Google Probably In Talks with Chinese Government About Map Censorship

By Herman Lai, posted February 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, 180 views

At the start of this year, Back in November last year, China’s online mapping service providers were required to apply a new licence to continue operate their business in China. Until today, many locals online mapping service providers had already received the license from China’s industry regulator, while Google is still waiting for it.

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‘iFeng 4S’ Hair Dryer Tribute to Steve Jobs ?

By Maggie Hui, posted February 1, 2012 at 11:23 AM, 1,120 views

China businessmen are always clever to turn a profit from death. A small home appliance company from Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong province of China, has released a limited edition of “iFeng 4S” hair dryer, with the name of Steve Jobs printed on it. The name “iFeng 4S” is similar to Apple’s iPhone 4s, the pronunciation of the word ‘Feng’ literally means wind in Chinese. The company said that the white color special edition of the hair dryer is to pay a tribute to the greatest man, and only 100 units will go for sales …

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Thousands Line Up For Foxconn’s Jobs in Zhengzhou (video)

By Chris Chang, posted January 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM, 8,592 views

On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labor agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the largest city of Henan province in north-central China. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line with their applications just hope to get a job at Foxconn, as the electronics contracting giant ramps up its iPhone production at Zhengzhou plant …

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Apple Only Gives Chinese Scalpers 3 Hours Each Day to Reserve Their iPhone Online

By Chris Chang, posted January 30, 2012 at 4:12 PM, 613 views

Previously, Hong Kong was gripped by iPhone 4S fever as more than 1,000 fans and scalpers queued outside the Apple store to buy Apple’s latest smartphone. In order to stop the incidents of repeated violence over sales of the iPhone 4S, Apple has recently implemented a new system to fight those pesky scalpers, and the new system makes the scalping business very difficult.

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WTF: iPhone 6 Is Available In China Now ?

By Maggie Hui, posted January 30, 2012 at 2:04 PM, 3,524 views

While the whole world is waiting for the iPhone 5, iPnoho6 has released in China. Yes, it called ‘iPnoho6′ but not iPhone 6. This is the latest Shanzhai iPhone made-in-China. Actually the device cannot be called the iPhone 6 rip-off because iPhone 5 is not even exist yet. The ‘iPnoho6′ is made of cheap plastic casing in white color, and it is label as “IPDA”. It has some large speakers on the back, and it’s creative enough that the home screen button is designed in a “full apple” logo. The specification and price unknown, properly it’s a cheapo feature phone. We are curious to know how it actually works.

So Much News in China… #032

By Star Chang, posted January 29, 2012 at 10:21 AM, 723 views

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all, especially during the Chinese new year. Here are the tech news we are lazy to post or left behind, there are stories on CDMA iPhone, Nokia sales in China, Weibo beats Twitter and so on, check them out after the break. This week video: Das Auto transforms into Chinese dragon. Hope everyone has enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week !

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Taiwan Pineapple Cake Copy iPhone’s Packaging

By Star Chang, posted January 25, 2012 at 2:00 AM, 2,546 views

A bakery shop in Taiwan has finally introduced the ifood. The bakery shop is famous for making pineapple cake, a classic Taiwan traditional pastry, and their latest packaging box has similar designed to the Apple’s iPhone. The bakery shop called it the ‘iFong’, the pronunciation of the word ‘Fong’ literally means pineapple fruit. Each box of ‘iFong’ contains 6 small pieces of pineapple cakes, price at NT$250 (US$8.30). The Taiwan bakery shop told the local press that having similar packaging designed like iPhone can attract more customers to purchase the pastry as gift-giving. More pics after the break.

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Is Apple Helping its Rivals to Sell More Phones During Lunar New Year ?

By Star Chang, posted January 20, 2012 at 12:39 AM, 482 views

Apple is properly missing out on the Chinese New Year sales ‌in China. Apple stopped selling all iPhones at its five China outlets on Jan. 13 after customers pelted the flagship store in Beijing with eggs because the company had cancelled the opening sales for the iPhone 4S. Pulling all iPhones from the company retail stores, it will give its competitors a potential boost during the country most important gift-giving season. According to the government statistics, the one-week new years holiday, which begins Jan. 23, had generated $64 billion in retail sales last year …

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The Real ‘Apple’ iPhone Ready to Bite (Video)

By Star Chang, posted January 17, 2012 at 1:15 AM, 1,033 views

While Apple fans might be still waiting for their iPhone 5 this year, China has already invented the real fruity ‘Apple’ iPhone, and the built-in SIRI assistance can even speak Chinese ! Click in to watch the fantasy video created by some Chinese folks. It is fun to see fruits ninja playing on a real Apple that you can bite on it ! Last year we had seen some crazy student trying to fool us with real Apple is the Apple iPod …

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Most Phenomenal Made in China Gadgets of 2011

By Herman Lai, posted January 4, 2012 at 10:42 PM, 3,434 views

A year ago we were perfectly content with tech toys that are made in China, and designed by China. Now look how far we’ve come. A lot has changed in China’s gadget world in 2011, and being the tech fanatics that we are, we’d like to take a moment and look back at the standout made-in-China products of 2011, from the most affordable Ice Cream Sandwich tablet produced to some of the cool gadgets you shouldn’t have missed. Sit back and enjoy!

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