ?,

During China’s annual Qingming Festival, also known as “Tomb Sweeping Day,” Chinese people repair and clean the graves of dead relatives as part of an ancient custom to ensure a peaceful afterlife. They also leave offerings of food, fake money and liquor. Under Mao, the practice of leaving offerings to the dead was suppressed, but it was quickly reinstated once he was no longer in power. In 2008, the festival was made a national holiday, and last year 520 million Chinese visited cemeteries – almost all bearing some kind of gift. Traditional gifts include fake money and paper bags of clothing. But in recent years, people are now giving paper representations of TV sets, washing machines, houses and luxury cars. With the popularity of Apple products in China, cardboard representations of popular mock Apple products have gone to the top of the gift list …

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Are Chinese Authorities Plan to Pull Down Apple’s Superior Standing in China ?

Star Chang, Apr 1, 2013 1:50 PM, 383 views, Got something to say ?,

Chinese media outlets have been heavily attacking Apple’s business practices in the country, following the previous report on Consumer Rights Day produced by state broadcaster China Central Television. The latest gripe has come from government’s mouthpiece the People’s Daily, which has been railing Apple for five consecutive days since March 25. The Chinese news agency went on attacking Apple’s tax avoidance, citing a New York Times report (Chinese netizen unable to surf the NYT website …) published last year about the company saving billions of dollars in taxes in several US states. In its most recent report, it even called the US company “arrogant.” Over 3.8 million users have forwarded or commented on the issue through Chinese social media, some shared their negative experiences concerning purchases of Apple’s products, while many others questioned the motive behind the smear campaign against Apple …

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Chinese Students Get Into Debt For Buying Apple Gadgets

Star Chang, Mar 24, 2013 9:55 AM, 519 views, Got something to say ?,

Over 20,000 college students in Wuhan city have taken out high-interest loans to buy high-end electronic products, mostly Apple devices. From January 2012 to the end of February this year, these young adults have applied for loans worth a total of 160 million yuan (US$26 million) from private finance and investment companies. They have taken loans with heavy annual interest rates of up to 47 percent on 12-month terms. The agency approves loans quite differently from a normal Chinese bank, with the firm processing the application takes only half an hour time. About 90 percent of the credit was used to buy Apple products such as iPhones and iPads, and other high-end electronic gadgets …

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Rumor: Pegatron will Start to Produce Less-pricey iPhone in May

Star Chang, Mar 5, 2013 4:09 PM, 909 views, 1 Comment »,

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Pegatron – which produces some Apple products (iPad mini) alongside primary gadget builder Foxconn – has been commissioned to build a rumored less-pricey iPhone. According to the Taiwan-based newspaper Commercial Times, Pegatron will begin the pilot production for a low-cost version of iPhone in May, before Apple’s new products hit the market in the third quarter. Pegatron is forecast to ship about 40 million devices of the new iPhone model, whose price could be reduced to as low as US$350 (unlocked, contract-free) by adopting a plastic casing, also in conjunction with a choice of different colors. The iPad mini already have had a significant effect on sales of the full-size iPad. iPad mini is on pace to outsell its bigger brother. Market watchers believe the same ‘eroded effect’ might also occur in the iPhone series if a new cheaper iPhone is going to release this summer …

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Chinese Apple Users are Taking Their Risk to Repair iPhone and iPad by Themselves

Star Chang, Mar 2, 2013 12:15 PM, 1,166 views, Got something to say ?,

Savvy operators in China are making money by selling iPhone’s components and DIY maintenance kits as iPhone owners whose warranty has expired are taking to repair their devices themselves rather than taking in to Apple stores which charge hefty repair fees. Over at Taobao.com, the most popular online marketplace in China, there are thousands of Chinese vendors offering all sorts of iPhone components ranging from batteries, cameras, casings, screens and audio cables, along with full detailed instructions on how to carry out the repairs. The business has appeared alongside the growing number of complaints on Apple’s after-sales service. In China, when an iPhone is out of warranty, Apple will not replace individual parts alone, only faulty parts along with the handset’s motherboard and battery …

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Counterfeit Maker Prepares to Release iPad Mini Knockoff with Telephony Features

Star Chang, Feb 28, 2013 12:08 AM, 1,427 views, Got something to say ?,

Chinese counterfeit smartphone makers have reportedly produced a high quality fake version of the iPad mini, which called — the ‘mini Pad’. The counterfeit tablet has an almost identical appearance and users are able to make phone calls with the device. The picture shows that its connector resembles Apple’s lightning connector. The mini Pad features the same 7.9-inch screen but it comes in two versions with different CPU, a dual-core MT6577 and quad-core MT6588, both processing chip from MediaTek which support phone calls. And the installed operating system is of course Android with highly imitate iOS skin. We think that the add-on of telephony support is kind of awkward, you’re going to stick an almost 8-inch slate on your face for phone talking. The counterfeit maker has some unusual mindset that they might think is practical for this… One more pic after the jump.

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Did Lesser Demand of iPhone 5 Cause Suspension in Hiring of Foxconn Workers ?

Star Chang, Feb 20, 2013 3:59 PM, 560 views, 5 Comments »,

[UPDATE] According to Financial Times report, Foxconn has imposed a recruitment freeze this week across most of its factories in China. Human resources officials at Foxconn’s largest factories, local government officials and external recruiters working with the company said there had been internal notices to halt hiring until at least the end of March, in response to reduced orders for the iPhone 5. Recruiters said hiring has stopped for the iPhone and production lines in Shenzhen and Zhengzhou. Taiyuan, which makes iPhone parts, and Chengdu, which makes the iPad, were also putting a freeze on hiring. The suspension in hiring by Foxconn is the first such countrywide move since the 2009 downturn, prompted by the financial crisis. No large recruitment take place also give us a hint that there will be no Apple major new product coming soon …

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Why China Has More Demand on iPhone Jailbreak than the U.S.

Star Chang, Feb 13, 2013 5:23 PM, 1,916 views, 3 Comments »,

According to the statistics from pod2g’s iOS blog, Internet users in China are the top visitors of the Web site offering jailbreak tool, evasi0n, followed by the United States and France. Nearly 3 million Internet users from China visited the site, accounting for 20.12 percent of visitors. The country with the second-most number of visitors was the United States with 2.5 million users, contributing to 16.88 percent of traffic. The popularity of evasi0n jailbreak is tremendous. Within the first 10 minutes of released last week, it saw over 100,000 downloads. And now it had crossed the 1.7 million mark. China is widely seen to have a high software piracy rate, though the government has been working hard to improve intellectual property rights protection. It is to believe the piracy of desktop software will slowly reduced, the unhealthy practice may now shift to mobile sector …

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