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According to Microsoft, Windows Phone has already picked up a market share of 7 percent in the China market, after making its debut among Chinese consumers just two months ago. That’s a tad higher than the 6 percent share owned by Apple’s iPhone. Microsoft currently employs around 2,500 people in its R&D department in China, and the company will invest more heavily in the country. Android currently dominates China with a market share of around 69 percent. Microsoft admitted Windows Phone is still far behind in the app arena compared with Google. What we know so far, the Chinese are quite excited about the Nokia Lumia phones, but the sales figure should still consider not big enough to outsell the iPhone. Lets wait for some authoritative data before we take Microsoft’s word …
A new computer virus known as “Illegal Resident” is currently pervading the internet in China. By using Trojans to open secret accounts, PC users are hardly aware of the virus. Even though the Trojans can be detected and cleaned out by security software, hackers can still invade the infected PC. It is estimated that the virus has already put more than a hundred thousand units of computer under security risks …
Tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon are putting lots of their efforts to get closer to China this year. So how about Microsoft? As far as we know, they opened their first experience store in Beijing back in April and launched couples of Windows Phone 7 handset by ZTE and Nokia. Other than those, nothing major was seen yet. With recent, they had a partnership with Suning, an electronic retail chain in China (Best Buy-like), to sell its Windows products in 2012.
This week, Apple’s release of its new MacBook Air in China will likely prove a big hit in the country. Apple fever is gaining momentum in China and there is no other laptop product on the market with the characteristics of the new MacBook Air. It is poised to be a big hit in the Greater China region because nowadays more Chinese consumers can afford to own a Mac computer. There are four MacBook Air models for sale in China’s online stores, two each in 11-inch and 13-inch configurations, and the Chinese customers will be receiving their item in three working days or within 24 hours after their order, shipping is free. One thing to be noted, the wealthy Chinese consumer will properly installed Microsoft Windows to their new MacBook Air …
Tencent revealed its first wave of voice-controlled “Qrobot” which can understand verbal commands and queries at the start of this month, it is super cute and stylish. Videos and photos after the break…
Maybe you’ve heard Microsoft’s new project, Windows 8. What’s new? They got their own app store, finally. There were some screenshots of the Windows App Store appearing on the web previously, and it looks… very similar to Mac App Store. Today, we got a look at its Chinese version. Still looks familiar.
It’s been a long, long time since we talked about an iPad knockoff. You may ask, why we almost stop reporting those knockoffs, well, we do not see an impressive one which is deserved to appear on our blog. We took some time to search, and here’s the latest one we like, a dual-boot Windows/Android tablet, called the A-97, looks just like the original iPad.
Last Christmas, we spotted a lovely iPad knockoff that runs Android 2.2 which pops up again today, but it has pre-installed Windows 7, and we are thinking this tablet is the best out of all Windows-powered iPad knockoff so far.
Since the majority of Chinese computer users run unauthorized copies of softwares, it’s super-easy to find a store clerk willing to sell unlicensed copies of top-selling softwares in China electronic malls. So, CNN’s Eunice Yoon visits some stores in Beijing, to see how hard it is to find counterfeit software on stores shelves. She even brought along a MacBook Pro to test out the pirated Final Cut Pro. Amazing. Watch the video after the jump. (Sorry iPad users, it’s a flash video.)
Oooops, we almost missed this. Microsoft’s Tech·Ed (China) conference has arrived in Beijing and this annual event will take place on December 1-3, 2010 at Beijing’s National Convention Center and will bring together several thousand developers and IT professionals in the Microsoft community. There’s not much to see here, but we are still bringing you a wholesome of photos and a video! Enjoy!
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