Comments for Catching Mice in China http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog Commentary on technology news in and around China Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor by Hek http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/25/neuter-me-this-iphone-china-rumor/#comment-1595 Hek Fri, 15 May 2009 02:46:55 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=445#comment-1595 after reading this blog post I went to a starbucks in downtown Qingdao for a cup of joe. After sitting there for an hour reading email and losing money in online gaming, I counted 7 iphones. Thats one every 10 minutes or so. I didn't ask anyone if it was real or not but if they can afford to splurge 35 kuai on coffee then I am sure they can afford to buy a real iphone. From the looks of it, its here and its widely available. hek after reading this blog post I went to a starbucks in downtown Qingdao for a cup of joe. After sitting there for an hour reading email and losing money in online gaming, I counted 7 iphones. Thats one every 10 minutes or so. I didn’t ask anyone if it was real or not but if they can afford to splurge 35 kuai on coffee then I am sure they can afford to buy a real iphone. From the looks of it, its here and its widely available.

hek

]]> Comment on Ma Fought the Law and the Pirate Software Manufacturer Won by Hek http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/24/ma-fought-the-law-and-the-pirate-software-manufacturer-won/#comment-1594 Hek Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:43:25 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=440#comment-1594 Its a shame to read that because I actually knew the guy from Shanghai. Nice guy. Hek Its a shame to read that because I actually knew the guy from Shanghai. Nice guy.

Hek

]]> Comment on Catching Porn in China by Hek http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/29/catching-porn-in-china/#comment-1593 Hek Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:41:36 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=447#comment-1593 I wonder if I should be concerned about the 2 hours I spend everyday viewing adult content. Maybe I should be more concerned about my neighbors safety since I am using his internet connection to get my fix! hek I wonder if I should be concerned about the 2 hours I spend everyday viewing adult content. Maybe I should be more concerned about my neighbors safety since I am using his internet connection to get my fix!

hek

]]> Comment on Catching Porn in China by jim http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/29/catching-porn-in-china/#comment-1560 jim Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:26:25 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=447#comment-1560 Hmmm, so the cops were just poking around. That's a relief. Thanks for the update. Do you write for chinaSMACK? Fantastic site. Hmmm, so the cops were just poking around. That’s a relief.

Thanks for the update. Do you write for chinaSMACK? Fantastic site.

]]> Comment on Catching Porn in China by Ian Stalter http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/29/catching-porn-in-china/#comment-1559 Ian Stalter Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:53:53 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=447#comment-1559 I switched this to English and read a few others from Sina-> from what I saw they were attempting to first check on a workmates computer; Ren Chao Ji turned his in and they searched it and found it without too much extra effort. There was another article on Sina about a Wang Ba owner who got three years jail, and had his computers confiscated after they found porn spread around. I think the biggest objection Chinese had with the deal is that many people have porn on there computers, and the police at random decide to make examples out of people. If you've tried to search for porn related materials on Chinese websites (I've never done it), what generally happens is that they are either simply blocked or inaccessible without some extra effort. I switched this to English and read a few others from Sina-> from what I saw they were attempting to first check on a workmates computer; Ren Chao Ji turned his in and they searched it and found it without too much extra effort. There was another article on Sina about a Wang Ba owner who got three years jail, and had his computers confiscated after they found porn spread around. I think the biggest objection Chinese had with the deal is that many people have porn on there computers, and the police at random decide to make examples out of people.

If you’ve tried to search for porn related materials on Chinese websites (I’ve never done it), what generally happens is that they are either simply blocked or inaccessible without some extra effort.

]]> Comment on Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor by Turtlewind http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/25/neuter-me-this-iphone-china-rumor/#comment-1558 Turtlewind Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:03:20 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=445#comment-1558 A TD iPhone would definitely be very different to the WCDMA one, but I don't think that anyone expects that to happen any time soon, at least in the short term - the technology is still so far behind in terms of stability, power consumption etc, and the handsets on the market all have serious problems. I don't think Apple would want to associate its brand with that sort of thing; this is the company that didn't even put WCDMA in the first generation iPhone because it used too much power. A TD iPhone would definitely be very different to the WCDMA one, but I don’t think that anyone expects that to happen any time soon, at least in the short term - the technology is still so far behind in terms of stability, power consumption etc, and the handsets on the market all have serious problems. I don’t think Apple would want to associate its brand with that sort of thing; this is the company that didn’t even put WCDMA in the first generation iPhone because it used too much power.

]]> Comment on Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor by jim http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/25/neuter-me-this-iphone-china-rumor/#comment-1552 jim Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:28:44 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=445#comment-1552 Great point. The only difference I can think of with Nokia et al and Apple is the economy of scale for production. Because those companies make so many different kinds of phones the decision to re-engineer a particular model isn't that big of a deal. Do you think that putting TD-SCDMA chips in an iPhone is sufficiently different than the existing WCDMA model that they'd have to re-jigger the whole thing? If that's the case I would guess it's not that big of a deal to drop the WiFi hardware. Great point. The only difference I can think of with Nokia et al and Apple is the economy of scale for production. Because those companies make so many different kinds of phones the decision to re-engineer a particular model isn’t that big of a deal.

Do you think that putting TD-SCDMA chips in an iPhone is sufficiently different than the existing WCDMA model that they’d have to re-jigger the whole thing? If that’s the case I would guess it’s not that big of a deal to drop the WiFi hardware.

]]> Comment on Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor by Turtlewind http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/25/neuter-me-this-iphone-china-rumor/#comment-1551 Turtlewind Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:36:29 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=445#comment-1551 I wonder if they're really likely to just disable the WiFi without making any changes to the hardware. If it was possible to get that past the regulators (and assuming it makes financial sense), Nokia, HTC and the rest would already be doing it instead of providing separate models to the Chinese market. I wonder if they’re really likely to just disable the WiFi without making any changes to the hardware. If it was possible to get that past the regulators (and assuming it makes financial sense), Nokia, HTC and the rest would already be doing it instead of providing separate models to the Chinese market.

]]> Comment on IPv6: Start the Doomsday Clock at 830 Days by The Dark Visitor » Chinese internet ends in 830 day!!! http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/23/ipv6-start-the-doomsday-clock-at-830-days/#comment-1544 The Dark Visitor » Chinese internet ends in 830 day!!! Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:29:45 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=434#comment-1544 [...] Checked today, it is very fading fast…so you better go to Catching Mice and find out why the Chinese internet is disappearing… [...] [...] Checked today, it is very fading fast…so you better go to Catching Mice and find out why the Chinese internet is disappearing… [...]

]]> Comment on Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA? by Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA? « iPhonAsia ??????? http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/2008/09/03/can-the-iphone-3g-save-td-scdma/#comment-1512 Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA? « iPhonAsia ??????? Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:08:53 +0000 http://www.vaubanconsulting.com/blog/?p=415#comment-1512 [...] Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA? [...] [...] Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA? [...]

]]>