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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 last week because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on 300 million weibo user, Nvidia virtual GPU computing, Lenovo carbon ultrabook and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: could China rival Silicon Valley … Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.
China Mobile, the country’s largest telecommunications operator, plans a total investment of about 1.2 billion yuan (US$189 million) in Shenzhen to expand 4G TD-LTE network coverages tenfold over last year. The branch company in Shenzhen will construct 3,000 new TD-LTE base stations by the end of this year. Meanwhile, China Mobile opened a free 4G experience roadshow to the general public in Shenzhen’s commercial district with a number of professional instructors to demo the high speed radio network. The activity will last for two weeks …
In Shenzhen, an unauthorized screen protection film for Apple’s iPhone sells for 10 yuan (US$1.60), more than 10 times its cost. The costs for each iPhone protection film just needs 0.8 yuan (US$0.12). According to industry insiders, the market of screen protection films for Apple devices and other related accessories are valued at more than 100 million yuan (US$14.64 million) in China. It has already become a huge industry chain consisting of over 1,000 Chinese manufacturers all located in Shenzhen …
TP-LINK, the well-known Chinese networking equipment company which based in Shenzhen, has decided to enter the smartphone market by introducing the new T882. Previously, TP-Link had released several features phone but couldn’t catch any people attention. The new T882 is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, powered by 1.4-gigahertz single core processor. Other main specifications include 4.0-inch WVGA-screen, 768MB RAM and 2GB ROM, 8 megapixels camera, support HD video recording, dual LED flash and weighted in 148 grams. Apparently, the smartphone T882 will only be available in China market. We believe T882 should have some built-in software to perform WiFi tethering, TP-Link is specialized on this. Price and release date still unknown, we assume it will sell at a dead cheap price because of 2GB internal storage. Few more pictures after the break.
What can you do with $65? Buy a pair of shoes, a shirt, or maybe a tablet? The cheapest ICS tablet that we have seen so far is the Ainol Novo7, it’s $99. But it will no longer be. HuaYi, a manufacture based in Shenzhen, recently unveiled a 7-inch tablet that offering as low as 399 yuan ($65)! Wow…
A Hong Kong 12 years-old high school girl had been caught for smuggling a total of 30 iPhones to Shenzhen China. The young girl looked like a regular student wearing school uniform but did not carry any school bag. When she passed through the customs regulatory site, she was much nervous unlike other students. The official stopped her and after inspection, they found lots of iPhone 4s tied secretly under her school dress. Surprisingly, her action was instigated by her mother …
It’s no secret that a nice cold beer is something that many people look forward to after a long day of work. But did you ever think you could make use of those empty beer bottles to smuggle some iPhone to China ? Previously we have cellphones hiding inside gas cylinders, now the smuggler is using empty beer bottles. IQ test for you, how are you going to put 3 iPhones into a 750ml beer bottle ? Watch the video after the break and you will be surprise.
Last week, around 20 Foxconn workers climbed to the rooftop of a building located inside Shenzhen plant for 26 hours to protest a planned move. The employees were protesting the company’s decision to relocate factories from Shenzhen to Huizhou, a city further north in Guangdong province, and urged the company to arrange employment for them in Shenzhen or to lay them off. Foxconn has refused to terminate the workers and said it will arrange jobs for them at other factories in the area or will hold further talks with those who insist on seeing their contracts terminated …
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.
Rob Schmitz, the journalist who exposed Mike Daisey’s fabrications and exaggerations of Apple’s Chinese suppliers, was given an approval by Apple and Foxconn to get a tour in the factory after ABC’s Bill Weir’s visit. With Schmitz’s visit this time, he decided to go deep inside into some Foxconn workers’ life, and it is more about their impression of Foxconn and the reason why they choose Foxconn.
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