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After the release of Android 4.0 source code, Shanzhai manufacture had further upgraded its Motorola Xoom Knockoff from Honeycomb to Ice Cream Sandwich. About a month ago, Motorola has confirmed the Xoom to get Android 4.0 sometime within six weeks. But apparently, the Chinese makers are very hard-working…
Rumors are growing that Apple has completed design of a smaller, 7-inch iPad and that the new tablet may be ready for mass production. Today, Lenovo unveiled a 7-inch Honeycomb tablet to take on Apple’s not-yet-released 7-inch iPad, and we think Lenovo could shake the 7-inch tablet market with it. Watch the keynote video after the break! And a hands-on gallery!
Have you always wanted to own a fully assembled Apple I computer or an all-time classic Apple II? Did you miss the chance to buy a super rare Apple I computer at the recent Christie’s auction? Fret not! You can now turn back the hands of time with the iStation and make your iPad look like an Apple I or Apple II!
It’s normal to feel down after a relationship ends, but recently a 20-year old female worker at Foxconn’s Taiyuan (capital of Shanxi province) factory killed herself over disappointment in a relationship. Her suicide is not caused by stressful working conditions.
Back in October, thousands of small business owners launched an online protest against Taobao Mall (TMall) after Alibaba announced new merchants rules for its B2C e-commerce platform Taobao. These changes had significantly put them at a disadvantage to bigger businesses. The matter has touch off the government and ordered Taobao.com to respond to vendors’ demands. Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma has already made five agreements with vendors, but that doesn’t seem to end the dispute. The “Anti-Taobao Alliance” continues. Full coverage after the break.
You know, the Chinese gadget market isn’t just about tacky shanzhai or knockoff products — look closer and you shall find the odd pearl on the seabed. Introducing Coolpad 9900 Magview II, featuring a 5-inch screen and 1.5GHz dual-core processor. It’s probably the strongest Chinese-branded Android smartphone on Earth. Full photo gallery and video after the jump.
Five seconds, just five seconds, all the iPhones are gone! Like what we have reported previously, the sales of iPhone 4S is messing up in Hong Kong. No kidding at all! It is almost impossible to purchase an iPhone 4S over here, because all the iPhones go straight into scalpers’ stock inventory. Check out the inside story after the break.
As 2011 grows closer to conclusion, Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, has big plans for 2012. The company aims to build more plants in inland regions to reduce labor costs, and most interestingly, 300,000 robots will be added to the assembly line but will not lay-off any workers according to comments made by founder and chairman Terry Gou.
Siemens, the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company, recently caught up in a “refrigerator door shutting problem” scandal in China. The scandal began by a China’s internet celebrity “Luo Yonghao” who wrote on his microblog that “Siemens refrigerator door does not shut tightly”, and filled several complaints to Siemens customer service, but they refused to admit.
Now that Amazon is shipping the Kindle Fire to its customers, the company is still negotiating with Chinese officials about introducing the Kindle Fire tablet in China. There is no word on when a deal is expected to be reached, but at least some lucky Chinese consumers have got their hands-on with the Fire. Watch the pretty nice unboxing video of the Fire after the break.
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