Return of the Jedi, Google Eyes a New Start in China

By Star Chang, posted January 16, 2012 at 8:03 PM, 251 views

After its confrontation with the Chinese government over censorship, search engine giant Google has reignited its effort to expand in the world’s largest internet market. The company is stepping up its pace in China by providing new services and hiring more engineers, sales personnel and product managers in the country. The goal is to boost the development of its Android operating system for mobile devices, online advertising and product search services in this booming region, where the number of internet users had just passed 500 million …

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Meizu MX Unboxing and Hands-on! (with video!)

By Herman Lai, posted December 8, 2011 at 1:17 AM, 2,957 views

Here’s the Meizu MX, the successor to one of the most popular Android handsets in China, the M9. So, here’s our complete unboxing and hands-on impressions on this “Designed in China, Made in China” Android smartphone. Read on to see how it takes on the iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus and Xiaomi!

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Microsoft Hopes Chinese Mobile Users Fall In Love With Windows Phone 7 in 2012

By Herman Lai, posted December 7, 2011 at 2:43 AM, 254 views

Originally Windows Phones were approaching to launch in China in the year of 2011, but Microsoft has officially announced they are not going to make it this year, and expecting a delay until the first half of 2012. The reason? The U.S. software giant said they want to ensure the Chinese citizens will have a great experience using its platform. But what exactly are they trying to improve? The company decided to remain this as a secret.

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Tencent Put Out QQ Browser App On GetJar App Store, Reaching Globally

By Herman Lai, posted November 25, 2011 at 4:55 AM, 2,845 views

Tencent’s mobile QQ browser is one of the fastest mobile browsers in China. It is powered by cloud computing technology, aimed to be a “Smart, Speedy, Simple, Specific, Safe (5S)” browser. Few days ago, the company has entered into a partnership with GetJar, the world’s largest free app store, in order to distribute its QQ Browser around the world on multiple platforms.

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China Unicom Reportedly Buys 2 Million Xiaomi Phones

By Chris Chang, posted November 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM, 1,134 views

Xiaomi’s Android smartphone, introduced in China in August, is priced near cost at 1,999 yuan ($315), and 300,000 units of the phone were pre-ordered within 34 hours of its release, according to media reports. Following the success of 300k pre-orders through the Internet, Xiaomi’s given the go-ahead for a cooperation with telecom operators to further expand its sales channels. We might actually see China Unicom ordering 2 million phones from Xiaomi in the not too distant future.

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HTC’s Crap Knockoff: The HTE Sense

By Chris Chang, posted November 23, 2011 at 5:04 AM, 565 views

HTC’s been known to slap a polished finish on the Android OS with Sense UI, and Chinese knockoff makers would love to use the Sense’s reputation to attract more customers. So, they made a phone branded as HTE, and it features Sprint 4G technology with HTE Sense… WTF.

China Is The New Mobile App Dragon

By Star Chang, posted November 3, 2011 at 7:25 PM, 412 views

Look like mobile app usage is growing in China at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world. Some new stats from an analysis company shows that China has recently surpassed the UK in terms of app session market share, and with its hyper-growth in app sessions, China has also moved up the ranks among the world’s top countries to now occupy the second spot behind the United State. It cannot be denied that the communist country has already vaulted to second largest app economy …

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China Gives Free Wi-Fi to Everyone in Beijing, But Citizens Think It Is Dangerous

By Chris Chang, posted November 1, 2011 at 8:11 PM, 750 views

Chinese citizens should be happy if there’s free Wi-Fi access across the great city of Beijing, but apparently they are not. Why? They are worried that their phone numbers may be recorded and sold on to advertising or spamming companies, since a mobile phone number is required “for identity authentication” before you can use the Beijing public Wi-Fi.

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ZTE Leapfrogs Apple Again in Global Cellphone Rankings

By Star Chang, posted October 31, 2011 at 11:44 AM, 386 views

ZTE claimed the world’s No. 4 handset spot in the third quarter of this year, nudging Apple down again to No. 5 spot. ZTE came away as the biggest winners this quarter, shot up by a whopping 57.9 percent, launching the company to remain in the fourth place. Apple saw 21.3 percent growth in its shipments and a slight bump in market share, but still couldn’t avoid getting leapfrogged by the Chinese vendor. During the first quarter of this year, Apple has past ZTE to be 4th-largest phone maker worldwide, but now those low-cost Android phones which ODM by ZTE are starting to surpass the popularity of iPhone …

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Nvidia’s CEO Thinks GPU is More Powerful Than CPU

By Herman Lai, posted October 22, 2011 at 1:42 PM, 568 views

Nvidia’s dynamic leader Jen-Hsun Huang joined Walt Mossberg onstage at tech event AsiaD to talk about graphic chips and indicated GPU can do more than what we think, which makes GPU sounds like it has some mystical potentials. Rather than that, when he initially started his graphic company, he considered not to go toe-to-toe with Intel’s integrating chipsets. And this is how he had the spirit to make better GPU.

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