China Unicom Archive

  • Looks like Microsoft’s Kins might be heading to AT&T, T-Mobile, and many more

    Looks like Microsoft’s Kins might be heading to AT&T, T-Mobile, and many more

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Looks like the Verizon/Vodafone exclusivity on the Kin 1 and Kin 2 might be short-lived -- or at least, someone at Microsoft is already prepping for the day when it's over. Days before the Kin 1 and 2 were made official, a ROM hacker known only to the internets as Conflipper published screenshots pulled from an early copy of the Kin OS. After a bit more digging, Conflipper just stumbled upon some more goodies: Kin system provisioning files for other carriers. Lots.. and lots of other carriers.

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  • Acer, Asustek working on custom 3G phones for China?

    Acer, Asustek working on custom 3G phones for China?

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    If the sources that Digitimes is reporting are correct, then China can expect to see a few more customized, 3G phones in the coming year. The sources are saying that both Acer and Asustek are planning models for 2010, and that Acer is working with China Mobile and China Unicom to produce TD-SCDMA and WCDMA models while Asustek is reportedly set to release a China-specific Garmin-Asus branded handset for both carriers in 2010 as well. Now, keep in mind of course that none of this has been confirmed by either company as of yet, but the move certainly wouldn't surprise us, either.

    Acer, Asustek working on custom 3G phones for China? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Motorola’s XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China’s big three carriers

    Motorola’s XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China’s big three carriers

    Posted on December 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Even through the lean years, Moto's been making waves in China where it enjoys comparably high popularity -- it was one of the first major manufacturers to throw its support behind the nation's homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G tech, after all, and it's had a tendency to get the company's sexier WinMo smartphones like the SURF. On that note, it doesn't come as much of a surprise to see that they've now announced not one, not two, but three fairly attractive, high-end Android handsets specifically for duty in the Far East, one for each of China's big three carriers (each of which employs a different 3G technology, per the gub'mint's orders). Starting on the left, the XT701 is the phone that we'd believed to be the Sholes Tablet -- and considering that it uses HSPA for China Unicom's airwaves, we still have no reason to believe it couldn't make the leap across the Pacific. The MT710 (pictured center) is an OPhone for China Mobile and stands the least chance of making an unfettered jump to another continent since it uses a completely customized UI along with a positively China-only TD-SCDMA radio. Finally, the XT800 on the right looks like a Dell Mini 3i done right to us, rocking dual-mode GSM and EV-DO for China Telecom's rather heterogeneous network. We've got to hand it to Moto here: by all appearances, these 3.7-inch WVGA, 5 megapixel beasts could get Android fans drooling pretty much anywhere in the world, so let's get 'em over to Europe and America on the double, eh?

    [Thanks, Vitala]

    Motorola's XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China's big three carriers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • China Unicom, Huawei rolling out ‘3G Inn’ femtocell service

    China Unicom, Huawei rolling out ‘3G Inn’ femtocell service

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    China's carriers still have their work cut out for them to deliver wide-area 3G services nationwide, but they're already looking to get into the business of augmenting that coverage with femtocells -- probably not a bad strategy, considering the time and money involved in erecting towers in every nook and cranny of the country. China Unicom -- the carrier using UMTS as its 3G weapon of choice -- has partnered up with Huawei to deliver its 3G Inn femtocell solution that promises up to 7.2Mbps downstream. That's about 7.1Mbps faster than Verizon and Sprint's Samsung-sourced units, by our rough math -- of course, those older Sammies are 1xRTT-only, so it's good to see that newer units are stepping on the gas around the world. Right now, 3G Inn's only rolling in Beijing, but the carrier looks to eventually expand the service around the country.

    China Unicom, Huawei rolling out '3G Inn' femtocell service originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Android 2.1-equipped Motorola Sholes tablet spied in China as XT701?

    Android 2.1-equipped Motorola Sholes tablet spied in China as XT701?

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    No sooner do we get brief corner glimpses of the supposed Motorola Sholes tablet do we get tipped off to this writeup from Androidin.net which has a number of pictures of an eerily similar keyboard-less handset with a 3.7-inch screen, Android 2.1, FM radio, and interestingly enough, only a 5 megapixel camera -- last we heard it was going to be 8. Also debatable is a HDMI port, since the image that would show it is a tad too blurry. Otherwise, it seems to be about in line with what we expected, and it also seems destined for China Unicom as the XT701 (analogous to China Mobile's Motorola Android device). Now how about a few dashes of hope we'll see this stateside, eh Moto? Two more shots after the break.

