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China Mobile Launches Online e-Reader Platform Including e-Book Store
We’ve written a number of times about China Mobile Ltd.’s ((ADR) NYSE: CHL) interest in dominating the upstart e-book market in China. As the leading mobile carrier in a country with over 780 million...
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Chinese Carriers Want a Bite Out of Apple; iPhone Subsidies Go Up as...
If you’ve been keeping up with news about the sales performance of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone in China you probably know that it is NOT generally characterized as a success story. After a...
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Does Everyone in China Want Apple’s iPad? China Unicom Does, China Mobile...
The possibility of bringing Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad to China has created a flurry of negotiating activity among the top three major Chinese mobile carriers (in order of size): China Mobile...
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iPad Clones Descend on China Months Before the Real Thing Is Even Scheduled...
It’s not news that highly sought after products in China usually create a robust market of competitor’s clone, illegitimate knockoffs and illegal “gray market” goods from foreign markets. So it should...
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Apple Significantly Expanding China Retail: No iPhones in Shanghai Stores...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to open a new store in Shanghai on Saturday and up to 25 by the end of 2011, joining its Beijing flagship and setting the stage for an expansion to rival the retail...
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IN BRIEF: China Gets iPads Just Five Months After U.S. Launch
Maybe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) finally learned the lesson that the longer it takes to launch highly desired products in China, the more likely it is that the gray-market will dampen the legitimate...
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GrayPads –“Free” iPads with $1,000 Cases – Skirt the Law in Taiwan
Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that retailers are giving away iPads for free in Taiwan. The catch? Thy’re bundled with $1,000 cases or other items that more than make up the difference in...
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IN BRIEF: Apple’s China Sales Could Triple – Morgan Stanley
According to Morgan Stanley analyst, Apple’s revenues in China may triple within two years as access to the iPhone grows. According to Bloomberg: China may contribute more than $9 billion of sales to...
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ShanghaiDaily.com Posts its Top 10 Chinese Tech Stories of 2010
End of year lists is a beloved past time in the US. We expect every news site and news channel to look back on the year that was and try to encapsulate what was important and what it may mean for the...
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KT Corp. Expands its 4G Wireless Network; Preps for Loss of iPhone...
Telecom giant KT Corporation ((ADR) NYSE: KT) announced late last week that it has expanded its high-speed wireless Internet network, called WiBro, to nationwide coverage by adding 82 cities in Korea...
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