Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor
The South China Morning Post reports:
China Mobile is expected to offer Apple’s iPhone on the mainland but the 3G and Wi-fi network functions will be disabled as Beijing has not yet approved handsets with these features, according to Daiwa Institute of Research.
…Daiwa analyst Calvin Huang yesterday said Taiwan Hon Hai Precision Industry, which is responsible [...]
Ma Fought the Law and the Pirate Software Manufacturer Won
Caijing, a great Chinese business magazine, has an article following up on the Summer Solstice software piracy caper.
Summer Solstice was a joint venture (as it were) between the FBI and the PSB to catch two men who were the distributors of counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec software. The case was a success and the men [...]
Microsoft: A Stone Pecked by Two Birds
The South China Morning Post reports:
Microsoft said it had slashed the price for Office last year Home and Student Edition to 199 yuan (HK$227) from 699 yuan. The promotion, which started on Monday, will last through next week’s National Week holiday.
The price cut is designed to make Microsoft’s products in the mainland more affordable [...]
China Mobile & iPhone: Minor Official Makes Timid Prediction
Shanghai Daily reports:
China Mobile, the world’s No. 1 carrier by subscribers, will launch the iPhone to tap demand for mobile e-mails.
“The iPhone will come to China as early as next year,” was all Fan would said.
Mr. Fan works in China Mobile’s “corporate client division” and made this small aside during what seems to have been [...]
Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA?
The Financial Times reports (hat tip Telecom Asia):
The head of China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone group, said the country’s homegrown third generation mobile technology was “a few years behind” other international standards because of problems with handsets.
…Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile’s chairman and chief executive, said: “[TD-SCDMA’s] network operation is normal but there are [...]
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