    [Thanks, yee]

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    Android 2.1-equipped Motorola Sholes tablet spied in China as XT701? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:46:00 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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  • China Unicom hits a million 3G users, only sells 5,000 iPhones so far

    China Unicom hits a million 3G users, only sells 5,000 iPhones so far

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments

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    Nearly six months after large-scale trials kicked off, China Unicom -- the only carrier among China's nationals to be deploying HSPA -- has broken the magical million-subscriber mark that have made the leap to its "Wo" 3G network. If you're wondering whether the recent launch of the iPhone on Wo has contributed to that count, the answer is a definitive "no" -- amazingly, a mere 5,000 units have apparently been sold so far, likely due to the phone's prohibitive cost and the availability of unlocked devices and interesting alternatives. Be that as it may, the carrier seems convinced that the iPhone will contribute to Unicom's bottom line in the fourth quarter, countered by continued marketing and build-out costs for Wo. Networks aren't cheap -- particularly when you're dealing with a country the size (and population density) of China.

    China Unicom hits a million 3G users, only sells 5,000 iPhones so far originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Apple sells only 5,000 official iPhones in China

    Apple sells only 5,000 official iPhones in China

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Not that this should surprise anyone, but Apple has sold only 5,000 iPhones since last week when it officially launched. The phrase “officially launched” is key, since people there have been able to buy the iPhone on the gray market for some time now. And it's a superior phone on the grey market, since the official phone doesn't have Wi-Fi. That's right: a smartphone nearly in 2010 that doesn't have Wi-Fi.

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  • The iPhone launches in China today, seems to arouse little interest (pictures from Beijing) [UPDATE]

    The iPhone launches in China today, seems to arouse little interest (pictures from Beijing) [UPDATE]

    Posted on October 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan went crazy over the iPhone when it made its debut in summer last year, but China as another big Asian market for Apple seems to react differently. The iPhone officially launched in China today, offered by China Unicom, one the country's three big cell phone carriers. But our friends over at major Chinese news portal 163.com are reporting [Google machine translation] that not too many people were actually queuing up to get one, at least in Beijing.

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  • Chinese iPhone Gets Official In English. China Unicom Nearly Doubles AT&T’s Subscriber Base.

    Chinese iPhone Gets Official In English. China Unicom Nearly Doubles AT&T’s Subscriber Base.

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Just as we wrote about yesterday, Chinese telecom giant China Unicom has just officially announced that it has reached a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in China. They did so as an aside in their earnings announcement, which you can find here. Some details not revealed yesterday include that this is a 3-year deal between China Unicom and Apple, and that the first iPhones will ship sometime in Q4 of this year (the report yesterday had said October, which is certainly a possibility). Not stated is whether this will be the iPhone 3GS or the older iPhone 3G. Recent reports had indicated that either way, the device would not come with WiFi functionality (which had supposedly long been one sticking point between Apple and the Chinese carriers).

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  • The iPhone finally goes China (starting this October)

    The iPhone finally goes China (starting this October)

    Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Major Chinese news portal 163.com is reporting [Google machine translation] that Apple has finally signed a deal with China Unicom to bring the iPhone 3G to mainland China in October. This is huge news for Apple, which is now to enter a market with around 700 million mobile phone users, the biggest in the world (US: around 270 million). Following months of negotiations between Apple and China Unicom, "industry insiders" are reportedly expecting an official announcement to be made by the country's second biggest mobile telecommunications company tomorrow in Hong Kong.

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  • Apple finally enters the world’s biggest mobile market: China to get the iPhone in October

    Apple finally enters the world’s biggest mobile market: China to get the iPhone in October

    Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Major Chinese news portal 163.com is reporting [Google machine translation] that Apple has finally signed a deal with China Unicom to bring the iPhone 3G to mainland China in October. This is huge news for Apple, which is now to enter a market with around 700 million mobile phone users, the biggest in the world (US: around 270 million). Following months of negotiations between Apple and China Unicom, "industry insiders" are reportedly expecting an official announcement to be made by the country's second biggest mobile telecommunications company tomorrow in Hong Kong.

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  • The Chinese iPhone surfaces

    The Chinese iPhone surfaces

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    This, my friends, is probably what the Foxconn tragedy was about. From a WeiPhone.com: China Unicom will work together in China, pushing Apple’s 3G version of iPhone mobile phone is basically a fact, recent testing of the iPhone a mobile phone, from a number of subtle characteristics that should be showing the upcoming Unicom is the [...]

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  • Chinese iPhone to sell 1 million units first year

    Chinese iPhone to sell 1 million units first year

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    iPhonAsia has some information on China's exciting WiFi-crippled iPhone. The device will cost less than the smuggled, grey-market iPhones currently available in China and will include special apps for the Chinese consumer. Considering Apple and China's track record these last few weeks I wonder how much good will Apple last left in the land of the violent Foxconn security team.

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  • GyPSii launches Java into China

    GyPSii launches Java into China

    Posted on June 3, 2009 | No Comments
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