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  • Corning invests heavily into China’s LCD market

    Corning invests heavily into China’s LCD market

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Corning Inc. is betting that big that LCD's popularity will exploded over in China. It recently announced plans to build a $400 million to $700 million glass-melting plant within China under the forecast that the country will see a 70% growth in the LCD TV market. Corning probably knows what its doing, too. After all, the company is responsible for 60% of the world's LCD glass.

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  • The iPhone rules Japan’s smartphone market. Android and Blackberry almost non-existent.

    The iPhone rules Japan’s smartphone market. Android and Blackberry almost non-existent.

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    It's big in Korea, it's probably big in China's grey market, and the iPhone continues to be big in Japan. According to a report [JP] released by Tokyo-based research company Impress R&D, the iPhone has captured a whopping 46.1% of the domestic smartphone market.

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  • BlackBerry, meet TD-SCDMA: RIM partners with China Mobile

    BlackBerry, meet TD-SCDMA: RIM partners with China Mobile

    Posted on December 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Enterprising Chinese have had access to BlackBerrys for some time now, but they've been met with limited sales for many of the same reasons that internationally successful products often fail in China: high prices, cheap clones, and a general lack of understanding of the local market's needs and behaviors. RIM, like any smart manufacturer, would love to find a way to effectively tap into the market, though -- and they're trying to make headway today on news that they've partnered with number one carrier China Mobile on customized devices. By "customized," we mean that these bad boys will support TD-SCDMA, which is China Mobile's proprietary 3G tech -- probably the only carrier in the world that could get away with that, thanks to its nine-figure subscriber count -- and will be offered through local distributor Digital China, whose market expertise RIM is hoping to capitalize. The silver bullet here might be the fact that China Mobile has committed to subsidizing the handsets; China is a huge prepaid market, but if they can get 'em cheap enough, they could have a shot.

    BlackBerry, meet TD-SCDMA: RIM partners with China Mobile originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhone to be the best phone in all of China

    iPhone to be the best phone in all of China

    Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
    China Unicom’s chairman believes that the iPhone will be the most popular iPhone in China, beating out Nokia and RIM for the crown of Bounteous Emperor of the Eastern Phone World. Interestingly, the iPhone will cost over $1,000 in China and there expectations that gray market sales won’t effect Unicom’s bottom line. There are currently 1 [...]

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  • ASUS drops Eee prices in Taiwan and China, will we be next?

    ASUS drops Eee prices in Taiwan and China, will we be next?

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments
    inflatableAccording to DigiTimes, ASUS is blowing out 7- and 8.9-inch Eee PCs over in Taiwan and China. According to me, those same savings may trickle into US markets too!

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